what's the best air cooling to cool opty 165?
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what's the best air cooling to cool opty 165?
Heatsink wise its between the old XS favourite the Thermaltake Big Typhoon or Tuniq Tower (also maybe the Sythe Ninja). Everyone has their own favourites but I personally like the TTBT as its simple and effective with an easily changable fan, although there have been very good reviews about the Tuniq Tower but i personally haven't ever owned one so can't commen.
The best air cooling in the way of efficency is Scythe Ninja + 2x120mm fans @1-2k rpm. Nothing can match that.
If you`re looking for quiet + effective - Scythe Ninja + 2x120mm fans @ <1k rpm or Thermaltake Big Typhoon.
I fairly extensively looked at 4 top heatsinks (XP-120, Scythe Ninja, Tuniq Tower, Big Typhoon).
I submit 2 important considerations:
1) Noise tolerance. If you can tolerate medium speed 120mm fans (80-100cfm), look to the Tuniq Tower (with stock fan) or Big Typhoon (buy your own fan).
If you want noise-be-damned cooling, the BT pulled away from the pack in my testing, but you'll have to spring for your own fan. Out of the box, the Tuniq Tower had some very good results for me.
If you need quiet operation, the Scythe Ninja with a low rpm fan, Tuniq Tower (included fan bus), and Big Typhoon are good choices.
2) Airflow of your case. Tower style coolers are generally located for airflow across the motherboard, whereas the Big Typhoon works great if you have a sidepanel fresh air duct. If you have good cross motherboard airflow, you can even operate the Scythe Ninja fanless. I do, even on a overclocked 1st generation Prescott running F@H 24/7.
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Big Typhoon would be my choice. Not only you get excellent cooling for the CPU you also cool your mobo.
A Zalman 9500 pointed at an exhaust fan gives me great temps. Better than my Scythe Ninja, TTBT, and the others in my air cooler graveyard.
xp-90c w/ panaflo 92mm fan
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Jester. I know you like that config, and I'd admit it is decent.
But you're approaching fanboyism fast when you type that under "best air cooling?"
I'd say the TTBT or the Tuniq tower, I use the tower and I'm pleased with it. The TT has gotten a fair bit of accolades here on the forums and does well in review so those two really seem the best choises atm.
I don't know about the TTBT, but the xp-90c is just as good as the tuniq tower.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crankster
last time i checked.
Not trying to be a fan boy or anything but I thought xp-90/c + panaflo is still the best air config.
AnandTech heatsink reviews: http://forums.anandtech.com/messagev...&enterthread=y
Hell, I'd use the XP-90C even if it wasn't better, just for the lack of installation issues vs. Tunig!
To be honest, I don't see Jester as any more of a fanboy than Crankster. IMHO
I love my TT BT. 3.01 ghz at 1.52 vcore, idle/load - 26/34
Gonna mount a basic temperature probe on the side of my IHS soon to see if those temps are remotely accurate.
I'm not sure which mobo you are using, but mine loves the XP-90's downward air flow; not only does it keep my cpu at 30c idle, 46c load, it also keeps the NB nice and cool. Also, install was cake:)
Ive said it b4, 90mm dont kick it today for extreme overclocking, 120mm is the future for now.
Well, for extreme overclocking, watercooling or phase change (or better) is the way to go. As for air cooling, There are some very good 90mm solutions that have it all over some 120mm coolers. Just because it's 120mm, doesen't make it automatically better.Quote:
Originally Posted by humeyboy
my choice would be the thermaltake big typhoon. i bought it recently and it is AMAZING. at stock voltage, my processor is running at almost room temperature (its at 75-76F and my house is about 70-72F). was quite easy to install except for the lack of a helpful instruction booklet...
Correct but the fact its a 120mm BT makes it great, you dont need water today esp on amd64's, the 90mm Thermalrights have seen their day only fanboys love and they are same ones who used to flame Thermaltake here.
I admit this is a great cooler(XP-90c), but sorry, it isn't the king. People beat my temperatures using a big typhoon lapped(mine is lapped as well).
Get the BT, Ninja is the worst pain in the ass to install IMO. If you like that kind of horrible rush, go ahead and get that. :D
I think most air coolers run better than 444c load :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Nanometer
There's a good number of us out there, but not too many, XP-90(regular) with a 120mm fan. Nice and compact, cools great, even cools your ram and other parts of the mobo. Easy install too.
I admit, mine's not too quiet, but I can't complain about its performance, I was about to buy the bit Typhoon(had it in my hands ready to checkout) but changed my mind at the last minute.
Running at 2.92ghz w. 1.42v(1.45v in bios), I get 26*/40*C idle/load. Not bad imo.
I haven't had any issues installing my ninja. I would got with it or the xp90C. You can't go wrong with either one.
lol :rofl:Quote:
Originally Posted by lawrywild
TT BT with AS5 x2 1,328V 2600GHz
full load 46°C
best Air cooler?
You'd do better with a penny. :slap:Quote:
Originally Posted by lawrywild
im @ 38c load w/ my cnps 9500, room is @ 22c, cant say muhc 2 the others but the artic cooling stuff suxx :P
a pain in the ass to insatll? it just requires alot of pressure which i think is good b/c u will get better contact withe the cpu.Quote:
Originally Posted by manomanx2
If you take into account price, noise level and performance Big Typhoon is still the best aircooler imo.
Like tests have shown this cooler really needs decent/good airflow for it to shine. Tests with BT vs Zalman CNPS9500 for example shows that BT performs better than 9500 in environments with decent airflow but loses slightly in tests without extra case fans.
In my comp I've got 3x120mm, 3x92mm and 2x80mm case fans. I've lapped the base of TTBT sligthly and applied AS5, I've remounted it about 5 times to get the best result. I must say I'm impressed, whatever volt that I dare to feed it, it never gets any hot. I've benched my SD3700+ with 1.71V as most, idle temp was 30 - 31C and after 7 mins of prime it showed 44 - 45C. With my 24/7 config 2.7GHz 1.65V (yes this sample is the worst overclocker there is) it stays 43 - 44C in prime at most and idles at 29C. With stock speeds it idled ~26C and prime temp was 35 - 36C, in a room temp of ~22C.
Silent or inaudible it is of course but it's useless for me to tell that since I have 8 case fans tho they are all rated between 16 - 22dB. I've also ran it at 50% speed 700rpm just for fun and that only made the temp go up with 3 - 4C. This is one of the best deals I've ever done. Definitely a keeper for me for a very long time. :up:
Well i made this clock with my Zalman 9500, with 120mm on kabinet blowing into the zalman.
Also got it to 3140mhz...
I have the Zalman CNPS9500 LED and it cools very well. I have it set at about 1700RPM controlled by my Asus mobo Q-Fan, so if the CPU ever reaches 45C it'll kick it up to full speed. Only once have I seen it touch 40C and that was with elevated room temperatures.
O yeah, I'm using artic silver 2 also - didn't have any arctic silver 5 (stupid me forgot to order it with the heatsink) and I had this laying around so I figured its probably better than the stuff that came with the heatsink. Next time I order stuff I'm getting some AS5 to replace the AS2 as long as it is worth doing so.