Help choose a heat-sync/fan

[jawknee530]

I'm building a C2D machine and want to overclock it but i don't know what cooling solution would be best. I'm looking at these three:

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16835186134

Scythe SCINF-1000
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16835185027

ZALMAN CNPS9500
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16835118223

If anyone can help me choose between these three it would help me out a lot. Thanks

 

[RallyMaster]

Out of those? The Scythe. I'm still going to say this once more though: "Scythe Ninja!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111oneoneoneleven" The Infinity is a huge burden on motherboards just in case you need to move the computer to LAN parties and such. The Freezer 7 Pro is a great heatsink for the budget-minded user (but not so much for the extreme overclocker). The CNPS9500, IMO, has always been an overpriced heatsink and therefore is the worst in terms of value out of those three.

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: RallyMaster
Out of those? The Scythe. I'm still going to say this once more though: "Scythe Ninja!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111oneoneoneleven" The Infinity is a huge burden on motherboards just in case you need to move the computer to LAN parties and such. The Freezer 7 Pro is a great heatsink for the budget-minded user (but not so much for the extreme overclocker). The CNPS9500, IMO, has always been an overpriced heatsink and therefore is the worst in terms of value out of those three.

actually the AF7 isnt so bad :T i actually like it more then the ninja because you can get it for 19.99 with a fan.

 

[Heckler 5th]

Scythe SCINF-1000:thumbsup:

infinity or tuniq tower which i really like.

 

[tylerdustin2008]

I would go with the Scythe SCINF-1000 , or a zalman 9700

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835118019

 

[Operandi]

I don't like the fact that Scythe uses sleeve bearing fans on all of their heatsinks.

Personally I would probably go with the Zalman 9500AT, unlike the LED version the AT has 4-pin PWM fan that will be able to control via your 775 motherboard.

 

[theangel24]

or just get a tuniq tower 120. better than all those imo and practically same price from petratech.

size is almost the same too.

 

[AndyinNYC]

What about those choices if overclock is wanted but sound minimization is also important?

The Tuniq reviews say it sounds like a plane taking off.

Andrew