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My system is as follows; Cooler Master Stacker 830 Evo case with a 1000W Real Power Pro PSU, Q9450, dual 3870's in CF, 4 hard drives in dual RAID, 8 120mm LED fans, Blu-ray player, DVD burner, media card reader with floppy, RAID controller card, 4GB (2x2) DDR2 1066 RAM, Gigabyte X38 Motherboard, HT Omega Claro Plus+ sound card, Logitech WebCam, front panel LCD fan controller, 2 external hard drives, keyboard, mouse, 28" LCD monitor and 42" LCD HDTV.

The following is the list of CPU Heatsinks that I have narrowed it down to.

1) Thermalright Ultra-120 CPU Cooling Heatsink - Retail - $60
http://www.newegg.com/product/prod [...] 6835109125

2) Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme - cpu-tri-39 - $74
http://www.buy.com/retail/product. [...] caid=17902

3) ZALMAN CNPS9700 LED 110mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler - Retail - $45
http://www.newegg.com/product/prod [...] 6835118019

4) ZALMAN CNPS 9700 NT 110mm 2 Ball Ultra Quiet CPU Cooler - Retail - $70
http://www.newegg.com/product/prod [...] 6835118020

5) Scythe SCINF-1000 120mm CPU Cooler - Retail - $45
http://www.newegg.com/product/prod [...] 6835185027

6) Scythe SCASM-1000 120mm Sleeve Andy Samurai Master CPU Cooler - Retail - $40
http://www.newegg.com/product/prod [...] 6835185042

7) Scythe SCORC-1000 140mm CPU Cooler - Retail - $70
http://www.newegg.com/product/prod [...] 6835185064

8) ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler - Retail - $27
http://www.newegg.com/product/prod [...] 6835186134

9) ZEROtherm Nirvana NV120 120mm 2-ball UFO Bearing / Transparent CPU Cooler - Retail - $50
http://www.newegg.com/product/prod [...] 6835887011

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On your list? Number 2, hands down, with a Scythe Kaze fan!

It costs the most for a reason! Because they know they can get it. Its an excellent performing cooler, and will let you OC many a megahertz!

--Lupi!

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What a Sweet Hot system. Blu-Ray player jealous of you. Number 7, Fanless and Extreme cooling....Don't need the 140mm fan you have 8-120mm fan. That's more then enough.


Message edited by saljr on 05-10-2008 at 10:03:54 AM
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Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme $10 cheperhttp://www.directron.com/u120e.htmldont know about shipping thou
also consider the XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835233003
just as good plus no laping

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Not over clocking number 8.

Overclocking number 10 the turniq tower.

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I vote for #2 with a nice quiet but powerful Scythe S-SFlex SFF21-F fan or a Xigmatek S-1283/(or S-1284 when available).

 

These not only perform well but are QUIET under load too, something that, despite what you read, is not irrelevant.


Message edited by halcyon on 05-10-2008 at 12:33:24 PM

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Thanks for all the input! TRUE it is!

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You might need to lap it though, just a warning.


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Evilonigiri wrote :

You might need to lap it though, just a warning.



I prolly should lap my TRUE too, perhaps one day.


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Is it concaved a lot? TR says it's their design and all, but if it is, they need to redesign the base.

Because of the base that's concaved, the Xigmatek and Sunbeam could perform better out of the box. So for an avg. joe, getting the Xigmatek would be a better idea.


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