Intel Core i7 Review Thread

[Diogynes]

RE: "whats the best air cooling solution i can get for my setup? Megahalems? Noctua NH-D14? please help ...."


I am delighted with the Noctua NH-D14, but you have to use low profile memory in order to use all of your memory slots. It works extremely well at a very low noise level. I run an easy 3.6GHz 24x7 OC on an i7 920 and the highest core temperatures I've seen are 74/74/72/73 after an hour of Prime95 at 1.25V vcore. At those core temps the GA-X58A-UD7 reports a CPU temp of 59C. The CPU idles at about 41C per core with a room temp of 25C. If I remove the cover from the Antec P193 case the core temps drop into the 65C range, so I have some work to do on case airflow.

I'm trying to keep the machine quiet since I sit by it for 14 hours a day and the Noctua is hard to beat for cooling vs. noise.

[RoydRage]

RE: "whats the best air cooling solution i can get for my setup? Megahalems? Noctua NH-D14? please help ...."


I am delighted with the Noctua NH-D14, but you have to use low profile memory in order to use all of your memory slots. It works extremely well at a very low noise level. I run an easy 3.6GHz 24x7 OC on an i7 920 and the highest core temperatures I've seen are 74/74/72/73 after an hour of Prime95 at 1.25V vcore. At those core temps the GA-X58A-UD7 reports a CPU temp of 59C. The CPU idles at about 41C per core with a room temp of 25C. If I remove the cover from the Antec P193 case the core temps drop into the 65C range, so I have some work to do on case airflow.

I'm trying to keep the machine quiet since I sit by it for 14 hours a day and the Noctua is hard to beat for cooling vs. noise.

Haven't done a system in years... Just bought a 930 Bloomfield / Rampage III Formula X58 mobo... 12gb of Corsair Dominator 1600mhz Ram.

I Ordered Both The Noctua DH-14 AND the H70 Corsair. Figured I would use the one that works best? Have the Room with the big Silverstone Case.

I know I would like to use the fan that the Dominator Kit comes with... Real Sexy BTW

What are everyone's thoughts on this...

Royd Rage