Second best after Tuniq Tower

I'm not happy with my idle temps of 41-42 that Zalman 9500 provides. (C2D E6300 stock speed). TAT at 60% load easily pushes it into the 50+ domain. Reseating didn't help much. I suspect, that the mounting bracket size does not allow for enough downward pressure. Its pretty easy to move the heatsink around once its in place.

Using our analog of froogle, I couldn't find any mention of the Tuniq Tower in any store in Moscow. It appears they've never crossed the borders ,

What would be similar in performance? i.e. - A big-ass pile of pipes and fins cooled with a low-rpm 12 cm fan?

Take a look at the Thermalright Ultra 120 and a Nexus 120mm D12SL-12 (Real Silent Case Fan). They may or may not be available in your area, but it's a place to start.

I recently built an E6600 C2D w/ a msi p965 platinum MB, corsair ddr2 800 ram (1.9volt 5-5-5-12), raptor 150gb HD, x1950 XT, with an Arctic Freezer 7 Pro HSF. I overclocked to a very stable 3.2g and 40C temp under full load (with loads of room for more overclock). In other words, if you are able to purchase the AF pro for ~ the 30 American dollars equivalent I did, you can't beat it. Just one opinion. Everyones results vary.

That's too bad, because that's an excellent combination of quality cooling and a quiet fan.

Angry posts on the Infinity???? Please elaborate as it would be an excellent choice as well. As for the fan, I'd see what your options are and then go online and see if you can find any reviews that have used them. Papst, NMB, Panaflo & Yate Loon are good products to start with.

Low 30s? Damn. It must be the uneven base then.
Thermal grease that I use is the best thing next to Arctic Silver available here - called KPT-8. A.S. is pretty hard to get a hold of. Very few suppliers carry it, and if they do - its out of stock immediately. I'll try my luck with 9700 I guess, if emery cloth fails.

I guess I'll go with a Ninja rev. B then. My case is not that small (Thermaltake Swing mid. tower) but still..

Thanks for the input guys.

I would go for either the Scythe Infinity or Thermaltake Big Typhoon.

rob already has a tuniq, you should see his homemade gfx cooling device, it's pretty sweet


and zozzoz, don't ever bother to try giving your 9500 another chance, as soon as rob sells me his infinity, I'm selling my 9500 on ebay. Just make sure to check the size specifications on the ninja on newegg before making any purchases, the ninja is kinda big (infinity is massive though )

kinda vilent are we now buddy? But if you can sell it to a newb, as they all love the flashy lights for more than $60, why not? That will at least cover the costs of a new cooler

He hates Zalman just as much as I do

Thats the most beautiful thing ive seen today.


Given the chance i would disembowel the lead designer of the 9500 with a Klingon mek'leth.

I love my Scythe Infinity, it works great. I wish i could have used MX-1 instead of Arctic Silver 5 though.

That's probably the cause of the 9/11 attacks

But I think that explains why the arabs think the white people are infidels
http://youtube.com/watch?v=0gmoXlNdElM

Ive seen that clip like 5 times in the last two days.

If i knew house where that show was being filmed, and i knew that that chick was there, i would crash a plane loaded with C4 into it in a second. I might try to bail out of the plane at the last minute, but if i died i would have no regrets.

yes they are, trust me, I own a 9500 and it cools only as good as the stock amd heatpipe cooler, just quiter. It's demolished by the $30 acf64/acf7pro, and is $20 more. Then the 9700 came out at $80, and was demolished by the tuniq tower, and it's $30 more. It's all price to performance

Hey, do you have a fan on the side panel of your case? You can do a minor mod and install a 120mm fan and air duct to direct air to that Zalman cooler. Trust me it will drop the temperature, like your in Siberia during winter. Okay, maybe not that much but as for example I used to have a Big Typhoon on my cpu with that it gives 35-38c idle, but as soon as I got my side fan mod it drops the temps down to 32c idle and most of all the stress temps are down really good. I used to have close to 60c with overclocking but with the side fan and air duct I got them temps not to go over 50c on gaming. So either you can get a better cooler or do this mod or both.

I love my Scythe Infinity, it works great. I wish i could have used MX-1 instead of Arctic Silver 5 though.

MX-1? Isnt that the paste by Arctic Cooling? Whats so special about it?


OT

I lost my sandwich. I had half a pastrami, ham, roastbeef, and swiss sandwich. I was chewing on it 2 minutes ago. I have no idea where it is now. Help me.

mx-1 in general cools a few C better than as5, but a new diamond paste on the way should offer the best results yet, and I'm sorry about the sandwich, but how 'bout a taco?


makes me hungry just thinking about it


As for the zalman, mine idles at about 43 with my side panel closed and no extra fans helping it with a 1ghz oc. The oc isn't even stable because of how crappy the zalman is, but if I turn on a few 120cfm fans and open the side panel and my window, I get a very loud freezing room that gives me worthwhile temps of about 33 idle, but I have seen my zalman touch 50C+ before, and so I don't push my cpu anymore

That's weird then. My room is relatively hot normally and my Armor case has a 120mm intake, 120mm exhaust, and two 90mm fans on the top and back and it's quieter than my old Dell that had only one fan. With a 1.2 Ghz overclock (3.6 Ghz), mine idled at 46C. While that might not be the best temperature in the world, that's one hell of an overclock for a processor. It was stable too. Lets see you try that with the stock heatsink.

now do you see why I hate my zalman

I know, just letting the others know

HERESY!!!

Seen it.

I can also top it.

Yeah, its like a bad nutmeg trip.

Can you refund the 1:07 that i just spent watching that? No? 2.