i5-750 cooling

wilko49 · 5 Apr 2010 at 12:08

Hey guys, need some more advice...

I am building an i5-750 rig, and would like to know which coolers would be suitable.

I am planning on a heavy overclock, but I have the limitation of only one rear 120mm case fan (mesh side panel and intake fan on the front help keep it cool, but this makes water cooling kits difficult)

Any suggestions?

cmndr_andi · 5 Apr 2010 at 12:15

A corsair H50 would be a good bet.

How big is the case? Is it large enough to take something like a megahalems?

wilko49 · 5 Apr 2010 at 13:03

there is about 140mm between the mobo and the case side, so not enough for the megahalems.

I read a review of the corsair H50 that said the fan had to be set up to blow air inwards, which meant it was unsuitable for cases without a secondary rear exhaust fan - is there a way around this without cutting up my case?

hyperst · 5 Apr 2010 at 13:07

you could set your front fan as exhaust if you went with a h-50

OpenToSuggestions · 5 Apr 2010 at 13:11

The Noctua cooler in my sig is awesome and can be had for just over £50 if you shop around.

I am currently running IBT and Prime at the same time and am under 70c at 4ghz. Cooler is very quiet too.

cmndr_andi · 5 Apr 2010 at 13:14

wilko49 said:
I read a review of the corsair H50 that said the fan had to be set up to blow air inwards, which meant it was unsuitable for cases without a secondary rear exhaust fan - is there a way around this without cutting up my case?

That is the corsair recommended way of doing it, but you can just mount it as an exhaust. It doesn't perform quite as well - but it's still darned good. Here is a review which compares the two ways of mounting - and shows the effect of a 2nd fan.

wilko49 · 5 Apr 2010 at 13:25

ok, thanks very much cmndr_andi, I will get the corsair H50