The PC Air Cooling Club

AsRock · Jan 11, 2011

cdawall said:
got mine when the had a huge rebate $10 ran great 2 fans and i got my 5000+ BE over 3ghz

Well they were having rebates on them when i got mine which was when the 3800 x2 was selling and before the price war and before AMD screwed all 939 users lol.

Use mine in a HTPC box now and there is only 2 fans on the case which are front left side and rear right side and still keeps cool even after running a Arma dedi for days(2-6 days ) on end which will run it 90% for all that time.
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Krony · Jan 11, 2011

Hi, i suppose u can add me to the club, just upgraded my old Athlon X2 system to an i7 (check system details) so running a Prolimatech Megahalems Rev. B atm with 2x Akasa Apache black fans in push/pull, the cooler gets pretty nice reviews and it looks good too.
Got a question also for anyone else running this cooler on a similar system to mine about temps, mine idle at around 40c-45c and get upto around 75c in games which is not a major problem i think but with prime95 running it hits 90c, bit warmer than i was expecting so i would like to get an idea of what other ppl are getting so i can decide on:

1. Re-fitting the cooler with maybe a bit less paste to see if i applied too much.
2. Upgrading the fans for some 2000rpm badboys.
3. Trying my hand at watercooling

Thx in advance

EastCoasthandle · Jan 12, 2011

Hmm, I'm not sure if I should add this to the list or not? This isn't a HSF that comes with the SB as I originally thought. It's sold separately and is fairly cheap but are there any reviews?

Intel BXXTS100H

erixx · Jan 12, 2011

Ah, so that is the final Intel HSF? Good to know. Seems a very solid and well thought product, no bullshit, metal top plate, no plastic. Mode button. And cheap. 3rd party 'developers' (cough) could learn 1 or 2 things from them.

[Ion] · Jan 12, 2011

Yeah, it does look very decent. A lot like the Xigmatek 963, except it's not HDT. And that's a decent-enough cooler

EastCoasthandle · Jan 12, 2011

The only place I can get any information about this cooler is from Tiger Direct's Product Review and Legit Review. The comment (although brief) was intriguing. In part, it stated that when using Q mode (quiet) it kept the cpu at 70C at 4.3GHz overclock. It didn't mention what the temps were when using P (Performance). However, it does suggest looking for a better cooler when seeking 4.5GHz OC.

Krony · Jan 13, 2011

Well, i refitted the cooler with a bit less paste and temps still the same so i have ordered a pair of Enermax Apolish Vegas.
And yea that intel cooler looks pretty decent for a stock item.

LAN_deRf_HA · Jan 13, 2011

How many fans are people running in their system total? I just counted and was surprised there were so many for how quiet it is. 2 on the front, 2 on the side, 2 on the top, 2 on the back, 2 on the card, and 1 for the psu. So 11.

Krony · Jan 13, 2011

LAN_deRf_HA said:
How many fans are people running in their system total? I just counted and was surprised there were so many for how quiet it is. 2 on the front, 2 on the side, 2 on the top, 2 on the back, 2 on the card, and 1 for the psu. So 11.

3 x 120mm front intake, 2 x 120mm rear exhaust, 1 x 120mm inside, inline with the top front intake and the ram and cpu cooler, 2 x 120mm push/pull on cpu cooler, 1 x 200mm top exhaust, 1 on GPU and 1 on PSU. So 11 too

overclocking101 · Jan 13, 2011

i am a venomous-x owner i would love to join! i run normally 8 120mm fans but right now am only rocking 4

mastrdrver · Jan 14, 2011

Anyone got any recommendations on top down coolers? Was looking at the the SAMURAI-ZZ but seems like a bit much for a 92mm fan setup.

Looking for a top down cooler so it will push air over the mosfet area on my 770-C45 AM3 board since it doesn't have any heat sinks on them.

Also anyone seen Scythe Setsugen 2 yet?

erixx · Jan 14, 2011

Sorry but that is a video card cooler, well being 'air' it also belongs here

LOL, that review turns into a reviewer bashing....

The idea of the Scythe of maximizing the fan size this way is very effective, at the cost of looking amateurish.

[Ion] · Jan 14, 2011

LAN_deRf_HA said:
How many fans are people running in their system total? I just counted and was surprised there were so many for how quiet it is. 2 on the front, 2 on the side, 2 on the top, 2 on the back, 2 on the card, and 1 for the psu. So 11.

Laptop: 1 (CPU/GPU)
Desktop: 4 (2 CPU, 1 GPU, 1 PSU)

EastCoasthandle · Jan 25, 2011

Intel DBX-B CPU cooler

Strange, there is also a 8-heatpipe Intel Cooler but I don't know the name of it or who sells it. Video here. Review here. This is a 1366 socket cooler though. I'm not sure where you can buy one.

douglatins · Jan 25, 2011

Should i replace my D14 for a Archon?

EastCoasthandle · Jan 25, 2011

douglatins said:
Should i replace my D14 for a Archon?

Don't you mean the Thermalright Silver Arrow? And if so, even though the Silver Arrow is better it's not worth the added cost over the D14 IMO.

LAN_deRf_HA · Jan 25, 2011

Why would he mean silver arrow? The archon is smaller yet performs better. The silver arrow is officially rendered pointless by it.

Radical_Edward · Jan 25, 2011

I have a Hyper 212+ in Lauren's rig and a CNPS 9500A sitting in a box. As I'm using a H50...

mastrdrver · Jan 26, 2011

LAN_deRf_HA said:
Why would he mean silver arrow? The archon is smaller yet performs better. The silver arrow is officially rendered pointless by it.

Are there any other articles that prove this other then Xbitlabs? Did you know they applied almost the same cpu voltage to their 980X with the same other settings and same ambient and got temperatures 4C cooler in their article between the SA and the D14 then they retained from their Archon article?

douglatins · Jan 28, 2011

mastrdrver said:
Are there any other articles that prove this other then Xbitlabs? Did you know they applied almost the same cpu voltage to their 980X with the same other settings and same ambient and got temperatures 4C cooler in their article between the SA and the D14 then they retained from their Archon article?

W1zz should do HSF reviews, he has the perfectionism needed

cdawall · Jan 28, 2011

haha i have more heatsinks than all of you chumps!

Deleted member 74752 · Jan 28, 2011

HaHa! A chump with a bunch of hsf's... :laugh:

de.das.dude · Jan 28, 2011

cdawall said:
haha i have more heatsinks than all of you chumps!

http://img.techpowerup.org/110126/2011-01-26_18-45-21_284.jpg

its a bird, its a plane? its a calculator?

its a computer!!!

mastrdrver · Jan 28, 2011

Because you want to hear how loud that fan is before you buy it

de.das.dude · Jan 28, 2011

mastrdrver said:
Because you want to hear how loud that fan is before you buy it

i buy 80mm fans that have around 0.20A they are mostly silent.
i once bought two 92 mm fans, .30A, big mistake. true they move air like theres no tomorrow, but in the winter when the ceiling fans not running, it makes for a very bad sleeping experience at night.

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