Advice on CPU Cooler?

I'm trying to build a computer sometime at the end of the month, i7-2600k,12GB Ram,GTX580, I havent picked out a motherboard yet as there is limited selection right now for 1155's. I have pretty much all the parts ready to order but I cant figure out what CPU cooler to use I have my eyes on 3 choices.

• Corsair Cooling Hydro Series CWCH50-1 CPU Cooler
• Corsair A70 High-Performance CPU Cooler
• Noctua NH-D14

Which one do you recommend? any advice is much appreciated. Thank you

Anyone?

How much you planning on overclocking ?

Titan Fenrir is perfect for Sandy Bridge. Its a very cool running CPU in comparison to AMD CPU's so the Fenrir will do perfectly for overclocks.

Well I plan on overclocking to about 4.0-4.2ghz at most I believe I'm not a huge gamer but the few games I want to have I want them to run very good and plus also I'd like my pc to last me quite a bit. I dont plan on overclocking the GPU or Ram, right now I'm leaning towards that Corsair water cooler, but I also do like that Noctua system as I've heard theyre products are top quality

Well I plan on overclocking to about 4.0-4.2ghz at most I believe I'm not a huge gamer but the few games I want to have I want them to run very good and plus also I'd like my pc to last me quite a bit. I dont plan on overclocking the GPU or Ram, right now I'm leaning towards that Corsair water cooler, but I also do like that Noctua system as I've heard theyre products are top quality

Halo773ER

that Titan Fernrir seems pretty good and has some impressive test results btw, I'm just worried if it'll hold up as good as the Corsair H50, I mostly plan on using this system to play Flight Sim X and Battlefield 2-3, I do know that Flight Sim X seems to be alot more CPU dependant.

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Well I plan on overclocking to about 4.0-4.2ghz at most I believe I'm not a huge gamer but the few games I want to have I want them to run very good and plus also I'd like my pc to last me quite a bit. I dont plan on overclocking the GPU or Ram, right now I'm leaning towards that Corsair water cooler, but I also do like that Noctua system as I've heard theyre products are top quality

Daytona_178

I worry about system stability thats why I'm afraid to Overclock much, I'm also new to this stuff as I've always just bought systems, this will be my first time building a pc and I'm very nervous about all these things I'm spending about $2000 and I would hate to ruin anything, BTW how much should I spend on a motherboard?

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Well I plan on overclocking to about 4.0-4.2ghz at most I believe I'm not a huge gamer but the few games I want to have I want them to run very good and plus also I'd like my pc to last me quite a bit. I dont plan on overclocking the GPU or Ram, right now I'm leaning towards that Corsair water cooler, but I also do like that Noctua system as I've heard theyre products are top quality

Halo773ER

I worry about system stability thats why I'm afraid to Overclock much, I'm also new to this stuff as I've always just bought systems, this will be my first time building a pc and I'm very nervous about all these things I'm spending about $2000 and I would hate to ruin anything, BTW how much should I spend on a motherboard?

Thnaks man I'm definately going to take the Titan Fenrir into consideration now, but I still dont know how it compares to the H50 even though it is cheaper

Thnaks man I'm definately going to take the Titan Fenrir into consideration now, but I still dont know how it compares to the H50 even though it is cheaper

Halo773ER

I noticed they dont have it on Newegg website though, is a $200 motherboard good enough btw or should i be spending more? is this a good motherboard?

Yes, that is a good one.

Personally though I would get a P8P67, or P8P67 Pro if wanting to SLI. They have an all digital VRM design which improves stability. Also they have THE best looking EFI BIOS 8)

Yes, that is a good one.

Personally though I would get a P8P67, or P8P67 Pro if wanting to SLI. They have an all digital VRM design which improves stability. Also they have THE best looking EFI BIOS 8)

Daytona_178

Is that the Asus motherboards everyone talks about? Do you know how much they were before they were recalled, I dont want to spend much more than $200, I also was looking at this motherboard EVGA. I'm probably not planning on SLI/Crossfire as I just rather get a better newer single GPU. Though to be honest I'm ignorant when it comes to choosing the proper motherboard

I'm trying to build a computer sometime at the end of the month, i7-2600k,12GB Ram,GTX580, I havent picked out a motherboard yet as there is limited selection right now for 1155's. I have pretty much all the parts ready to order but I cant figure out what CPU cooler to use I have my eyes on 3 choices.

