CPU Cooler Advice

hi Eqaulizer

seems that most of the posts in here are correct.

if money is no object then perhaps consider the megahalem with a pair of good fans.

the noctua d14 is good but limits the taller kits of ram

the H70 is a safe bet but costs a lot for what it is.

the fenrir and Gelid tranquillo are excellent but if you have a bit more to spend then the megahalem will see you right :)
 
Eqaulizer said:
As im gonna be starting a Computer Science for Games degree in september and while I have the money, I want to build as much of what can be called a "future proof" system that I can (although i know technology changes so quickly that that statement is almost false.)

I wanted the 6 core so that it can more then supply the needs of my course (although not entirely sure what that is in detail just yet).

Mehmet
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Ah, fair enough - good luck with your course :).

You may want to consider the i7 quad cores as well. Obviously that is 2 less cores than the 1090T, but each core is clock-for-clock a fair bit faster on the i7. This means that in applications that only use 4 cores or less (tbh most of them) then the i7 will be faster. Also, the i7 overclocks to around the same level as the X6 on air cooling (~4GHz), which represents a much greater % overclock than the 1090T - this is good to bear in mind when comparing i7 and X6 stock benchmarks. However, in applications that can use 6 cores to full effect, the AMD X6 is usually faster.

The other benefit of the i7 is that it uses the X58 platform. This means you can have triple channel memory, crossfire or SLI, x16x16 PCIe GPU slots and upgrade to Gulftown Hex cores.

These 32nm hex cores are very expensive at the moment, but in a few years the price should have dropped a fair bit. This would allow you to do a drop-in CPU upgrade. Unfortunately, the AMD AM3 platforms won't offer this kind of easy upgrade as future "Bulldozer" CPUs will require a new AM3+ motherboard.
 
cmndr_andi said:
Ah, fair enough - good luck with your course :).

You may want to consider the i7 quad cores as well. Obviously that is 2 less cores than the 1090T, but each core is clock-for-clock a fair bit faster on the i7. This means that in applications that only use 4 cores or less (tbh most of them) then the i7 will be faster. Also, the i7 overclocks to around the same level as the X6 on air cooling (~4GHz), which represents a much greater % overclock than the 1090T - this is good to bear in mind when comparing i7 and X6 stock benchmarks. However, in applications that can use 6 cores to full effect, the AMD X6 is usually faster.

The other benefit of the i7 is that it uses the X58 platform. This means you can have triple channel memory, crossfire or SLI, x16x16 PCIe GPU slots and upgrade to Gulftown Hex cores.

These 32nm hex cores are very expensive at the moment, but in a few years the price should have dropped a fair bit. This would allow you to do a drop-in CPU upgrade. Unfortunately, the AMD AM3 platforms won't offer this kind of easy upgrade as future "Bulldozer" CPUs will require a new AM3+ motherboard.
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I thought the "Bulldozer" cpu's would be on AM3? (as i recall reading somewhere on this forum).

Intel seems more expensive then the eqivilant AMD priced alternative hence why i chose AMD. From another thread which i started I was also told AMD is the better choice for future proofing? is this not correct?

Mehmet
 
Ah.. i see. Damn. lol.

Is there an ETA and prices for the bulldozer/AM3+ mobos? and do you think it would be worth waiting?

Apologies for so many questions but I just want to learn as much as I can. :)

Thanks again

Mehmet
 
Last I heard, we are looking at an early 2011 release. There is also an Intel Sandy bridge release later this year. So if you can wait until spring you will be able to make an informed choice of which performs best for your uses/budget.
 
Thanks for the heads up cmndr andi :)

I dont think I can wait until early 2011 which is quite annoying (as my course is later in a couple of weeks time) and would like to build it while I have plenty of spare time available.

Thanks again

Mehmet
 
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