The best cooler to cool down quadcore :)

[teabag]

Hello everyone,

just received my quad core today, but figuring out what would be the best pick for the cooler device....

i have the ASUS COMMANDO board and a typical width case....and since there r quite a few users here that have quad already i though u guys could point me to the right direction

Thanks for an advice

Martin

[teabag]

this one perhaps?

http://www.anandtech.com/casecooling...oc.aspx?i=2981

[Blitterswitch]

I am really happy with my Arctic Cooling freezer 7 pro. It is rated as the best Heatsink/fan for the money for a lga775 cpu by custom PC.

[Paul Oblomov]

Well, I installed Zalman 9500 (at 3.4Ghz with full load = 50C)

[teabag]

paul: which revision of quadcore have u got?

[werticus]

he has a better one than mine!

54c under full load with water cooling

@3ghz mines the old stepping g3.

[Paul Oblomov]

Stepping is "G0"

It's like one of ours workstation based on QX6700

P.S. Seems like my big tower is cooler that urs
P.P.S. I'm not saying it is rock-solid station (@3.4 = @3.2 (%100 solid), but seems we're 5 times lucky

[RErender]

Thermaltake Big Typhoon is supposed to be one of the best out there at the moment.

[Paul Oblomov]

Never tried Thermaltake Big Typhoon, but my Zalman 9500 is absolutely quite.

It's not an adv...

[DaForce]

I would highly recommend the thermalright ultra 120 extreme or the new IFX-14

[teabag]

just ordered g0 SLACR revision instad of B3 which i received....returning the shipment

[teabag]

so if i go for the one u suggested.....should i go for the optional fan as well or should it do without?

got 2 internal fans already there in the case

cheers M.

[DaForce]

Well for the ultra 120 extreme you need 1 120mm fan and the ifx needs 1 or 2 140mm fans

[teabag]

mounted in the heatsink or in the chasis?

[DaForce]

heatsink... these heatsinks are designed for "active" use which means they need a fan on them.

They could potentially be used "passively" as in no fan.

But since your using a Quad core cpu, which you may well be overclocking active is the only way to go.
Get one that outputs high CFM ideally with low noise.
65CFM and higher is recommended.