New heatsink

Sephiroth_dude

Hi
Its possible I may have to buy a new heatsink in the next while,The one I have currently is pissing me off,any sugguestions on what one to get?

Fluffy88

I don't know much, but the "best" one available is
http://www3.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=31818&agid=669&lb

and then I see this one being suggested alot here
http://www3.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=25731&agid=669

Tea_Bag

for a start, what CPU do you have?

budget?

will you be OCing?

Sephiroth_dude

Tea_Bag wrote: »

for a start, what CPU do you have?

budget?

will you be OCing?

Core 2 Quad Q9300 2.50GHz LGA775 FSB1333 6Mb

budget I'd be will to spend 50-60 if its a good one

I doubt I 'll be OCing but can't rule out that I may in future

what would ye make of this one?

http://www.elara.ie/productdetail.aspx?productcode=ECE2157412

M00lers

If you have the room for it that noctua cooler is a beaut and nice quiet fans too.

IrishMetalhead

bargin going on at the minute on a corsair a50:

http://www.dabs.ie/products/corsair-air-series-a50-performance-cpu-cooler-73G2.html?refs=4294946930

one of the best air coolers i've worked with and it's really quiet plus that antec cooler you posted would be too much over kill if your not overclocking.

Komplett-Tech: Ryan

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Core 2 Quad Q9300 2.50GHz LGA775 FSB1333 6Mb

budget I'd be will to spend 50-60 if its a good one

I doubt I 'll be OCing but can't rule out that I may in future

what would ye make of this one?

http://www.elara.ie/productdetail.aspx?productcode=ECE2157412

If you are going to go for a sealed liquid cooler i'd reccomend the Corsair H50/70.

M00lers

I'd take the Noctua all day long over the Corsairs. Better cooling and much quieter. The pump on those Corsairs are supposed to be noisy buggers.

Sephiroth_dude

moolers2000 wrote: »

If you have the room for it that noctua cooler is a beaut and nice quiet fans too.

I don't think I'd have the room for it,it looks huge :eek:

IrishMetalhead wrote: »

bargin going on at the minute on a corsair a50:

http://www.dabs.ie/products/corsair-air-series-a50-performance-cpu-cooler-73G2.html?refs=4294946930

one of the best air coolers i've worked with and it's really quiet plus that antec cooler you posted would be too much over kill if your not overclocking.

Thats a good bargain alright

moolers2000 wrote: »

I'd take the Noctua all day long over the Corsairs. Better cooling and much quieter. The pump on those Corsairs are supposed to be noisy buggers.

I'd have to take my motherboard out though wouldn't I to fit it?

M00lers

That would depend on your case, some cases have access to the the back of the mobo for this very reason.

Sephiroth_dude

moolers2000 wrote: »

That would depend on your case, some cases have access to the the back of the mobo for this very reason.

must check that out

slave1

I've this guy on the way from Amazon, qualifies for free shipping when combined with other purchases, got great reviews on Amazon and Quiet PC

Sephiroth_dude

Dont think I'm have enough room for one of those big fan,this is a pic I took,what do ye think?





Also looks like I'm gonna have to take my mother board out of the case.

deconduo

Ouch, you need to get some cable management going methinks :P

Yeah, you'll need to take out the motherboard to put in a new heatsink.

The a50 from dabs looks like a great deal, and should fit in the case. What make/model is it?

Sephiroth_dude

deconduo wrote: »

Ouch, you need to get some cable management going methinks :P

Don't I know it

deconduo wrote: »

What make/model is it?

Your talking about the case ya?if so this is the descripition from when I ordered it


Nine Hundred/Ultimate Gamer Case- no PSU - 3x120mm and 1x200mm fan ,perforated front bezel,2xfront loaded HDD cages,takes mATX and ATX motherboards

deconduo

Yeah, just want to look up the specs to see how large a heatsink it can take. It looks fine though from the pics.

heid

thermalright silver arrow, cheaper and runs cooler than the nh-d14.

Sephiroth_dude

heid wrote: »

thermalright silver arrow, cheaper and runs cooler than the nh-d14.

I was looking at that one but it looks huge,I dunno would it even fit in my case tbh

IrishMetalhead

as far as i know the antec 900 can support most cpu coolers

Sephiroth_dude

You know I think I'm just gonna go for one of these

http://www.elara.ie/productdetail.aspx?productcode=MMEV930672

The thought of taking everything has put me off

deconduo

Well I would recommend taking the motherboard and cables out anyway and doing some cable management/tidying.

IrishMetalhead

wouldn't recommend those coolers at at beings that there noisey as hell and break hella easily, you can get decent cpu coolers that uses push pins like those generic ones if you want to have a look at them?

heres one of them: http://www.pixmania.ie/ie/uk/3256264/art/cooler-master/hyper-tx3-cpu-fan.html

plus i'm pretty sure theres alot more that uses them

deceit

Looking at your case with the 120mm fan at the back i'd be willing to bet the d14 would fit and anything smaller would also. Only problem with it and most decent coolers is you would have to remove the motherboard to fit it but at least once its in the it will be near silent and very cool running

Sephiroth_dude

IrishMetalhead wrote: »

wouldn't recommend those coolers at at beings that there noisey as hell and break hella easily, you can get decent cpu coolers that uses push pins like those generic ones if you want to have a look at them?

heres one of them: http://www.pixmania.ie/ie/uk/3256264/art/cooler-master/hyper-tx3-cpu-fan.html

plus i'm pretty sure theres alot more that uses them

Dam It anyway,should have gone with that one, oh well,thanks for all your help guys.