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DPete27 wrote:The CM Hyper T4 is $12 after MIR until 7/23. Sounds like a pretty fantastic deal to me.
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HERETIC wrote:DPete27 wrote:The CM Hyper T4 is $12 after MIR until 7/23. Sounds like a pretty fantastic deal to me.
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I'll second that at that price.
Been using 212 for i5's and TX3/103 for i3's.
The TX3 and 103 are basically the same except the TX3 is pushpin and the 103 has a really good backplate mount.
http://www.hardwarebbq.com/cooler-maste ... er-review/
blahsaysblah wrote:You mention stock cooler, before you do anything else, have you changed the thermal paste from stock to your favorite, maybe some Noctua NT-H1. I tested stock intel cooler/paste vs stock/noctua paste just for reference, in prep of delidding and it was a good 10C drop on max temps, not much on idle. That might be enough to keep cooler from hitting annoying noise level RPMs. Keep your money to spend on new hardware.
Also, for all its faults, the stock intel cooler does send air over everything around it: VRMs, chips, RAM... be mindful of changing air flow of your motherboards special bits.
just brew it! wrote:HERETIC wrote:DPete27 wrote:The CM Hyper T4 is $12 after MIR until 7/23. Sounds like a pretty fantastic deal to me.
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I'll second that at that price.
Been using 212 for i5's and TX3/103 for i3's.
The TX3 and 103 are basically the same except the TX3 is pushpin and the 103 has a really good backplate mount.
http://www.hardwarebbq.com/cooler-maste ... er-review/
Side note: Looks like the T4 has the problematic mount for AMD sockets where you can only mount it with the fan blowing upwards. Not a big deal if your case has top exhaust vents, but non-optimal if it doesn't.
HERETIC wrote:just brew it! wrote:HERETIC wrote:I'll second that at that price.
Been using 212 for i5's and TX3/103 for i3's.
The TX3 and 103 are basically the same except the TX3 is pushpin and the 103 has a really good backplate mount.
http://www.hardwarebbq.com/cooler-maste ... er-review/
Side note: Looks like the T4 has the problematic mount for AMD sockets where you can only mount it with the fan blowing upwards. Not a big deal if your case has top exhaust vents, but non-optimal if it doesn't.
NOT A BIG DEAL-as we're discussing a replacement for a Intel cooler...............
titan wrote:This is a good point, but my concern is that the cooler isn't fitting as tightly as it should. Nor is it staying secure as a bump from my fingers is popping it out.
Now, I'm wondering if GeekSquad broke it some how.
cheesyking wrote:titan wrote:This is a good point, but my concern is that the cooler isn't fitting as tightly as it should. Nor is it staying secure as a bump from my fingers is popping it out.
Now, I'm wondering if GeekSquad broke it some how.
You sure one or more of the push down things that secure it in place just haven't been rotated into the release position? Sorry if that's a stupid question but I don't think I've ever had a problem with a stock intel cooler.
Personally I always try to mount the cooler before I put the board in the case. That way you can support the underside of the board a bit while you push the pins home.
deruberhanyok wrote:@titan the Cryorig C7 would be a good fit if you're using the ASrock board you linked in your intel build thread. It's very low profile, and I had a pair of Gigabyte motherboards with the ferrite chokes inside the "CPU keep out area" specified by Intel. Technically they were within specification, but their height was the absolute max allowed by the specification and so they actually touched the bottom of the heatsink when it was tightly secured. Temps wound up too high for me to be happy with the setup, but it was because of Gigabyte's design and not a knock against the C7.
So if you're using that ASrock board it would be a good option to add to your list, as it looks like they've kept the "keep out area" clear of anything so tall it would contact the bottom of the heatsink. The cooling performance won't be quite as good as the M9i or the CM T4 / TX3 / 103, but should be better than stock and as you've mentioned, the white fan just looks good.
deruberhanyok wrote:@titan the Cryorig C7 would be a good fit if you're using the ASrock board you linked in your intel build thread. It's very low profile, and I had a pair of Gigabyte motherboards with the ferrite chokes inside the "CPU keep out area" specified by Intel. Technically they were within specification, but their height was the absolute max allowed by the specification and so they actually touched the bottom of the heatsink when it was tightly secured. Temps wound up too high for me to be happy with the setup, but it was because of Gigabyte's design and not a knock against the C7.
So if you're using that ASrock board it would be a good option to add to your list, as it looks like they've kept the "keep out area" clear of anything so tall it would contact the bottom of the heatsink. The cooling performance won't be quite as good as the M9i or the CM T4 / TX3 / 103, but should be better than stock and as you've mentioned, the white fan just looks good.
blahsaysblah wrote:On that same note, the C7 uses a pretty big back plate mechanism. Yes, the Noctua NH-L9i isnt super awesome cooler for i7k but if you're not trying to super surpass stock cooler,
- it just uses four thumb screws in the back, only possible conflict would be if you somehow have super extra short MB mounts/standoffs. The thumbscrew heads are 5mm high.
- uses standard user replaceable fan, comes with screws to swap to a 25mm high vs default 14mm fan. have, not necessary imo.
- does have a bit of groove on one edge underneath, so in exactly one position(not the position thats bad for thermals in vertical position, pipe bend up) it fits the ASRock H110M-STX board with its VRM heatsink in CPU area.
- you get a tube of Noctua NT-H1 thermal paste that's maybe a degree or two off from absolute "best" non-conductive pastes, depending on test. That's, not even relevant for not super OC-ing.
Not saying get noctua, but long term re-use, those are types of things to look for, if you dont want paper weight for next/other builds.
titan wrote:cheesyking wrote:titan wrote:This is a good point, but my concern is that the cooler isn't fitting as tightly as it should. Nor is it staying secure as a bump from my fingers is popping it out.
Now, I'm wondering if GeekSquad broke it some how.
You sure one or more of the push down things that secure it in place just haven't been rotated into the release position? Sorry if that's a stupid question but I don't think I've ever had a problem with a stock intel cooler.
Personally I always try to mount the cooler before I put the board in the case. That way you can support the underside of the board a bit while you push the pins home.
Yup. I even watched a couple videos to make sure. The knobs are in the proper position.
DPete27 wrote:That's odd that the C7 is $10 more than the M9i. The C7 would have nowhere near the cooling capability that the M9i has, and quite frankly the C7 is just plain less material. SFF tax I suppose.
EndlessWaves wrote:If looks matter in a top-down setup than the classic Zalman flower coolers are hard to beat, I believe the CNPS8900 is the copper one, but they also do aluminium models if you'd rather have silver.
Unfortunately there isn't much in the way of sculptural coolers around these days. Nofan's passive coolers are worth a look, although I'm not sure if the CR-95 would fit. Maybe a Corsair H5 or Thermaltake Engine 27.