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What heatsinks are you using for Socket 1156?

Oh sweet **sus. That's $70 + tax + shipping for me. I'm set out to get a Socket 1156 system and the more I look at it the more aggravated I am. Can't use any of my existing HSF, and can't seem to find a HSF that is reasonable both in price and perfomance.
 
was in the same boat as you when I upgraded to i5 750 processor.

ended up using Prolimatech Megahalem + noctua fan + 1156 mounting kit
 
some of the p55 motherboards have socket 775 mounts for heatsink fans, so you may be able to use one of those.
 
I am using a Thermalright TRUE-775 RT. The eVGA P55 boards have 775 mounting holes. BUT... the backplate behind the 1156 socket made a b***h out of the thermalright backplate. Needed to use some other backplate...

As for coolers, there's also the Thermalright MUX-120 and Noctua NH-U12P SE2 that natively support the 1156 mounting brackets, not that they can be found anywhere.
 
 
Scythe Ninja 2 Rev. B, Kabuto, Katana 3, Kama Angle Rev. B, Shuriken Rev. B, and Big Shuriken are also all 1156 compatible according to their latest info. They also have Godhand (10 heatpipes!) and Kama Grand Cross in the works, but I don't know any specs yet on those, I've just seen pics.
 
I was looking at the arctic cooling alpine 11 pro. kinda lacking in the cooling area, but it's supposed to be quiet and small. I don't really like the towers because they're heavy, and may fall out/damage the motherboard during transit, meaning I'd have to remove the heatsink if i wanted to move the computer.
 
Originally posted by: lopri
I see some 1156 motherboards with 775 holes. Has anyone tried it?
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The problem is 1156 motherboards have a backplate for the CPU. As a result, the 1156 bracket has to have an 'empty' area for the CPU cooler backplate. For example,

This is Noctua 1366 bracket

Now look at this Noctua 1156 backplate. Notice all the additional space that is now 'empty' for the 1156 mobo backplate?

Otherwise you may have too much space as a result of the mobo backplate and the cooler backplates on top of one another.

So I think it may not be as seamless unless the S775 heatsink uses pushpins like Xigmatek 1283.

 
Originally posted by: theAnimal
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus
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It got a good review at Frosty Tech. They placed it in their top 10. It's compatible with Intel socket 775/1156/1366 and AMD socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM3 processors and comes with a screw down support bracket and baseplate, no POS push pins. It's also fairly cheap. I got mine from Provantage for ~$28. shipped.
The one thing I don't like about it is that the channels between the aluminum base and copper heat pipes are deep and take up alot of TIM.
I used Bencmarkreviews line method for applying TIM to a DHP heat sink.
The Asrock P55 Pro MB I'm using has holes for a 1156 or 775.


 
Corsair H50. Quite, and eats the Hyper I tried first. The 1156 brackets are available in the model just released. CWH50-1 i think.
 
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