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Recommendations for heatsink & fan for i7-870?

First of all, get ECO's instead of RipJaws.

For real cooling get a Noctua NH-D14 and never worry again.
 
Heatsinks are low. Voltages are low, which is why they don't need high heatsinks. Well-reviewed. High-performance RAM gains you little in system performance (got that from Ananadtech reviews last year); DDR3-1600 allows you to use these RAM no matter where you set your BCLK.
 
ehume said:
Heatsinks are low. Voltages are low, which is why they don't need high heatsinks. Well-reviewed. High-performance RAM gains you little in system performance (got that from Ananadtech reviews last year); DDR3-1600 allows you to use these RAM no matter where you set your BCLK.
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Good point but where are the 2X4GB sticks? All I see (on Newegg) are 4X2GB for the ECOs.
 
Narmer said:
Good point but where are the 2X4GB sticks? All I see (on Newegg) are 4X2GB for the ECOs.
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Yeah, no ECOs in 2x4GB, and the Ripjaws are fine anyway. Mine can run 1.5v all day at non-overclocked settings. The ones you picked are binned to run at 1.5, so I wouldn't be surprised if they do fine lower than that at standard speeds.

As for the fan, just get the Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus...it's $30 from various vendors through Amazon (Newegg overcharges for it), and has received plenty of good reviews.

At stock speeds, it's more than enough for your CPU. The Noctua is way too expensive for your purposes, not to mention it's really large.
 
any decent cooler in push/pull will make a huge difference. I've seen about a 10c drop in load temps by installing an extra antec 120mm tri cool fan into push mode on my TRUE.
 
You can't go wrong with the nh-d14, if the cost doesn't bother you.

edit: also, the ECOs are pretty awesome, but if you need 4gb DIMMs, oh well.
 
As you guys can see, the memory has heat spreaders that may block the HS & F from being properly installed. Would the Noctua or any other HS & F still work?
 
Ripjaws have a low-profile heatspreader unlike Dominator GTs, Pi Black, etc. The nh-d14 should clear it.

Or you can go with a smaller hsf.
 
I was just in my own case rearranging SATA cables. I noticed that the fin stack of my D14 stretches over the first two rows of RAM. I also noticed that my Ripjaw heatsinks looked like they had about 8mm of clearance.
 
Mugen is a pita to mount and blocks ram all day.

Dont get why ppl recommend DH-14 to a non-overclocker.

TRUE is nice but you'll need separate 1156 mounting bracket.

Hyper 212 would be my recommendation as well for 30$. But the Thermalright MUX-120 steals the show imho, if you can find it.
 
ehume said:
My Ripjaws fit under my D14 just fine - better than they fit under my Megahalems.

---And I recommend it because once you start building you often get bitten by the OC bug. Why buy your cooler twice?
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I've never OC'ed anything before cause I need this computer for work and backing up other computers. It will be running Windows Server 2008R2 so I literally cannot afford to take chances with hardware.
 
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ehume said:
---And I recommend it because once you start building you often get bitten by the OC bug. Why buy your cooler twice?
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Well, it might still be cheaper.

Also, you make it sound like you can't reach a decent overclock with a little less humongous cooler.

But ok, it's pretty damn good.
 
Once you've owned and used one, it's hard not to recommend it. It's huge, it cools very well, and the mounting system is a pleasure to work with. If you stick with the default fans, it offers top-notch cooling with practically no noise, and there are plenty of other quiet fan options out there if you don't like the included ones. The price tag could use some work, mind you.

There are plenty of other options, but might as well throw one of the best ones out there into the ring just in case the OP likes oversized chunks of metal.

Honestly I think the Mugen 2 is a great buy right now, though it can be rather large and block RAM slots as well.
 
Well, I got the Mugen 2. However, it did not come with a thermal paste and I incorrectly assumed the Intel box set would come with one but it did not. I thought so because the last build I did was with an AMD retail processor and it came with it. Intel's HS&F comes with a think layer already on it. Since I did not have time I went ahead and installed the Intel one and built the computer. I decided to return the Mugen 2 because I setting it up would mean taking everything apart again and that would be torture. If you guys could recommend a heatsink and fan that does not require me taking out the MB but doing an easy replacement with the Intel one it would be great. I decided get a thermal paste as well so no more surprises.
 
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