Nightmare225
Golden Member
What is the best socket LGA775 air cooler? My Zalman is giving very unsatisfactory performance.
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Best LGA775 Air Cooler
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VinDSL
Diamond Member
If by "Air Cooled - Price is no problem" you mean a non-water cooled solution, then by all means that would be the Asetek VapoChill LightSpeed (AC)!
However, I doubt that your pockets are that deep... 😀
With a Vapochill LS, you'll be able to run your E6600 @ 4.0 gig 24/7 benchmark stable!
If you're talking about "Air Cooled" in the catholic sense, then a Tuniq Tower 120 is your best bet!
With a Tuniq Tower 120, and enough fooling around -- lapping everything -- pushing enough air, and all that sort of stuff -- you might get to 4.0 gig benchmark stable, once or twice, but probably NOT 24/7...
ROFLROFLROFL.... hands down phase wins in cooling. No competition, however chilly's single stage are more affordable, and lets not even get into chilly's high end Phases.
TEC's would be a better solution because you cant phase a GPU without dishing A LOT OF CASH. While on TEC's you can get sub on both GPU and CPU.
*your going to need to insulate your board on both methods however, its not simple plug and play like air*
Being more realistic, if you have the budget,
High End Water Kit
You wont get better temps then that kit unless you decide to jump sub ambient, which is phase and tec.
Anyone want to challange me on this statement? Get near my temps on both GPU and CPU on load while on AIR.
Here
Need i say more?
Nightmare225
Golden Member
Alrite, the Tuniq looks like it'll fit my needs. 😉 Any other thoughts on the Tuniq and maybe other alternatives?
theprodigalrebel
Lifer
Nope, Tuniq Tower is da bomb.
f4phantom2500
Platinum Member
If we're talking about a heatsink/fan combo only (no phase change, no peltiers, no closed loop water):
CoolerMaster GeminII
(2) 120mm Sanyo Denki SanAce 260CFM
It's a bit loud 🙂 I doubt you'll find a better cooler on air, unless you strap a leafblower to your heatsink.
CoolerMaster GeminII
(2) 120mm Sanyo Denki SanAce 260CFM
It's a bit loud 🙂 I doubt you'll find a better cooler on air, unless you strap a leafblower to your heatsink.
ROFLROFLROFLROFL... thats all i need to say about that kit.
If you buy it. ROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFL.... u would of gotten better with the petratech kit i linked you to. Actually im pretty sure it would blow this kit away thanks to the DDC-2 and Dtek fuzion.
You also fail to list that the unit gets fairly loud.
"So what went wrong? Well basically it's pretty simple. Part of the Freezone's overall small footprint is achieved by it's lack of a large liquid reservoir. Though convenient, this small footprint would seem to be the Freezone's "Achilles Heal""
And also,
"The cooling results in quiet mode however were dismal for the Freezone unit. Though it still gets the job done, there are cheaper and more effective silent cooling solutions on the market."
Ummmmm, the petratech can do the CPU + 8800GTX in the SAME loop with fans on medium to low. Also they compare this kit to the aquagate. LMAO... this is all i have to say, aquagate... *sigh* What next?? compare it to a TT waterkit?
MAXXRacer at xs forum is one of the watercooling guru's his exact comment about TT waterkits.
Originally Posted by MaxxxRacer
Thermaltake is kind of like AIDS; it won't go away just by ignoring it.
And with that being the case, id still pick TT's bigwater kit anyday over the aquagate and freezone regaurdless of how bad TT is.
But then again, i wouldnt get a TT kit to being with because yeah, they are like AIDS, you cant seem to not get rid of it no matter how hard one tried.
People think they rock like the big typhoon, but the guys who know there stuff think its another half ass package that shouldnt even be on the shelves.
yeah, I hate that the tuniq tower isnt in there either for the side by side comparison, but you can easily find other reviews on the tuniq tower and then compare numbers from the tests, only reason I went with zalman 9700 was because I found it cheap ($40) and its ligher than the tuniq. But I would agree that the Tuniq Tower is a better performer than the 9700, but not enough to pay the extra money and have the extra stress on motherboard from weight to me.
The Tuniq Tower and the Scythe Infinity are currently the best air HSFs. The performance difference betwenn them is marginal.
And Canai, are you sure your room temperature is 15°C? That's pretty cold, 22°C is about the normal room temperature, don't know much that is in fahrenheit. Your motherboard temps sensors are probably just off...
And Canai, are you sure your room temperature is 15°C? That's pretty cold, 22°C is about the normal room temperature, don't know much that is in fahrenheit. Your motherboard temps sensors are probably just off...
This is one bad a$$ cooler
and here is a review
They now also make the lite version that has a PCI card instead.
and here is a review
They now also make the lite version that has a PCI card instead.
Acoording to every article I've seen, the best pure air cooler out there is the Tuniq. If money is no object and it fits in your case, the discussion is over right there.
For me, money is an object, and I overclock in part for the value, not just the challenge. So I bought the CoolerMaster HyperTX. It gives me most of the performance of the Tuniq at half the price.
Check out some of the articles on this site. You'll see the consistent results - Tuniq first, then group 2: Hyper 6+, Scythe, then Thermalright, all in the same general area. Then the stock cooler, which does a pretty decent job itself.
For me, money is an object, and I overclock in part for the value, not just the challenge. So I bought the CoolerMaster HyperTX. It gives me most of the performance of the Tuniq at half the price.
Check out some of the articles on this site. You'll see the consistent results - Tuniq first, then group 2: Hyper 6+, Scythe, then Thermalright, all in the same general area. Then the stock cooler, which does a pretty decent job itself.
And I'm going to pipe in for the Thermalright Ultra 120. It performed within 1C of my Tuniq tower. Granted, I had mounted a higher CFM/pressure 120x38mm fan on my Ultra 120 but all said and done, the noise levels were the same. I simply prefer the Ultra 120 over the Tuniq tower.
Regardless, which HS you choose I'm sure you'll be happy
Regardless, which HS you choose I'm sure you'll be happy
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