Antec Air CPU Coolers down in price!

Tomcat825 · 5 Jul 2011 at 14:00

The sound is the bit that worries me slightly... You guys tried these at OCuk? Can you comment on how loud it actually is?

bulldog147 · 5 Jul 2011 at 14:31

A loud fan isn't worth it for any sandybridge to be honest! Mine with Noctua NH-D14 and Thermalright Silver Arrow (both stock fans) is much quieter (probably better than KÜHLER box stock fans) but of course you can always swap the fans indeed!

Ace Modder · 8 Jul 2011 at 10:05

bulldog147 said:
A loud fan isn't worth it for any sandybridge to be honest! Mine with Noctua NH-D14 and Thermalright Silver Arrow (both stock fans) is much quieter (probably better than KÜHLER box stock fans) but of course you can always swap the fans indeed!

Tested the Antec CPU fans have you? :rolleyes:

gazzaman2k · 10 Jul 2011 at 23:31

the kuhler box has proven to be quite a good cooler, i purchased 2 whist the offer was on to see what they were like as i have a few overclocked bundles and they are very good coolers keepting the overclock temp down to a max of 85 @ 4.7ghz and a 4.6 i7 2600k setup worth the money, how come you guys have discontinued them now?

bulldog147 · 10 Jul 2011 at 23:35

85C (that pretty too high for i7 2600K) you only got 13C tjmax left!

gazzaman2k · 10 Jul 2011 at 23:38

but when does a cpu use all 8 cores 100% thatis the max temp on one of the cores (core 3) whilst priming that was after 24hours, gaming usage its like 75ish max

Ace Modder · 11 Jul 2011 at 08:50

gazzaman2k said:
the kuhler box, how come you guys have discontinued them now?

Sold out

-Mike- · 11 Jul 2011 at 11:52

gazzaman2k said:
the kuhler box has proven to be quite a good cooler, i purchased 2 whist the offer was on to see what they were like as i have a few overclocked bundles and they are very good coolers keepting the overclock temp down to a max of 85 @ 4.7ghz and a 4.6 i7 2600k setup worth the money, how come you guys have discontinued them now?

85 Degrees is terrible. I have a thermalright ultra 120 and it does a far better job than that. I was very keen to buy one of these coolers but figured they were EOL stuff and thats why so cheap.

gazzaman2k · 11 Jul 2011 at 11:59

my silver arrow is only like 9c better then that but 16.99>50.99 the kuhler will win as it does more for its money

bulldog147 · 11 Jul 2011 at 12:01

gazzaman2k said:
my silver arrow is only like 9c better then that but 16.99>50.99 the kuhler will win as it does more for its money

Silver Arrow and Noctua D14 win hand down by mile ahead and will never go over 72C!

Ace Modder · 11 Jul 2011 at 13:20

The bank balance wins with the Antec's though....

gazzaman2k · 11 Jul 2011 at 14:12

mines reached upto 89c before. every chip is different so you cannot say what or how it will go upto.

standard clocks it sits at 56c max but overclocking soon puts more heat into it

tuomoy · 11 Jul 2011 at 23:54

Water cooling is the way to go

bulldog147 · 12 Jul 2011 at 00:55

tuomoy said:
Water cooling is the way to go

custom water cooling can be risky cos of leaking and are well too expensive. Too much of hassle of the jobs to built.

mjones1 · 12 Jul 2011 at 02:38

bulldog147 said:
custom water cooling can be risky cos of leaking and are well too expensive. Too much of hassle of the jobs to built.

It's pretty cheap if you buy the rasa kit & is fairly easy to watercool in all.