I dumped watercooling over the summer at the same time as doing an upgrade. I grabbed an Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 rev 2, as it seemed to be a very cheap, satisfactory, quiet cooler. It is.
I would like to replace it with something a bit better. The Freezer is just a nasty clip on fitting, I don't think they get enough pressure on the CPU, I'd prefer a proper mounting that goes through the motherboard.
The difficulty is going to be that I have 4 sticks of Reaper installed - meaning the cooler can't cover the RAM slots on a Crosshair IV Formula.
Ideally it'd be mounted with the fan blowing upwards, this would suit the airflow in my case, as I have 3 intake fans at the bottom/front and 2 blowers at the top/rear.
There's several high end coolers around, and I'm sure they aren't hugely different. I'm wondering if anyone in the same circumstances has found the right cooler.
I would like to replace it with something a bit better. The Freezer is just a nasty clip on fitting, I don't think they get enough pressure on the CPU, I'd prefer a proper mounting that goes through the motherboard.
The difficulty is going to be that I have 4 sticks of Reaper installed - meaning the cooler can't cover the RAM slots on a Crosshair IV Formula.
Ideally it'd be mounted with the fan blowing upwards, this would suit the airflow in my case, as I have 3 intake fans at the bottom/front and 2 blowers at the top/rear.
There's several high end coolers around, and I'm sure they aren't hugely different. I'm wondering if anyone in the same circumstances has found the right cooler.
