Since I've bought this rig, it's been relying on my two 120mm case fans, the stock CPU heatsink/fan, and the PSU exhaust. I'm planning on spending some money on some air cooling, and would love to have some reliable parts that will last me for a couple of years. This is what I've got planned so far:
Arctic Cooling MX-1 Thermal Compound (£4.99)
Akasa UV Reactive Transparent Blue System Exhaust Blower (£4.69)
Noctua NC-U6 Dual Heatpipe Northbridge Cooler (£16.44)
Zerotherm GX815 Quiet Heatpipe Temperature Controlled VGA Cooler (£23.49)
Tuniq Tower 120 Blue LED CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) £32.89)
Total: £82.19
Couple of questions:
I've got the ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe, with one of these fancy heatpipes linking my NB heatsink to my mosfets heatsink. Are these easy to remove and put a specific NB heatsink on, or are they annoying and difficulty-prone?
Is the Tuniq Tower my best bet, or will putting something like the Noctua in be more advantageous?
Anybody tried the Zerotherm? Haven't found anyone to say either a good or a bad thing about it yet, so am wondering how well it performs.
Arctic Cooling MX-1 Thermal Compound (£4.99)
Akasa UV Reactive Transparent Blue System Exhaust Blower (£4.69)
Noctua NC-U6 Dual Heatpipe Northbridge Cooler (£16.44)
Zerotherm GX815 Quiet Heatpipe Temperature Controlled VGA Cooler (£23.49)
Tuniq Tower 120 Blue LED CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) £32.89)
Total: £82.19
Couple of questions:
I've got the ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe, with one of these fancy heatpipes linking my NB heatsink to my mosfets heatsink. Are these easy to remove and put a specific NB heatsink on, or are they annoying and difficulty-prone?
Is the Tuniq Tower my best bet, or will putting something like the Noctua in be more advantageous?
Anybody tried the Zerotherm? Haven't found anyone to say either a good or a bad thing about it yet, so am wondering how well it performs.