what is the Best Heat sink for the 1366 socket

[Peppered]

I want to try to run at 4ghz stable on my I7 920.
I no this isn't always something you can do because of factors like one cpu will clock better than the other and may have the wrong ram and so on, but i want to be sure that my cooler for my cpu isn't the problem.

I want to stay away from water cooling at this point in time maybe will try to water cooling later on on when I have the funds too.

 

[mchammer187]

Thermalright Venomous X I think

 

[Peppered]

Thanks for the reply, I just noticed I may have opened a question that was to much of a opinion and don't want to start a flame ware as to what is better than this, was just looking for some good feed back before I by something.

 

[Rubycon]

Prolimatech Megahalems Shadow has been the best for me so far.

 

[Hey Zeus]

Love my Mega Shadow

 

[faxon]

Venomous X or mega shadow would be my #1 and 2 picks

 

[Peppered]

Thanks again for the info I hear of the mega shadow before was just reading up on the venomous, haven't seen were it is better than the shadow yet so far just saying that it is about 10c cooler than the true.

 

[Peppered]

just read were the advantage the venomous might have is in the mounting bracket. You can adjust the pressure from corner to corner I believe after it is installed.

 

[Peppered]

They tested the True, Mega Shadow and the Venomous.
http://www.ocxtreme.org/forumenus/showthread.php?t=5576e

Venomous looked to be the better of the 3

Sorry I use to no how to cut and paste links but being they change the forum I cant see how to do it now.

 

[Markfw]

I can only say that I love my megahalem. I used to be a lover of the TRUE extreme, but the mounting on the mega is way better, and I think it cools better also. The shadow and the Venomous I have not personally used, but they look good.(as in probably better)

 

[stipalgl]

Another good air cooler right now is the Noctua NH-D14. Of course, it's also a monster when it comes to size but reviews seem to indicate that it's a champion when it comes to performance.

http://www.guru3d.com/article/noctua-nh-d14-review/6

 

[Markfw]

Another good air cooler right now is the Noctua NH-D14. Of course, it's also a monster when it comes to size but reviews seem to indicate that it's a champion when it comes to performance.

http://www.guru3d.com/article/noctua-nh-d14-review/6

They didn;t even put that up against the top 3 mentioned above !

 

[Peppered]

The Noctua NH-D14 looks like it may be a quit also I hate it when I hear my CPU fan rev up when I try to play a game or something that is more stressful to the CPU.
I have read some decent reviews on the Corsair H-50 also but nothing compared them to ones mentioned above.

 

[aigomorla]

The DD h2o kit going at frys for 69.99 will spank hard core ANY air kit you buy.

Even with the out dated TDX.

Drop in a newer cpu block, and you will not look back at air unless ur a lazy person who doesnt want to try water.

 

[Peppered]

Going to do some searching on the web to see if I can get some comparisons on the h-50 and the Noctua NH-D14.
And by the way thanks for not making this into a flame war.

 

[Markfw]

The DD h2o kit going at frys for 69.99 will spank hard core ANY air kit you buy.

Even with the out dated TDX.

Drop in a newer cpu block, and you will not look back at air unless ur a lazy person who doesnt want to try water.

Do you have links or more info on that water kit ? I don't know what DD refers to, exact model numbers etc would be appreciated.

 

[Peppered]

The DD h2o kit going at frys for 69.99 will spank hard core ANY air kit you buy.

Even with the out dated TDX.

Drop in a newer cpu block, and you will not look back at air unless ur a lazy person who doesnt want to try water.

I am not sure I have enough power left to run a WC set up my Cooler master Cosmos case will defiantly accommodate one.

I am running 2 SSD Drives one WD black terabyte drive one Raptor 300 gig and 2 ATI 5700
with a Corsair 750 PSU

 

[aigomorla]

Do you have links or more info on that water kit ? I don't know what DD refers to, exact model numbers etc would be appreciated.

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2035795

Its seriously a STEAL at that price.

The D5 alone is a 75 dollar pump.

I am not sure I have enough power left to run a WC set up my Cooler master Cosmos case will defiantly accommodate one.

I am running 2 SSD Drives one WD black terabyte drive one Raptor 300 gig and 2 ATI 5700
with a Corsair 750 PSU

i can say in a COSMOS, that kit is almost 100% drop in compatible.

Mount the rad up top like the COSMOS was designed for.

 

[Peppered]

I was just at frys web site and can't seem to find any liquid cooling items other than the H50 and zalaman

 

[aigomorla]

Its local only. :\

Only applies if you have a frys near you.

 

[Peppered]

Darn to bad no Fry's close to me maybe one 4 hrs away in Atlanta, GA.

 

[Peppered]

I will have to wait it looks like to try WC I have spent to much fixing what was broke and buying the new VID Cards.

 

[Peppered]

I could of scraped up the money for the DD kit and a CPU block though. that was a real good price.

 

[RussianSensation]

The water kit Aigo recommended above looks really really good. There is also the worse performing but cheaper Corsair H-50 for $63:
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10011514&prodlist=celebros

I would say performance wise you cannot go wrong with any of these air coolers:

#1 Noctua NH-D14
#2 Thermalright IFX-14
#3 Venemous X
#4 Megahalems / MegaShadow
#5 Thermalright Ultra Extreme
#6 Titan Fenrir
#7 Scythe Mugen 2

Bang for the buck though I would probably either go for Scythe Mugen 2 for $40:
http://www.heatsinkfactory.com/scythe-mugen-2-rev--b-cpu-cooler---scmg-2100.html

or the TRUE for $48:
http://www.svc.com/u120e-rt-775.html
Includes free BTK-1366 Thermalright LGA1366 Bolt-Thru Mounting Kit

 

[Peppered]

Just curious has any one seen the Corsair H-50 compared to the ones mentioned above?

I am leaning towards getting one of these 3 though Noctua NH-D14, Venemous X
or the Megahalems / MegaShadow.

Will depend on what one I can find for the best deal.

And many thanks a lot of good info in the thread.