CPU Coolers

doggo · 17 Mar 2008 at 11:43

What do you guys think on this.

My mate has just placed an order (with OcUk of-course) for a new rig, when I sent him the spec I forgot to add a decent CPU cooler, I always replace the stock cooler with a good quality one and chuck to supplied one.

Now he will never be overclocking the rig or running anything too heavy on it, it will mainly be used for surfing, the kids home work and the odd game, saying that they do tend to leave the PC running day and night. Do you think the stock cooler will be up-to the job, I suppose it should be OK for the job if it was speced by Intel?

cheers

doggo

misterPK · 17 Mar 2008 at 11:48

My usual advice on this is if you're not overclocking and unsure if you need a 3rd party cooler, then try the one that comes with it before you decide. You can always change it later if you find it gets too hot or too noisy.

PK!

Glaucus · 17 Mar 2008 at 11:50

The retail cooler will be fine. However the fan on it might be noisy.

doggo · 17 Mar 2008 at 12:20

AcidHell2 said:
The retail cooler will be fine. However the fan on it might be noisy.

Thanks for that, I don't think noise from the PC will be the problem, with 3 young ones and a couple of dogs you can't hear youself think most of the time in his house

cheers

doggo

Gunni Parker · 17 Mar 2008 at 13:13

Tuniq tower is the way foward, esp for the £ and the reliability. It is 1 massive mo-a-fo tho.

mysticsniper · 17 Mar 2008 at 13:51

If you get an Arctic Cooling Freezer 7, it will do the job and won't break the bank either

martian_aphid · 17 Mar 2008 at 13:58

agree with mysticsniper, it will be cool and quiet and not too expensive, and the tuniq is slight overkill based on the usage you have stated

Gunni Parker · 17 Mar 2008 at 14:20

that is correct i suppose. standard coolers are crap, iam sure others will agree.

split · 17 Mar 2008 at 14:37

N1ghthawk97 said:
that is correct i suppose. standard coolers are crap, iam sure others will agree.

Well I expect 99% of people of who use a PC use a stock cooler.
You always pay more to keep it silent.

A Thermalright Ultima-90i (which isn't such a huge chunck) and a Arctic Cooling Arctic Fan 9225PWM works fine for me, but it costs!

shauncr91 · 17 Mar 2008 at 14:56

I'd go for Arctic Freezer 7, if he wont be overclocking. Its especially quiet, cheap, and amazing value for money

Morrey360 · 17 Mar 2008 at 15:01

i would choose the arctic freezer 7, great value for money

wannabedamned · 17 Mar 2008 at 15:47

I'm another for saying stick with the stock cooler. It's fine. What's the point spending more money?

Glaucus · 18 Mar 2008 at 01:21

N1ghthawk97 said:
that is correct i suppose. standard coolers are crap, iam sure others will agree.

Why would anyone agree. A stock cooler will run a pc fine 24/7 as long as you don't over clock to far. It all depends what noise level you want. But temp wise there is nothing wrong with stock coolers.