• Corsair Cooling Hydro Series CWCH50-1 CPU Cooler
• Corsair A70 High-Performance CPU Cooler
• Noctua NH-D14

Which one do you recommend? any advice is much appreciated. Thank you

Halo773ER

FrostyTech has all kinds of info. According to their test results chart, the Hydro is no better than my beautiful pure-copper blue-LED Zalman air job, just a tad quieter. It stands to reason---the heat has to be blown away somewhere, and it makes no difference whether it's right there at the CPU or elsewhere in the case. Frosty points out that Corsair wants you to mount the exchanger blowing IN, if you can believe it. Water is great to save space at the mobo surface, and for heat removal if you pipe it to a large-surface-area exchanger outside the case, but, well, there's WATER!, it costs more, and you will always be wondering when it will start to leak. Everything leaks. Ask the guys who made the o-rings.

The Noctua is near the top, about 5 degrees Celsius cooler than the Hydro. They don't show the A70, but it looks a lot like the Noctua. There is a review of the A70 at TweakNewsthat shows it not much worse than the Noctua, so for about half the money, you get 99% of the cooling. I'd get the A70 if I had to pick one of these three. It's the dual fans that move the heat.

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I'm trying to build a computer sometime at the end of the month, i7-2600k,12GB Ram,GTX580, I havent picked out a motherboard yet as there is limited selection right now for 1155's. I have pretty much all the parts ready to order but I cant figure out what CPU cooler to use I have my eyes on 3 choices.

• Corsair Cooling Hydro Series CWCH50-1 CPU Cooler
• Corsair A70 High-Performance CPU Cooler
• Noctua NH-D14

Which one do you recommend? any advice is much appreciated. Thank you

Blistrax

FrostyTech has all kinds of info. According to their test results chart, the Hydro is no better than my beautiful pure-copper blue-LED Zalman air job, just a tad quieter. It stands to reason---the heat has to be blown away somewhere, and it makes no difference whether it's right there at the CPU or elsewhere in the case. Frosty points out that Corsair wants you to mount the exchanger blowing IN, if you can believe it. Water is great to save space at the mobo surface, and for heat removal if you pipe it to a large-surface-area exchanger outside the case, but, well, there's WATER!, it costs more, and you will always be wondering when it will start to leak. Everything leaks. Ask the guys who made the o-rings.

The Noctua is near the top, about 5 degrees Celsius cooler than the Hydro. They don't show the A70, but it looks a lot like the Noctua. There is a review of the A70 at TweakNewsthat shows it not much worse than the Noctua, so for about half the money, you get 99% of the cooling. I'd get the A70 if I had to pick one of these three. It's the dual fans that move the heat.

thanks man that information is very useful and im so surprised how good both the noctua and the Corsair A70 is specially the corsair as it's alot cheaper and I also find it weird how the Corsair H50's fan is setup as a intake rather than exhaust, would you happen to know how much the Asus P8P67 Pro is or how much it was before these chips were recalled

Also, take a look at Zalman CNPS10x series coolers. They're cheaper than both the Noctuas and the H series and they move heat phenomenally. The drawback to using an NHd14 is the system you're using it on. If you use it on an AMD system you can only mount it one way and it may or may not interfere with your memory slots.

Yea i just better trust Corsair or Noctua more and Noctuas are known for how quiet they are

I would buy the Corsair H50 becuase it is all black and is rather small. Every one of those coolers should preform very much the same to be honest. If you appriciate a clean looking case then the H50 is the most low profile option.

I honestly dont care what it looks like, I'll never relly see it unless I open my case up

I honestly dont care what it looks like, I'll never relly see it unless I open my case up

Halo773ER

Then get something shiny and expensive that cools real well.

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I honestly dont care what it looks like, I'll never relly see it unless I open my case up

middle-earth88

Then get something shiny and expensive that cools real well.

Well the Corsair A70 is a good price,good reviews and seems to cool very good

Thermaltake Frio gets my vote.silversix_