Aftermarket HSF for OC'ed SFF setup?

[Freezebyte]

Hey all, I''ve finished my specs for my newest system build which will consist of a Core 2 E8500 on a ASUS P5E-VM HDMI board with 2gigx2 G.Skill DDR2 800. This will give me the ability to hopefully overclocking to at least 400mhz FSB and i'll pretty much call it a day for OC as it seems to be pretty easy with these Intel chips and I haven't OC'ed since my P4 days.

I've heard some stating that the stock Intel HSF will handle the job, yet others say it will not. This setup will be housed in a Silverstone SG01-F case, so I don't have alot of room, hence my aftermarket HSF options are limited. My PSU is a Antec NeoHE 500w which DOES not have a bottom fan, just an outside 80mm fan, so the Silverstone NT06 series won't work.

After much research, iv'e narrowed it down to these. I'd like to know what everyones thoughts and suggestions are to replace the Intel stock HSF with something better for a light OC so I can hit 3.8ghz hopefully.


ZALMAN CNPS 8000
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835118005

Zalman CNPS7000B-Cu
http://www.frozencpu.com/products/14...l?tl=g40c14s52

Thermaltake Blue Orb II
http://www.frozencpu.com/products/14...l?tl=g40c14s52

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 LP Low Profile
http://www.frozencpu.com/products/80...l?tl=g40c14s52

ZALMAN CNPS7000B-AlCu
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835118118

 

[Freezebyte]

Noone?

 

[faxon]

posted this in the wrong section, this belongs in cases and cooling forum

 

[Concillian]

Your links all are not real links.

They have ellipses in the actual link.

Need for aftermarket cooling will generally be determined by two things:

- How much voltage you want to use. Stock HSF will hit whateveer core temp threshold you set for yourself as a comfortable 24 / 7 core temp at a lower voltage than a heatpipe cooler
- Your noise threshold

Your given configuration, severe height restriction with a power supply that has no bottom fan, leaves not much room for good cooling considering you also need to leave clearance for air on the intake side. Also, restricting the intake side of the fan is a surefire way to significantly increase the noise (there is a reason grilles are always on the exhaust side of fans)

Given that info, I'd probably go with the AC LP cooler, just because you leave the most significant gap between the PSU and cooler. Reviews has it's performance similar to the stock cooler, but with such restrictive flow you'd get, the thin nature of it may be better than the other coolers. It's hard to tell for your specific case. The 8000 would normally be the best of those options, but it's hard to tell how significantly having only 15-20mm between fan intake and the solid wall of a power supply would degrade performance.