LGA 1366 Socket Haetsink/Fans

[CrazigXn]

What choices does one have for upgrading the stock i7 HSF if one plans to overclock?

Newegg only has a Noctua 1366 socket HSF. Seems okay, but would like to know a little more. I plan to try and take the i7 to 3 - 3.2 ghz for the OC and want to be certain I have the right cooling option.

Please advise. The more opinions the better and if I missed another string, just point to the right place.

 

[2dt Drifter]

I found jab-tech has the Scythe Mugen 2. But I too know nothing about which aftermarket HSF to get. I'm not OC'ing and my temps are higher than normal. There doesn't seem to be many options for an i7 user.

 

[Sacraster]

Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 is a great cooler. my 920 is running at 3.8 fine with it

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Originally posted by: Sacraster
Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 is a great cooler. my 920 is running at 3.8 fine with it

Until more recently, I've followed the heatpipe cooler offerings like a hawk. I can manage the dBAs of noise on my own, so I prefer to read comparison reviews that spend less time on that factor than on assessing a cooler's minimum thermal resistance (less TR is optimal).

The Noctua rates as good as or better than the TRUE, and has a retention mechanism that is interchangeable with the TRUE -- or some parts of it.

I'm running my E8600 at maximum safe voltage and 4.25 Ghz. Under Linpack at room-ambient around 73F, load temperature from the TCase sensor doesn't exceed 70C.

The i7 cores have a TDP of 130W, and the reason I haven't jumped into the socket-1366 technology yet (in addition to the comet-tail of the Bush economy and a radical change in my "savings behavior").

If Sacraster says he can get to 3.8 Ghz, I won't contest it. I have no firsthand I7 experience. For however-many grains of salt you want to take, it seems to prove my assessment for the Noctua. The Noctua comes stock with its own (Noctua) fan, which has a very low amperage draw, proprietary fin-design, low noise and low rpms. I preferred a beefier fan, but if Sacraster is using the fan that came with his Noctua -- that also says something.

 

[Tweakin]

I'm currently running my i7 @ 3.8Ghz on the Noctura with a med speed fan (1500rpm). LinPak has never crossed 72c with 1.35 vcore.

 

[Sacraster]

my i7 @ 3.8, running prime95, core temps are 67, 65, 66, 65