I recently replaced the motherboard in my Silverstone Sugo SG04-F case with an Asus ROG model, and a 2500K processor on board.
As owners of this particular case will know, there is a space limitation of about 80mm between the CPU and the underside of the PSU for the cooler fan, and although the standard Intel cooler will fit in there OK, and I don't plan to overclock to extreme levels, I wanted to use something slightly better.
My first thought was to use an existing Zalman CNP58700 NT cooler which had been fitted to the previous mobo, but the close proximity of the heatsinks to the CPU socket didn't leave enough clearance for the 'holding down' clips etc. so that was a non-starter.
After a bit of research I first purchased an Akasa AK-CC7117EP01 K32 High Performance cooler and fan, which although fitted OK space wise, uses those silly Intel 'push-pin fixings which absolutely refused to 'click' into place... and which I hate anyone... and I am sure I am not the only one!
In the end I admitted defeat, and RMA'd it, and it was back to the drawing board (or in my case to Google!) for an alternative option. Now, I know that a lot of folks on here use, and recommend the Scythe Shuriken Rev.B but for some reason it just doesn't appeal to me. Partly because of the 100mm fans, and again it uses those horrible 'push pins' for fixing.
Further searching eventually produced a model I had never heard of before, namely the Samuel 17 from Prolimatech, (named of course after a chapter in the Bible’s Old Testament, concerning the story of David versus Goliath!) which had received some quite promising reviews, one of which can be found at http://www.swemod.com/swemod/page/review/20110216_prolimatech_samuel_17_prolimatech/1/ This cooler is not unfortunately currently stocked by OcUK, and there did actually only appear to be two currently available in the country (there is only one now) from outlets I was prepared to deal with, so an order was quickly placed!
I have to say that I am actually quite impressed with this little beauty. The quality of construction is very high, and the user is given the option of fitting any 120mm fan of his (or her) choice, with mounting screws being included for both 12 and 25mm deep fans. The height of the cooler itself is only 45mm, so I chose to use an Akasa Viper pwm fan with the s-flow blade design. Others will have their alternative favourites though, I am sure!
What also appealed to me about this product was that it is secured to the motherboard with four spring loaded screws, so by carefully supporting my board on two fairly high drawers I was able to fit them easily from underneath, without having to turn the board over, or hold the cooler in place. It could be positioned in several directions, and I finally chose one where the airflow from the fan would also help cool the heatsinks, leaving the RAM and the PCIe slots completely clear.
I haven't got round to carrying out real load testing yet, although the initial CPU temperature was about 27 degrees, which seemed quite encouraging, and I now looking forward to enjoying my new system!
As owners of this particular case will know, there is a space limitation of about 80mm between the CPU and the underside of the PSU for the cooler fan, and although the standard Intel cooler will fit in there OK, and I don't plan to overclock to extreme levels, I wanted to use something slightly better.
My first thought was to use an existing Zalman CNP58700 NT cooler which had been fitted to the previous mobo, but the close proximity of the heatsinks to the CPU socket didn't leave enough clearance for the 'holding down' clips etc. so that was a non-starter.
After a bit of research I first purchased an Akasa AK-CC7117EP01 K32 High Performance cooler and fan, which although fitted OK space wise, uses those silly Intel 'push-pin fixings which absolutely refused to 'click' into place... and which I hate anyone... and I am sure I am not the only one!
In the end I admitted defeat, and RMA'd it, and it was back to the drawing board (or in my case to Google!) for an alternative option. Now, I know that a lot of folks on here use, and recommend the Scythe Shuriken Rev.B but for some reason it just doesn't appeal to me. Partly because of the 100mm fans, and again it uses those horrible 'push pins' for fixing.
Further searching eventually produced a model I had never heard of before, namely the Samuel 17 from Prolimatech, (named of course after a chapter in the Bible’s Old Testament, concerning the story of David versus Goliath!) which had received some quite promising reviews, one of which can be found at http://www.swemod.com/swemod/page/review/20110216_prolimatech_samuel_17_prolimatech/1/ This cooler is not unfortunately currently stocked by OcUK, and there did actually only appear to be two currently available in the country (there is only one now) from outlets I was prepared to deal with, so an order was quickly placed!
I have to say that I am actually quite impressed with this little beauty. The quality of construction is very high, and the user is given the option of fitting any 120mm fan of his (or her) choice, with mounting screws being included for both 12 and 25mm deep fans. The height of the cooler itself is only 45mm, so I chose to use an Akasa Viper pwm fan with the s-flow blade design. Others will have their alternative favourites though, I am sure!
What also appealed to me about this product was that it is secured to the motherboard with four spring loaded screws, so by carefully supporting my board on two fairly high drawers I was able to fit them easily from underneath, without having to turn the board over, or hold the cooler in place. It could be positioned in several directions, and I finally chose one where the airflow from the fan would also help cool the heatsinks, leaving the RAM and the PCIe slots completely clear.
I haven't got round to carrying out real load testing yet, although the initial CPU temperature was about 27 degrees, which seemed quite encouraging, and I now looking forward to enjoying my new system!
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That's totally fine, I have mine hitting 60 often when under load. If you get it lower all you are doing is creating more noise then needed, as it is cool enough to be safe already.