Hey guys, week after next I'm planning on buying:
i5 2500K
Asus P8P67 Pro
Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB 1600MHz
The only thing left is the heatsink. I'm selling my old heatsink (Scythe Ninja 2) along with my old parts, and I'm planning on going a bit higher-market this time. I've been looking at the options, and to be honest I'm rather confused - many of the reviews don't include other heatsinks I'm looking at, and various reviews conflict with each other. I'm finding it hard to come to a good decision.
TRUE 120 Copper £75. It looks awesome, and seems to perform very well, however I haven't been able to find any benchmarks comparing it to more recent heatsinks (it came out in 2008). Real cost is about £80-£90, since I'd want to buy a fan for it (possibly two), and perhaps even need to buy a 1156/1155 mount for it.
Noctua NH-D14 £61. Cheaper than the TRUE, though when you're dropping £400 on parts £15 doesn't make a lot of difference. Is huge, but that's unlikely to be a problem. Seems to pretty much the top-end air cooler currently.
Corsair Hydro H70 £73. Main benefit is that it's smaller and lighter than all the others. Cooling is ok, but not as good as the NH-D14. There have been complaints about the stock fans being annoyingly whiney - this is something that really annoys me (PM me for the reason if you're curious) - so real cost might be a bunch higher if I had to buy new fans for it.
If you have any opinions or suggestions, I'd really like to hear them.
Thanks,
- Yami
P.S. Oh, I'll also be buying some TX-2 paste to go with whatever heatsink I get, unless there's something better out now?
i5 2500K
Asus P8P67 Pro
Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB 1600MHz
The only thing left is the heatsink. I'm selling my old heatsink (Scythe Ninja 2) along with my old parts, and I'm planning on going a bit higher-market this time. I've been looking at the options, and to be honest I'm rather confused - many of the reviews don't include other heatsinks I'm looking at, and various reviews conflict with each other. I'm finding it hard to come to a good decision.
TRUE 120 Copper £75. It looks awesome, and seems to perform very well, however I haven't been able to find any benchmarks comparing it to more recent heatsinks (it came out in 2008). Real cost is about £80-£90, since I'd want to buy a fan for it (possibly two), and perhaps even need to buy a 1156/1155 mount for it.
Noctua NH-D14 £61. Cheaper than the TRUE, though when you're dropping £400 on parts £15 doesn't make a lot of difference. Is huge, but that's unlikely to be a problem. Seems to pretty much the top-end air cooler currently.
Corsair Hydro H70 £73. Main benefit is that it's smaller and lighter than all the others. Cooling is ok, but not as good as the NH-D14. There have been complaints about the stock fans being annoyingly whiney - this is something that really annoys me (PM me for the reason if you're curious) - so real cost might be a bunch higher if I had to buy new fans for it.
If you have any opinions or suggestions, I'd really like to hear them.
Thanks,
- Yami
P.S. Oh, I'll also be buying some TX-2 paste to go with whatever heatsink I get, unless there's something better out now?