Best HSF

chainy · 23 Dec 2008 at 19:05

Just bought a 2nd hand QX6800 Extreme for use in a 2nd system. What's the best HSF for this quad. Money not really an object (within reason) and not interested in water cooling just yet before anyone suggests it.

It needs to fit an Asus P5Q Deluxe without modding!

Any suggestions welcomed.

Im running a Freezer 7 with my current CPU (QX6700 extreme) but im sure there is something better out there.

Is the Scythe Ninja II up to the job?

Cheers

Kennysevenfold · 23 Dec 2008 at 19:12

i would just recommend getting another AC F7 pro, there fantastic at cooling and are quite silent.!

Chimerical · 23 Dec 2008 at 19:14

Tuniq Tower on This Week Only.

Or the Coolermaster V8.

Or the Titan Amanda TEC Cooler.

Or the Scythe Ninja Copper.

chainy · 23 Dec 2008 at 19:22

OMG :O that Coolermaster V8 looks unbelievable! Is it any good or just a gimmick?

Too many choices now Ha Ha

I better get Googleing for reviews.

Chimerical · 23 Dec 2008 at 19:25

chainy said:
OMG :O that Coolermaster V8 looks unbelievable! Is it any good or just a gimmick?

Too many choices now Ha Ha

I better get Googleing for reviews.

Get some reviews for the V8. It looks pretty good, the quality of the contact with the CPU is the most important thing.

moremoney · 23 Dec 2008 at 19:28

Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme CPU Cooler, keeps coming out tops or thereabouts in every review i have read.
And i of course have been using one for 2 years now.

Runs my [email protected] idle 35c and in the area of 48c 50c when gaming.
One scythe fan blowing through to exhaust fans at rear of case, and that is in a Gigabyte 3d Aurora which are not great for airflow.
The only reason that i would ever change it is to water cool.
My next project.

I am sure with better airflow i could drop the temps a few degrees more.

chainy · 23 Dec 2008 at 20:46

After a quick google search the Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme seems to be the one to go for (as suggested above). Now I have to decide what is the best fan to fit on it! Anyone tried a Sharkoon Silent Eagle 2000 with it?

EsaT · 23 Dec 2008 at 22:12

No such thing as universally best HSF.
For example TRUE's performance suffers with really low speed fans because high impedance of tight fin spacing starts to slow airflow too much:
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article850-page5.html

chainy · 23 Dec 2008 at 22:24

Ill probably go with the Scythe S-Flex fan as used in this review.

http://www.anandtech.com/casecooling/showdoc.aspx?i=2943

Seems to work well. Im not looking for a silent set-up, so low fan speed should not be an issue (unless the 6-engine thing on my Asus board kicks in on auto)

moremoney · 23 Dec 2008 at 23:15

I do not here my Scythe S-Flex fan above the fans cooling my 8800gtx.
and if you do you can always turn them down.

This cooler is in a class of its own when overclocking.