is the TRUE still king?

Sem

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currently have 2 year old lapped TRUE and im about to move over to a i7 setup
and im not sure if i should get a new cooler or just get the 1366 bolt through kit

not really been following heat sinks for the last year so im not really up to date on whats the best

thanks
 
Sem said:
currently have 2 year old lapped TRUE and im about to move over to a i7 setup
and im not sure if i should get a new cooler or just get the 1366 bolt through kit

not really been following heat sinks for the last year so im not really up to date on whats the best

thanks
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If i where you i would keep it and get the bolt through kit and maybe newer fans for it.
 
It's still top 5 out of the box, and lapped with a washer maybe even top dog still with a quality fan.

Some new cooler on the cards but not hit retail yet, i7 bolt through kit is best bet currently.
 
Stick with the true. I don't know what shadow means by washer, will have to google that

edit: well, it was the obvious. ill try that one day
 
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He means mounting it with washers under the X bolt through kit to get more / evenly distributed pressure between the Heatsink and CPU

Picture of my old one:
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im already using the washer mod

using some metal washers i got from b&q on top of a soft foam like washers you get with DVD-R packaging
 
I am yet to see a heatsink compete with a Lapped TRUE and decent fans at high heatloads so I would suggest you stick with what you have
 
Stick with the TRUE, a lapped one with a pair of good fans on it is still the best choice, ive tried the noctua, sunbeam core contact, titan fenrir and a tuniq tower, none of them were able to cope with the heatload on my old q6600 at 3.8ghz like my TRUE black.
 
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