quietest HSF

Gwyn · 13 Nov 2011 at 09:39

Hi Guys

Im building a new system for a friend and cant decide on the cpu cooler.

This is the spec:

Core i7-2700K
Asus P8Z68 DELUXE
Asus GeForce GTX 580 Matrix
Corsair Obsidian 650D
Corsair AX850

The budget is anything upto £80. The cpu will not be overclocked and I want it to be as quiet as possible. I currently have the Gelid Tranquillo and its silent but I wanted to know if there is an advantage for going for one of these:

Noctua NH-D14
BeQuiet Dark Rock Pro
BeQuiet Dark Rock Advanced

Thanks

axer · 13 Nov 2011 at 09:41

If you're not going to overclock and your happy with your current cooler than whats the point in chucking more money at it, I don't get it?

IdiotCoder · 13 Nov 2011 at 10:17

As the previous guy said, if you're content with the gelid then stick with it??

Although, if you're bothered about what it looks like through the window, I personally think one of the Dark Rocks would looks a bit more swish

Gwyn · 13 Nov 2011 at 10:24

axer said:
If you're not going to overclock and your happy with your current cooler than whats the point in chucking more money at it, I don't get it?

Im not changing my system, its for a mates new build.

Helios1234 · 13 Nov 2011 at 14:49

Thermalright silver arrow.

Gwyn · 13 Nov 2011 at 17:42

Helios1234 said:
Thermalright silver arrow.

How quiet are the stock fans?

Helios1234 · 13 Nov 2011 at 23:12

Very! Pretty much inaudible inside a case.

Louis_Y · 14 Nov 2011 at 01:42

Helios1234 said:
Thermalright silver arrow.

Gets (got) my vote. If you're not overclocking (and why the hell not

) I'd try running it with a single fan, but tbh even with 2 I can't hear it until it ramps up past about 70% (using FanXpert). Loudest fans in my case are on my 5850 twin frozr II and they're not particularly loud either at idle (30%) or load (45%).