PENTIUM D 920 OVERCLOCKING COOLING

[trogdor07]

OKAY SO EXACTLY WHAT THE TITLE SAYS. WHAT IS THE BEST AIR COOLING SOLUTION FOR OVERCLOCKING A PENTIUM D 920 CPU? I CURRENTLY HAVE A ZALMAN CNPS7700-CU 120mm. IT KEEPS THE CPU IDLE AT 41C, BUT IT CAN REACH UP TO 55C UNDER FULL LOAD(IN GAMES LIKE OBLIVION/3DMARK 06). THIS IS ALSO USING ARCTIC SILVER 5 THERMAL COMPOUND. ANY SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO GET THIS TEMP EVEN LOWER? I'VE READ SOME REVIEWS ON MY HEATSINK WITH PEOPLE CLAIMING TO HAVE TEMPS FROM 30C WITH THE SAME CPU BUT I THINK THAT'S BULL. I APPRECIATE THE HELP THANKS.

 

[corsa]

AM I TALKING TO LOUD? .. read the Heatsink Reviews thread, there u will find a cooler to suit ur case design and budget.

 

[trogdor07]

thanks for the reply, I had looked into those reviews, but I was just wondering if anyone had the same cpu and had an awesome cooling solution for it/or has the same heatsink and cpu combo and had different temps than me.

 

[Henny]

The "best" air cooling at this time is the Tuniq Tower but it's closely followed by the Ninja, Big Typhoon and Zalman 9500. These are the four I'd choose from. I'd pick the one that's the best fit for your application because the differences aren't that big among these 4.

Zalman is supposed to be releasing a 9700 with larger fan but I'm not sure when.

Does anyone know which of these can be HSFs can removed from a socket 775 system without the removal of the MB?? I believe the Zalman is the only one but I'm not sure. That's a consideration for me since I like to change CPUs and MB removal can be a PIA.

 

[potato28]

Get the Sycthe Ninja Plus. Great performence, and a really good fan.

 

[Remedy]

Originally posted by: potato28
Get the Sycthe Ninja Plus. Great performence, and a really good fan.

I agree with Po.

The Ninja Plus is the biggest performing heatsink for under $40 now. Wouldn't make sense to spend double the funds on the Zalman to do the samething as the Ninja would do for $33.

An alternative for less than $25 would be the Arctic-Cooling Freezer 7 Pro for $21.

 

[zagood]

I'm really surprised the 9500's are floating around $60. Here's probably the best deal, no shipping:

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And the worst deal:
http://www.pinnaclemicro.com/dcat.cgi?g=CNPS9500LED&page=1

-z

EDIT: Interesting. Chief Value URL is censored. Anyway, search PriceGrabber and you'll see the best deals.

 

[trogdor07]

all good replies thanks. What about this heatsink: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835106044
I happened to come across that one and i like the all copper and you can attatch 2 90mm fans to it.

 

[zagood]

If you're gonna look at monster heatsinks, look at the Sunbeam Tuniq.

Out of stock at most places, in stock here for about $10 more than you can normally find it: (DOH ! Backordered!)
http://www.xpcgear.com/tuniqtower120.html

-z

 

[peleejosh]

i would go with the ninja (best deal) or big typhoon.

 

[Remedy]

Originally posted by: zagood
If you're gonna look at monster heatsinks, look at the Sunbeam Tuniq.

Out of stock at most places, in stock here for about $10 more than you can normally find it: (DOH ! Backordered!)
http://www.xpcgear.com/tuniqtower120.html

-z

THe Sunbeam Tuniq is the same product as the Thermaltake Sonic Tower. Which could've been purchased for $39.99 a while ago. The problem with those Towered based sinks is not all chassis can accomondate them and not all motherboards will either.

IMO, the Ninja's price and performance can't be beat anymore. Although, Scythe replaced their flagship product with the Mine 3. Which essentinally the same product as the TuniQ and TT Sonic tower. Just esthetics change per company.

 

[trogdor07]

anyone have this heatsink or heard of its performance?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835106044

 

[Howard]

THERE IS NO SPOON

 

[trogdor07]

there is no spoon?

 

[cpacini]

Originally posted by: trogdor07
there is no spoon?

absolutly not

Back on topic, I'm a bit suprise no one has meantioned the SI 120 yet. Great cooler, although a tad bit more expensive than the Ninja.

 

[trogdor07]

I'll look into it. Right now I'm kinda just seeing performance and not considering price.