Best budget fan for an OC'd Q6600?

kissenger · 25 Oct 2011 at 01:34

I'm about to OC my old Q6600 for the first time and I need a fan. These are the one's I've narrowed it down to:

Zalman CNPS10X-PERFORMA

Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus

Which one is best? Or should I go for something else altogether?

Deception · 25 Oct 2011 at 08:03

kissenger said:
I'm about to OC my old Q6600 for the first time and I need a fan. These are the one's I've narrowed it down to:

Zalman CNPS10X-PERFORMA

Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus

Which one is best? Or should I go for something else altogether?

A lot of people recommend Gelid Tranquillo.

j.col · 25 Oct 2011 at 21:58

Deception said:
A lot of people recommend Gelid Tranquillo.

seems to be this, for your budget,
the Hyper 212+ is also quite good in that price range

kissenger · 25 Oct 2011 at 22:54

See, now I'm confused. This table shows that on an 775 socket CPU (which is what my Q6600 is), both the Zalman and the CM 212 Plus beat the Gelid:

http://www.frostytech.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=2512&page=5

But, these results from another site show the Gelid beating both the Zalman and the CM:

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...479-gelid-tranquillo-cpu-cooler-review-9.html

KnightStalker · 25 Oct 2011 at 23:30

a Freezer 7 is another option, not sure on your budget though..Ive got one cooling my QX6700 at 37idle and 59-65 load.

Kelt · 26 Oct 2011 at 01:07

kissenger said:
I'm about to OC my old Q6600 for the first time and I need a fan. These are the one's I've narrowed it down to:

Zalman CNPS10X-PERFORMA

Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus

Which one is best? Or should I go for something else altogether?

I'd be going for this while it's on offer.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-005-AN&groupid=962&catid=1532&subcat=

Deception · 26 Oct 2011 at 08:20

Kelt said:
I'd be going for this while it's on offer.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-005-AN&groupid=962&catid=1532&subcat=

wow that is a great price. Pity it's on pre-order though

kissenger · 26 Oct 2011 at 13:27

Would it be worth splashing a little extra cash to get something better than either the 10X or 212 Plus?

Is there anything at the next price point up that would really make a difference?