New CPU cooler time!

Greg0986 · 10 Jun 2011 at 19:17

Hey,

I am getting fed up with temps reaching the mid 60's when priming with the fans at max on my H50 so it is time for an upgrade

I have a budget of about £80 and am also looking for low temps and low noise.

I was looking at the Noctua NH-D14 and was wondering if it would fit in the CM 690 II Advanced? I was also wondering what is the clearance for the RAM? I have the G-Skill Ripjaws RAM (the old 1.65v version).

Or should I go for the H100 for an extra £20?

Mirage · 10 Jun 2011 at 19:20

Silver Arrow, fitted mine yesterday and the improvement from my Akasa Venom is outstanding.

jak731 · 10 Jun 2011 at 19:22

Personally I would go for this and add another ty-140 or fans of your choice.

xbitlabs found it to be the best air cooler around:

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coolers/display/thermalright-archon_5.html

All these factors combined allowed Thermalright Archon to become the today’s most effective cooling product.

FredBasset · 10 Jun 2011 at 19:35

jak731 said:
Personally I would go for this and add another ty-140 or fans of your choice.

I came to that conclusion to replace my Akasa Venom and the Archon and an additional fan are due to arrive tomorrow.

Regards
Fred

Lelouch · 10 Jun 2011 at 19:42

Nice, I was about to recommend the Archon as well. Good luck, hope you get the temps you desire with your shiny new cooler.

Phenomenologica · 10 Jun 2011 at 20:31

Product Page said:
Large heatsink fin array provides dissipating area of up to 150*125mm

This statement makes me extremely unhappy. I'm not sure what that set of dimensions is referring to, but from the looks of it that's the dimensions of the array of fins. Which isn't the same as the dissipating area, which would be the area of each fin, doubled as they're two sided, then multiplied by the number of fins. Surely the manufacturers should be getting such simple figures correct? :confused:

Hardly inspires confidence.

Sorry, I know this post doesn't help you in your search for a CPU cooler, but when I notice something like this I can't just let it slide.

jak731 · 10 Jun 2011 at 20:54

The gap between the heatsink plates is 2.0 mm. the calculated effective heatsink surface measures around 9,000 cm2, which is more than 2,500 cm2 smaller than by Silver Arrow (11,560 cm2), but a little bigger than by ThermoLab BARAM 2010 (8,900 cm2).

Source

Not sure where oc got their info from, i think it refers to the face on size of the fin array.

Phenomenologica · 10 Jun 2011 at 21:43

See, those figures are far more useful. Incidentally, the silver arrow has a phenomenal surface area. That's substantially over a square metre. :eek:

Evoss · 10 Jun 2011 at 22:22

Corsair Hydro H70 High-Performance Liquid CPU Cooler @ £79.99

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-003-CS

Tealc · 10 Jun 2011 at 22:47

Evoss said:
Corsair Hydro H70 High-Performance Liquid CPU Cooler @ £79.99

Seriously?

If OP complains about having to run full speed on a H50 I am thinking they won't want two of the fans blasting away.

Noctua D14 or TR silver arrow. Best air coolers if they fit.

bulldog147 · 11 Jun 2011 at 00:31

Tealc said:
Seriously?

If OP complains about having to run full speed on a H50 I am thinking they won't want two of the fans blasting away.

Noctua D14 or TR silver arrow. Best air coolers if they fit.

+1 for Noctua D14

My test 4.20GHz 21x200 @ 1.31vcore (for someone poor cpu chip) results:

Noctua stock fans 1 x 140mm with 1 x 120mm max temp 77C
Viper fans 2 x 120mm max temp 75C
Viper fan 1 x 120mm max temp 78C
Noctua 2 x 140mm max temp 74C
Noctua 140mm and Viper 120mm max temp 73C

My test 4.20GHz 21x200 @ 1.23vcore ( my cherry cpu chip) results:

Noctua stock fans 1 x 140mm with 1 x 120mm max temp 73C
Viper fans 2 x 120mm max temp 71C
Viper fan 1 x 120mm max temp 74C
Noctua 2 x 140mm max temp 70C
Noctua 140mm and Viper 120mm max temp 69C

jak731 · 11 Jun 2011 at 00:36

Tealc said:
Noctua D14 or TR silver arrow. Best air coolers if they fit.

The archon performs better than both at the same noise level (eg 2 degrees better than the silver arrow under load with the same fans and speeds in the xbit review), it is too tall for some cases though. It's been really well designed.

Greg0986 · 11 Jun 2011 at 01:04

I went and ordered the Noctua after reading some review about noise

Thanks for everyone's input

winds0r · 11 Jun 2011 at 01:08

Evoss said:
Corsair Hydro H70 High-Performance Liquid CPU Cooler @ £79.99

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-003-CS

Couldn't agree more - this is a quality cooler in my opinion.

Reaper 392 · 11 Jun 2011 at 01:11

winds0r said:
Couldn't agree more - this is a quality cooler in my opinion.

the OP wanted something quiet, which the H70 really isnt

winds0r · 11 Jun 2011 at 01:31

Reaper 392 said:
the OP wanted something quiet, which the H70 really isnt

You're right... I failed to notice his low noise request. My H70 is a loud little thing

Helios1234 · 11 Jun 2011 at 02:16

jak731 said:
The archon performs better than both at the same noise level (eg 2 degrees better than the silver arrow under load with the same fans and speeds in the xbit review), it is too tall for some cases though. It's been really well designed.

The Silver Arrow is easily better than the Archon.

jak731 · 11 Jun 2011 at 15:27

With two fans at 1310rpm the SA is 32 idle and 79 load whereas the archon is 33 idle 77 load. At 810rpm the archon is 1 degree better at idle and 3 degrees better at load. Maybe they got lucky with there sample and the slightly curved base of the archon matched the cpu ihs really well whereas the SA didn't so much.

Helios1234 · 11 Jun 2011 at 21:51

jak731 said:
With two fans at 1310rpm the SA is 32 idle and 79 load whereas the archon is 33 idle 77 load. At 810rpm the archon is 1 degree better at idle and 3 degrees better at load. Maybe they got lucky with there sample and the slightly curved base of the archon matched the cpu ihs really well whereas the SA didn't so much.

Maybe, but I personally found the Silver Arrow to be much better. I generally trust xbit's reviews but at the same time, I can't see how the archon can be better based on its design.

Greg0986 · 11 Jun 2011 at 22:21

Hey guys, it has arrived and I have installed it, but it isn't as good as I was expecting

Installed it intaking air from the front and then pushing out of the back. At 4GHz running IBT on extreme, the temps reach 62*c pretty quick. The fans are on maximum and I have tried reseating the heatsink but no change.

Also, the middle fan (140mm I think?) is pretty loud without the resistor