£50 for a 2500k cooler

Goose · 23 Sep 2011 at 12:07

I started a spec me thread in the general hardware forum but it didn't get much love so i'm gonna have to do it piece by piece

I really wanted to get a Silver Arrow but they seem to have been out of stock everywhere for weeks with no sign of change. Instead i'm now looking at the Akasa Venom Voodoo since its in budget and should be fairly quiet.

I'm open to any and all suggestions if the Voodoo isn't worth the money.

Thanks.

ZXSpectrum · 23 Sep 2011 at 12:11

Watercooler? OCUK H20 with a nice quiet fan?

Davefran · 23 Sep 2011 at 12:30

Goose said:
I started a spec me thread in the general hardware forum but it didn't get much love so i'm gonna have to do it piece by piece

I'm open to any and all suggestions if the Voodoo isn't worth the money.

Thanks.

Other thread

logi-cat · 23 Sep 2011 at 16:35

Go for OcUK today only offer, i think it's a Corsair H80 water cooling kit without the fan.

Goose · 23 Sep 2011 at 16:55

logi-cat said:
Go for OcUK today only offer, i think it's a Corsair H80 water cooling kit without the fan.

Aye but with a decent fan we're still looking at £65ish.

welshdragon · 23 Sep 2011 at 17:00

I would get the Antec Kuhler 920 mate. Got one on my i5 oc'd at 4.8 and havent looked back. Airflow is really poor in my case and the chip never goes above roughly 65 after hours of load.

Just seen the thing about budget, the 920 is £30 out of bduget. Maybe the 620 mate with a better fan or even two fans?

C64 · 23 Sep 2011 at 23:29

If you can fit the thermalright archon it's still a good cooler and a bit of bargain at £35-99 here.Here's mine with mx3 paste it's stock fan pushing and an old 120mm akasa amber pulling at 1250 rpm.Two separate runs of 51 passes this was the hottest run.

Kelt · 24 Sep 2011 at 01:22

Goose said:
Aye but with a decent fan we're still looking at £65ish.

Nope.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-048-OP&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395

Bit of a bargain at £58.99. You get the H80 with two better fans, for £21 less.
I'm guessing the only thing missing is the Corsair Link™ Digital connection.

C64 · 24 Sep 2011 at 02:06

The all in one water coolers are overpriced and noisy even the top model corsair h100 needs 4x fans @ noisy as hell speeds to get near the top air coolers.Why pay £60 for £30 performance if we are talking noise / performance ratio.

Helios1234 · 24 Sep 2011 at 09:12

Thermalright VX with two fans.

iostream · 26 Sep 2011 at 16:41

If you can stretch your budget by a fiver you should consider this:

http://overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-000-BQ

I have the Dark Rock (rather than the Pro above), which is closer to £40. It is super quiet, rather sexy and keeps my 2500K chilly, so I'd imagine the Pro version does the job even better..

Goose · 26 Sep 2011 at 17:32

I considered the Dark Rock Pro but the review at Overclock3d wasn't great with the mounting kit in particular being slated. Mounting coolers has always been my least favourite bit about building a rig so i want to avoid getting one that even the OC3d guy says is a PITA.

Helios1234 · 26 Sep 2011 at 18:18

Goose said:
I considered the Dark Rock Pro but the review at Overclock3d wasn't great with the mounting kit in particular being slated. Mounting coolers has always been my least favourite bit about building a rig so i want to avoid getting one that even the OC3d guy says is a PITA.

Thermalright coolers are a breeze to install.

http://www.vortez.net/articles_pages/thermalrigh_venomous_x_cpu_cooler_review,7.html

http://www.vortez.net/articles_pages/thermalright_archon_cpu_cooler_review,8.html

Goose · 26 Sep 2011 at 18:39

Yeah i'd read that which is why i've been so keen to get a Silver Arrow.

Raikiri · 26 Sep 2011 at 18:45

You can get the Cogage Arrow for £36, not quite as good as the Silver Arrow but reasonable.

Helios1234 · 26 Sep 2011 at 18:50

Raikiri said:
You can get the Cogage Arrow for £36, not quite as good as the Silver Arrow but reasonable.

Very good suggestion especially if you get two better fans on top.