Heatsinks & thermal paste

[Jjoshua2]

I have a si-120 right now.

I'm planning on getting a e6600 and gigabyte ds3 and overclocking. Will my si-120 work?
What cooler should I get otherwise, or if the si-120 works would it likely help me overclock better?

If my si-120 doesn't work, what one should I get?

I have a yate loon right now, and I would probably use that same fan on the heatsink, so it will be using a quite low rpm fan. I would be open to a slightly noiser option, but only slightly.
From what I've read heatsinks are ranked differently depending on the rpm.

I have some AS5 paste. Is that still the best? I found out that thermalright and zalman now make paste, but how does it compare to as5? Do the best clockers still use as5?

So recommendations please?

 

[myocardia]

This heatsink is the best for low airflow applications, according to the experts: Scythe Ninja. Your Si-120 should work, though, as far as I know.

 

[Jjoshua2]

What experts? According to silentpc, http://www.silentpcreview.com/article646-page3.html, "the Ultra-120 beat the Ninja at every voltage level except the lowest, where the two were equal."
They were using a low rpm fan like mine too. the Nexus fan they used is basically the same as my yate loon which I run at 12v.

 

[Jjoshua2]

bump. Maybe its not exactly low airflow since i think my yate loon gets something like 45 cfm, which is not exactly that close to passive. I am not going for absolute silence, just quiet.

 

[Jjoshua2]

bump! please help any advice better than none.

 

[Jjoshua2]

bump

 

[Rubycon]

Any of those will yield excellent results.

Be sure to apply AS5 carefully and mount the heatsink correctly and you're all set.

 

[grimlykindo]

Your SI-120 will cool within 2-3 degrees of any other heatsink out there with a low RPM fan. I still use my XP-120 with a Nexus (yate loon@1000RPMs) fan and get 40 celsius load temps with my OC'd 3200+.

The only way to see a big difference is to put some horribly loud fan on it and thats not what you want!



:thumbsup: Quiet PC :thumbsup:

 

[Jjoshua2]

The problem is i'm not sure my si-120 will work, and I might need a shim. It didn't seem like LG775 was supported according to thermalright's website. Has anyone gotten some older Thermalright models to work? Do they need a shim?

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: Jjoshua2
The problem is i'm not sure my si-120 will work, and I might need a shim. It didn't seem like LG775 was supported according to thermalright's website. Has anyone gotten some older Thermalright models to work? Do they need a shim?

You won't need any shims. All you'll need is an LGA775 retention bracket.
The SI-120 is a great HS! :thumbsup::laugh:

 

[Jjoshua2]

Ok, so if I get the bracket everything will work fine it seems.
Do I need the retention bracket even to just test my mobo and cpu?