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Looking for light LGA775 HS

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Stern

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Hi, I've been looking around at reviews for HS and I've seen some really kickass ones that really bring your CPU temp down to very nice temperatures. Unfortunately I've read about a lot of them that they are very heavy, or that they turn while attached. I frequently move my case around and I am looking for HS that isn't quite as heavy as say a Tyhpoon VX or a Thermalright Ultra 120.

Unless you guys know of a good cheap watercooling solution, although I won't be overclocking very much (if at all) so I doubt I'd really need that.

Thanks,

Stern
 
here is what i am using on my Q6600 right now my 4 cores are 34,34,28 and 33. that is with light use for internet, outlook and such. it weighs as much as the intel stock cooler and cools better than it. i should mention these temps are with arctic silver 5 which has just been applied as i just installed the arctic cooler 7 pro today. i am told it takes some days before the paste breaks in. these temps were taken with coretemp BTW.
 
That looks pretty good, hows the noise? is it quiet? I don't mind so much but I'm living with my gf now so I don't want my comp to sound like a vacuum cleaner.
 
That looks a bit like the Thermalright one. Anyone have a link to some good comparisons between these? I had one earlier but I just cannot find it right now. It was Anandtech article I think.
 
you might want to ask somebody else about noise for it as i have a P180 with after market fans installed plus i have an 3870X2 with the fan turned up so noise is not an issue for me 🙂 i do believe the noise is not that bad though, look at the 1000's of reviews on newegg and noise is not mentioned to much for it.
 
Originally posted by: Stern

Unless you guys know of a good cheap watercooling solution, although I won't be overclocking very much (if at all) so I doubt I'd really need that.
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http://www.shoppts.com/swh2cocpulic.html

If you can find one in stock tho. They shouldnt be too expensive. Only catch is you need to mount the rad like how it is in the picture. Cant be inverted or rotated.

But it would give a TRUE even a a good race, in that small size package.

Heh, but anyhow, on a cheaper solution, what about a sunbeam core contact?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16835207004

Weight 590g

92mm fan so its smaller then a TRUE, about the size of the ultima to be exact.
Performance is up there also since its based off the new pipe contact technology. :T
 
I don't see how the TR coolers are really going to move or pivot much around the dimpled-center of the retaining bracket, even when you are moving the PC from place to place.

Aigo is "right-on" about the Core-Contact Sunbeam -- there are finally reviews (even in Russian-Cyrillic text [but you can read the graphs]) that show how it even edges out the Noctua -NH-U12P by a Celsius degree or two.

But if you are more worried about size, the TR Ultima 90 will work fine for a Q6600. Your over-clock settings will determine how much heat is dissipated. With the right G0 stepping, you should not be limited by the Ultima 90 any more than other coolers, even if it's second-place to the TRUE or even an edge behind the Sunbeam Tuniq.

Of course, my approach to this is to choose an over-clock that's still in the shallow side of the exponential distributions of voltage and heat rising with speed.

EDIT: MY mistake. I must've just finished posting some info for someone with a Q6600.

You won't have any problem with any of those coolers with an E8500 or E8600. Those cores are so scalable, you really shouldn't need to run the voltage higher than 1.3V or something. I have an E8600 @ 1.30V "set" and idle @ 1.26V -- clocked at 4.0Ghz and stable 16-hours-PRIME95 at 4.1 under the same voltage settings.

If you want to do "extreme" over-clocking, that's your choice, but you'll begin running up that steep exponential slope of voltages with an E8600 -- probably around 4.2 to 4.3.

EDIT AGAIN: You really add a chunk of weight to these coolers with your choice of fans. a 120x38mm fan on a TRUE addes between 200 to 250 grams, while the cooler weighs in at 790 grams. An Ultima 90 only weighs in at 460 grams. Personally, I duct my TRUE to a rear case-exhaust 120x38mm fan, and mount an intake fan to the rear of a hard-drive cage ducted to the front-side of the TRUE. With the Ultima 90, you only need a 92x25mm fan. You could even pull the Intel stock fan from a stock E8600 cooler, clip the push-pins, and adapt it to fit the Ultima 90. I think top speed on those stock fans is only 1,700 rpm. Not too noisy.

 
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