Cooler for overclocking Sandy Bridge

[retro77]

I am looking at coolers so that I can overclock my 2600k. 1155 and 1156 are compatible right? Also feel free to post your favorite cooler for this application? I am over in the World Community Group forum so this runs 24/7 at 100% load for...well for ever! I'm kidding but you get the picture.

I figure I better overclock before MM calls...


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[Leeghoofd]

any decent air cooler will do mate, running Thermalright VenomousX here ( was 2nd hand ) at 4.6Ghz @1.28Vcore...

[retro77]

Cool. I pulled the trigger on this Corsiar one. Seemed like a good bang for the buck. Free shipping too. Thanks for the reply.

[utilizatori]

Cool. I pulled the trigger on this Corsiar one. Seemed like a good bang for the buck. Free shipping too. Thanks for the reply.

good choice

[Asmola]

I did little cooler review, and here are the results:
2600K @ 5GHz 1.48v HT on (my old chip was poor overclocker..)

Results are averages of 4 cores and every cooler was equipped with Nanoxia FX12-2000-fans.




Full review on Google Translate (bad translation from google..)

[GFORCE100]

I vote for the Noctua NH-D14, not just because of its cooling prowess but also mounting mechanism. Just make sure it fits in your case.

[retro77]

Oh thanks guys, sweet!

I just got the A50 in the mail and had to open it. Its a nice piece! I'm going to try and run no fan and see if there is enough air flow from my 2xfront mounted 80mm fans, rear fan and top 120mm fan [Antec Three Hundred]. If not then I'll through that fan on there too!

[Ket]

Theres lots of good coolers, Corsair H50/60, CoolIT ECO, etc. That cooler you went for is also basically a carbon copy of the Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus which is cheaper