Cooling for HAF 912 case

Pedaars · 13 Sep 2012 at 22:14

I have the following in my current build

AMD Phenom II x4 965 Black Edition
Asus Sabertooth 990FX
Corsair Vengance Blue 16GB (1600 MHz)
Seagate Barracuda 1TB 6Gb/s
MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti OC Twin FrozR 2048GB
Pionerr 24x Internal S19LBK DVD Rewriter

Im getting a little concerned that the motherboard software keep warning me that my CPU is too hot as it at 65C!!

Im looking at getting a Corsair H80 or H100 and would like any advice about additional fans or upgrading the stock fans to keep the heat down down

Thanks in advance

BrianB · 13 Sep 2012 at 22:17

Noctua D-14, Alpenföhn K2, Phanteks, Thermalright Silver Arrow SB-E. I don't like all in one water coolers, high end air coolers are much better value for money, probably quieter too

You can probably look in the BIOS for a way to tell the sabertooth to be quiet about the temps.

Baron C · 13 Sep 2012 at 22:56

If mobo is anything like mine, it'll have temp monitoring alarm which can be manually set.

j.col · 14 Sep 2012 at 20:47

what cooler do u have now?
when was the last time u cleaned the existing cooler and all the case fans?

as BrianB already said, a top air cooler will be cheaper, quieter and better than an all in one water cooler and cannot break down

just make sure it fits with your ram

Pedaars · 14 Sep 2012 at 21:59

I just have a stock cooler at the moment and I give the machine a good clean out once a month

tonschk · 16 Sep 2012 at 08:51

BrianB said:
Noctua D-14, Alpenföhn K2, Phanteks, Thermalright Silver Arrow SB-E. I don't like all in one water coolers, high end air coolers are much better value for money, probably quieter too

I agree, the pump of the all in one water coolers can suddenly fail, the aircooler are simpler and safer