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sandy v ivy for cooler temps on mini-itx

Banzai_Joe

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Ok, so i'm speccing up a mini-itx gaming rig.
I'll be cooling the cpu with THIS, as it's passive (for quietness), question is, do i go for Ivybridge OR Sandybridge?
Ivy is newer and cheaper, but as confirmed by Intel they also run hotter than the Sandys.
At least one user on here has clocked his i7-2700k (sandy) to 4.4GHz using this cooler, using the same case that i'll be using.
I've no real need to clock the cpu, but some scope to do so would be good.

Your opinions appreciated.
 
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It's depending on how big is your case and how good is the air-flow.

But a passive heatsink without a fan won't be good enough for cooling at i5/i7 CPU (particular you don't have less than amazing air-flow)...however adding a fan to it should be ok. From what I've seen with mini-itx case with restricted air-flow, if you want reasonly cooling where a tower-heatsink with fan won't fit, the all-in-one watercoolers options would be the best option:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=2330&subid=2262&sortby=priceAsc
 
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The ivy uses less power and produces less heat especially at lower clocks such as if it weren't overclocked, it just isnt as efficiently transfered from the die/transistors to the IHS. So the core temps get higher faster especially when pushed to near its limits. I'd go for the Ivy.
 
eddyr said:
The ivy uses less power and produces less heat especially at lower clocks such as if it weren't overclocked, it just isnt as efficiently transfered from the die/transistors to the IHS. So the core temps get higher faster especially when pushed to near its limits. I'd go for the Ivy.
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Ok, but if i'm gaming and the ivy cpu is at stock levels with the cooler i intend to use (as another user on here has taken his 2600k to 4.4 using the nt06) i shoudn't see huge temps?
 
Banzai_Joe said:
Ok, but if i'm gaming and the ivy cpu is at stock levels with the cooler i intend to use (as another user on here has taken his 2600k to 4.4 using the nt06) i shoudn't see huge temps?
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I doubt that user you mention is using it passive though...he's most likely got a fan on it.

The heatsink on its own without fan is likely to cool worse than Intel's stock cooler.
 
Banzai_Joe said:
I'll be cooling the cpu with THIS, as it's passive (for quietness),
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Its not passive is it? says it comes without a fan for flexibility (i.e you choose your own).

As for the IB/SB heat thing, IB is cooler at stock than SB its only when you OC that the IB heat issue rears its head. Having said that the "IB gets hotter!" thing is a bit of a non issue as IB has better IPC so has higher performance than sandy at the same speed, so say the IB hits its heat wall at 4.4ghz and the SB makes it to 4.7, performance will still be around equal. People get too caught up on the MHz, basically when overclocking SB/IB will have ~ the same performance at the same temp its just their Mhz will be different.
 
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