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Cooki3Monsta
4 Oct 2010, 02:49pm
I am looking for a Socket 775 cpu cooler. It cannot be this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118003&cm_re=cpu_cooler-_-35-118-003-_-Product I find it annoying to clean and loud due to me messing something up. It has to be decent but not crazy expensive either. :biggrin:

Jager
4 Oct 2010, 03:05pm
the noctua coolers fit the 775 and there is a large one and a smaller one, both are great at keeping things under control temp wise.

Labarr
4 Oct 2010, 05:52pm
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065

look at this.

Chaoz`
4 Oct 2010, 06:19pm
this is 1 of the best fans available, a bit pricy but really good, my dad has it to cool his Phenom 6 core 1090T and it stays cool as hell:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835154011

Spiffy
4 Oct 2010, 07:18pm
Depends on what your budget is.

I use this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181010

Shadowex3
4 Oct 2010, 07:32pm
Newegg's coolers are overpriced, and the selection is terrible. Also don't get a tuniq tower, yes they're good but they're also razor sharp and ENORMOUS.

Buy heatsinks and fans from SVC (http://www.svc.com/775-cpu-cooler.html) (link to the Socket 775 section). I recommend the Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme or it's newer revision the Venemous X, or the amazingly quiet Noctua NH-U9B or Noctua NH-U12P. Yes all of those are in the $40-$60 range but a good heatsink will literally last you forever, every time you upgrade to a new primary machine you just get a new mounting set for it for a few bucks and keep using it.

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Also watercooling and air cooling are both what are called "passive" systems. They work by moving heat from your processor to the heatsink or radiator where room-temperature air is blown through it to absorb the heat and cool the heatsink. That's why no matter what you do no "passive" system will EVER be able to cool your computer below the temperature of the room that computer is in. Before heatpipes got good watercooling was more efficient, but ever since the Thermalright Ultra 120 came out years ago the difference has basically been negligible to anyone not doing competitive benchmarking (in which case you're probably using solid oxygen anyway).

Cooki3Monsta
7 Oct 2010, 05:45pm
I will be getting this http://www.amazon.com/Noctua-Heatpipe-Bearing-NH-C12P-SE14/dp/B003JME1CO once I can save up. Thank you for your replies.

Spiffy
7 Oct 2010, 05:58pm
What are you thinking cookie? The one I linked is about 3 times as effective for 7 more dollars.

Shadowex3
7 Oct 2010, 11:08pm
Let me make it really easy: http://www.svc.com/nh-u12pse.html

That's the better-brother of the noctua cooler you're looking at, and it's over $10 cheaper. Think about it cookie.