Please recommend a push-pin 1366, quiet cooler for me?

[balane]

I would really like to avoid removing the motherboard if possible. I'm running the OEM Intel cooler on my i7 940 OC'd to 3.6GHz right now and the temps are all right (38 idle, 68 load) but it is a tad on the loud side for me. My office is very quiet and it's noticeable louder than the other fans in my case. I'm using AS5 for the compound.

Is there a cooler that would give a decent upgrade in ability which would allow me to install it without taking the motherboard out? I do not have access to the back of the mobo in my case so I would need to remove the board if it's a bolt-down unit.

If the cooling stayed the same and the noise level went down I would be totally happy with that, not trying to be too picky.

Thanks.

Edit: Motherboard is an Asus P6T and the case is a mid-tower Coolermaster, it seems fairly roomy so I don't believe size will be an issue. Am not interested in anything beyond air cooling, even if that were an option. Case cooling is pretty good I think, 80mm intake fan, 120mm exhaust fan plus the 120mm fan in my xClio 750w PSU. It's definitely quiet enough other than the CPU fan. Video card is a 5870 and that seems pretty quiet as well.

 

[ehume]

CM 212+? I think it's push-pin style. You might look it up.

 

[theAnimal]

CM 212+? I think it's push-pin style. You might look it up.

No, it's not.

I'd say Scythe Yasya.

 

[Meghan54]

No, it's not.

I'd say Scythe Yasya.

Too bad it comes with a Slipstream fan.....not exactly the most robust with its output. Bought one, big mistake. While it was quiet, its output was worse than any other 120mm fan I've owned. The cat plays with its wires now...trash!

On the other hand, OP, have you considered an Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev. 2?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835186134

While not the largest cooler around (based on a 92mm fan), nor the absolute best cooler, it works quite well and is pretty quiet....the installed video card, a 5770, is louder under load than the cpu fan. Have one installed on the wife's i5 750 based computer and have the cpu modestly OC'd to 3.6GHz with it without any drama.

 

[ehume]

Too bad it comes with a Slipstream fan.....not exactly the most robust with its output. Bought one, big mistake. While it was quiet, its output was worse than any other 120mm fan I've owned. The cat plays with its wires now...trash!

On the other hand, OP, have you considered an Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev. 2?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835186134

While not the largest cooler around (based on a 92mm fan), nor the absolute best cooler, it works quite well and is pretty quiet....the installed video card, a 5770, is louder under load than the cpu fan. Have one installed on the wife's i5 750 based computer and have the cpu modestly OC'd to 3.6GHz with it without any drama.

I ditched that cooler because, quiet as it was, it was too loud for me.

 

[modestninja]

I don't know which cooler is going to let you OC and be quiet enough. As much of a PITA as it is, if it were me, I'd suck it up and take everything apart and while I was at it, maybe get a new case (or mod your current one) with a CPU cutout.

 

[faxon]

if your case has a backplate mounting hole at worst you only need to remove 3 or 4 screws to get one in even if the hole isnt aligned right, im assuming yours doesnt? generally, anything which is big enough to use a 120mm fan is going to require a backplate of some type with its stoch mechanism, and i honestly wouldnt want to use a 120mm fan cooler with a push pin bracket. if quiet is what you're after you want something which can take a scythe gentile typhoon, and i dont know of any good 120mm fan cpu coolers which use pins still

 

[Meghan54]

i dont know of any good 120mm fan cpu coolers which use pins still

I forgot this one:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835233003

 

[balane]

OK, I see the light and am a believer now in big cooling. I went ahead and took out the motherboard and installed a Scythe Mugen. I replaced the fan with a four pin Arctic Cooling fan and I'm totally pleased now. The fan is nearly completely silent (BIOS is set up to spin it slowly unless needed.) and my temps dropped 15-20c under load. This is even before the Arctic Silver had a chance to break in. Using Intel Burn Test it barely breaks 60C. Very happy. Thanks for the advice.

Cheers.

Bart

 

[faxon]

there ya go! nice big honkin cooler to get the job done right

 

[faxon]

I forgot this one:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835233003

i actually dont like that one very much. i got one a while back but its retired now because the fins on it are so flimsy that the top few actually came off, and i couldnt figure out a good way to keep em in place afterward. soldering em didnt do any good either because the solder wouldnt bond to the aluminium. fins on that model bend really easily as well. still, it IS a push pin design by default, so you have a point. it also performs a good few degrees better when used with a bolt through kit, hence why the S1283V came with one