i7 CPU Cooler Suggestions

RBL · 17 Feb 2010 at 19:56

I just placed my order for Venomous cooler and 2x Apache fans for saturday delivery. So it looks like I will be overclocking my i7 this Saturday. Will buy few beers to celebrate as well

Once again thank you to Helios. Though I could have some more questions on saturday if you don't mind

Helios1234 · 17 Feb 2010 at 20:36

RBL said:
I just placed my order for Venomous cooler and 2x Apache fans for saturday delivery. So it looks like I will be overclocking my i7 this Saturday. Will buy few beers to celebrate as well

Once again thank you to Helios. Though I could have some more questions on saturday if you don't mind

No problem at all!

JeffyB · 17 Feb 2010 at 21:07

Can anyone tell me if the venomous x with a fan on blocks the first ram slot on an x58 mobo? My gskill ram has tall heatsinks and I would like to be able to use all the slots.

cupofchow · 18 Feb 2010 at 10:10

Its pretty much the same size as the TRUE, i have mine orientated facing upwards and it only just overlaps the 1st slot.

RBL · 18 Feb 2010 at 19:17

A day after ordering my Venomous X (yesterday) I bought a copy of Custom PC (April 2010 issue) as there is a review of this cooler and they didn't like it a bit. It got 66% score with 1366 socket and even lower 61% with 1156 socket. They said it is too expensive and it can easily be outperformed by half-the-price cooler. Oh well, I will stick to my order and I will see for myslef.

Custom PC said:
Thermalright Venomous X Scores:

LGA1366 Score:

Cooling 88%
Design 77%
Value 27%
Overall 66%

LGA1156 Score:

Cooling 75%
Design 77%
Value 27%
Overall 61%

setter · 18 Feb 2010 at 19:41

JeffyB said:
Can anyone tell me if the venomous x with a fan on blocks the first ram slot on an x58 mobo? My gskill ram has tall heatsinks and I would like to be able to use all the slots.

I use a TRUE black (same cooler basically as venomous x) on my p6t dlx v2 along with ocz reaper, this ram has possibly the tallest heatsink available. No problems with ram slots, even if i decide to go to 12gb.

Youll notice that in the second pic, my ram was in the wrong slots when i first built the rig, this though confirmed that 12gb would fit fine.

JeffyB · 18 Feb 2010 at 22:49

Thanks setter that's exactly what I wanted to know. I'm currently milling some things over in my head for a rebuild and a true black would go well in the black interiored ft02 i'm thinking of getting.

cupofchow · 19 Feb 2010 at 02:01

Im thinking of getting some 120 x 38mm fans for cooling my VX and for case fans running on a Zalman fan controller, what are the best ?

Cheers

RBL · 20 Feb 2010 at 09:35

There won't be overclocking for me today, as OCUK can't deliver the goods for me today. I won't go into details because I think somehow I'd end up banned if I say something negative about them, but I don't think I will be using them again :mad:

Helios1234 · 20 Feb 2010 at 11:56

RBL said:
There won't be overclocking for me today, as OCUK can't deliver the goods for me today. I won't go into details because I think somehow I'd end up banned if I say something negative about them, but I don't think I will be using them again

Can you get a refund on the Saturday delivery?

RBL · 20 Feb 2010 at 12:58

Helios1234 said:
Can you get a refund on the Saturday delivery?

Yes, they'll refund me saturday delivery and will deliver it for free on wednesday. This means that I have to wait until next weekend to overclock my CPU. Maybe not a big problem, but as it was not my fault I am not happy anyway.

V4nger · 20 Feb 2010 at 19:34

There won't be overclocking for me today, as OCUK can't deliver the goods for me today. I won't go into details because I think somehow I'd end up banned if I say something negative about them, but I don't think I will be using them again

Sh!t happens dude you were probably just unlucky. Just because someone messed up once doesn't mean they will everytime after that. But hey I don't know what happened do I so don't listen to me

Scallywagger · 20 Feb 2010 at 19:38

I am getting 38c - 42c on idle with H50 on my 920 DO @ 4GHz..... 47c - 50c while gaming for 2 hours +

RBL · 20 Feb 2010 at 20:46

V4nger said:
Sh!t happens dude you were probably just unlucky. Just because someone messed up once doesn't mean they will everytime after that. But hey I don't know what happened do I so don't listen to me

Unlucky? No, I don't think so. Any company that care about their cosumers would act in completely different manner.

I'm quite impatient person, that is true. Once I decide I want something, I want it now. So in a way my decision has been taken partly because of that. TBH I wasn't treated very nice too. Yes, they will refund my saturday delivery, but I don't care about that 15£, I wanted the parts today, not wednesday and if they cared a little bit they could send me a short email yesterday informing me that one of the parts is out of stock (even though it was '10+ in stock' on their website when I ordered it and still is) and that it is holding my order back (it wouldn't cost them a penny), but they didn't care a bit and a not very nice guy, that couldn't care less, told me on the phone 'you won't get any of your parts today'. From the way he spoke it seemed like he wanted to tell me that it was my fault :eek:

It's not even the fact that I don't have my parts with me today, it is the whole package that put me off. The 'i-don't-give-a-flying-****' way of treating me over the phone today, the 10 min on hold when I tried to call them (I'm sure they earn a fortune from their 0800 costumer service number), the fact that they didn't contact me saying that there was an issue with my order (if I didn't call them today morning, I'd be waiting all day for delivery that wouldn't be here anyway and they knew it!), etc.

I've spent over 1400£ in their shop over last 3 weeks and any other company would care about a costumer like this, but obviously they couldn't give a ****. They don't want my money, then I won't give it to them.

I will probably get banned for what I've just said and this post will magically disappear very soon anyway :rolleyes:

V4nger · 20 Feb 2010 at 22:01

Hey sorry RBL that sounds like a load of Bullsh!t. Hopefully you won't get banned and OcUK will take your post as advice... well thats probs wishful thinking. Maybe the guy is bored of his job? But I still think you are a bit unlucky seeing as almost everyone else has praised this company like there's no tomorrow. There must be something going on because from what I've read and heard OcUK have better customer service than most online retailers. Well I've only used the forums and not actually bought anything yet. Good luck getting your parts somewhere else.

Lt Goody · 22 Feb 2010 at 20:10

For anybody looking at getting the D14 look at this first to see if you can fit your memory in ok http://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=compatibility_ram_gen&products_id=34

V4nger · 22 Feb 2010 at 20:40

Yeah thats useful seeing as I'm going for OCZ Platinum. Thanks Lt Goody for the link

demonfatality · 22 Feb 2010 at 23:10

i personally would have went with Prolimatech and 2 apache fans they fit nicely inside my antec 1200 .
keeps my i7@ 3.8
http://www.xbitlabs.com:80/articles/coolers/display/thermalright-venomous-x_5.html#sect0

RBL · 25 Feb 2010 at 20:04

I know this is a noob question and I feel embarassed asking it, but what is the best way to mount 2 x 120mm on my Venomous X, one facing the cooler and second facing the case or both facing the PC-case?

setter · 25 Feb 2010 at 20:20

RBL said:
I know this is a noob question and I feel embarassed asking it, but what is the best way to mount 2 x 120mm on my Venomous X, one facing the cooler and second facing the case or both facing the PC-case?

If you look at my pics above (post 66), in the top pic youll see my front cooler fan, the rear fans face should be mounted so that it too is facing the front of the case., ie the blue and black sticker side on my rear fan is facing the rear side of the cooler.