Which CPU Cooler?

[Kyrne]

Overclocked my E6600 to 3ghz the other week just with stock cooler, runs alright but does get to 50/55 on load. So might aswell go out and get an aftermarket cooler. Unsure on which one, CustomPC rated Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro as the best one from huge list of 20 or so, I've been looking at the following;

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro
Scythe Ninja Plus Rev.B Heatpipe CPU Cooler
Tuniq Tower (Although it sems to have gone from OCuk)

Is it worth shelling out £30 or so on a cooler or just get a £15 Arctic freezer?

 

[JonnyGeee]

I hear the ninja is very good, personally i have a typhoon blue orb, cost me 15 quid and knocked 20 degrees of from my standard cpu fan on my p4

 

[schumi84]

The Arctic Freezer gets very high marks mainly due to excellent price that you can get it for and its cooling ability.

It cools almost as well as the 30-40 pound coolers but at half the price. Doesnt seem to be the cooler of choice for Quad cores but C2D it seems quite competitive.

I went for the Scythe Ninja as it was on offer at OCUK for 19 quid i believe.

 

[spooksta]

Ive got a Ninja and i run it fanless (at the moment)
idle 24c
orthos 44c
system temp 28c
Great cooler

 

[truebluecfc]

I rate my Arctic Freezer 7 pro very highly, wouldnt swap it for anything at its price range.

 

[crfrank]

Just got a Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme from OcUK - according to a lot of the reviews I've seen folks are getting up around 3.5-3.9GHz with one (depending on the processor model) - usually comes out top in the recent reviews by a good margin. You'll need to order a 120mm fan to go with it though as it doesn't come with one.

 

[tipes]

Just got a Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme from OcUK - according to a lot of the reviews I've seen folks are getting up around 3.5-3.9GHz with one (depending on the processor model) - usually comes out top in the recent reviews by a good margin. You'll need to order a 120mm fan to go with it though as it doesn't come with one.

I'll seccond that as I have one - excellent cooler if a little pricey. Stick a decent fan on it tho - Sharkoon, Papst or the like.

Mark