i7 D0 cooling

Didaco · 14 Sep 2009 at 17:34

Hello,
im gonna get a new i7 system and was thinking to spend £30-£40 on cooling the i7 please choose me a cooler
i hope to get it to 4ghz at least or is that too high?
ps am i spending too little on cooling should i rethink my budget :eek:

RJC · 14 Sep 2009 at 17:39

This or the Thermalright Ultra which I am running on my current system @ 4ghz.

Didaco · 14 Sep 2009 at 17:43

thanks, never thought id get an answer from high up

i have to put 120mm on the heatsinkswith clips right?

BigBruiserAl · 14 Sep 2009 at 17:44

been covered about 500,million times and the above is correct and final

lol

Yes mate 120mm can have 1 or 2 up to you

Didaco · 14 Sep 2009 at 17:45

sorry i knew there are probabely plenty like this
thanks for clarification

BigBruiserAl · 14 Sep 2009 at 17:49

Didaco said:
sorry i knew there are probabely plenty like this
thanks for clarification

Just messing dude, if you want exra cooling you can go for 120mm x 38mm fan the std ones are 120mm x 25

OLDPHART · 14 Sep 2009 at 17:58

If you can afford it go for Corsair H50 CPU Cooler + 2 Akasa Apache fan's in a push>pull config, rad with 2 fans go where your 120mm rear exhaust fan is mounted at rear of case.

H50 - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-001-CS&groupid=701&catid=193&subcat==

Fans - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-056-AK&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=4

Fan>Rad>fan-->air blowing out of case.

Blackwhite · 14 Sep 2009 at 18:03

What's the point to put only CPU under water, TR will do the same job and it will be cheaper.I'm quite sure it will be much quiet as well.

Didaco · 14 Sep 2009 at 18:06

lol ill definetely take that into consideration do you think my fish would mind ?
thanks again for the advice everyone
UPDATE: in case any one cares ive decided to spend a little more on the corsair H50
liquid sounds better to me

OLDPHART · 14 Sep 2009 at 19:37

Posted by Blackwhite
What's the point to put only CPU under water, TR will do the same job and it will be cheaper.I'm quite sure it will be much quiet as well

Why not? a couple of the main reason,s l choice a H50 it do's not block off a ram slot, less weight(pressure on mobo) very easy to fit. The only thing l can hear is my DVD-RW spinning up when in use apart from that nothing else. My case is less than a foot away from me, one more thing the H50 perform's very well.

Blackwhite · 14 Sep 2009 at 20:09

IMO much better to buy LC loop and later on u can add GPU, NB blocks.
But this is only my opinion