Best CPU Cooler?

Renegatus · Post by **Renegatus** » July 22nd, 2005, 14:41

I've heard good things about the Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 but what about this new Asetek VapoChill Micro? It works on phase change cooling as apposed to normal metal heatsink (the ACF64 has copper pipes also though), which works considerably better. Which do you think I should get?

mrbobbins · Post by **mrbobbins** » July 22nd, 2005, 15:03

There's a nice group test on coolers in this months PC format, i'll have a look later and then present their professional opinion as my own

Renegatus · Post by **Renegatus** » July 22nd, 2005, 15:11

mrbobbins wrote:There's a nice group test on coolers in this months PC format, i'll have a look later and then present their professional opinion as my own

Mo' thanks!

mrbobbins · Post by **mrbobbins** » July 22nd, 2005, 15:17

But before I do that I can recommend Zalman, my mate has one, swears by it he does.

Stands next to his PC all day long cursing his heart out.

Renegatus · Post by **Renegatus** » July 22nd, 2005, 15:35

mrbobbins wrote:But before I do that I can recommend Zalman, my mate has one, swears by it he does.

Stands next to his PC all day long cursing his heart out.

Cheap attempt! I heard they were damn good too.

mrbobbins · Post by **mrbobbins** » July 22nd, 2005, 15:48

He really does!!, he got a Zalman cos he's a quiet PC kinda guy, the standard pentium cooler was too loud for him. My case is like a hoover anyway so no point in me getting a quiet CPU cooler, I'd have to get new fans and PSU then.

Post by **deject** » July 22nd, 2005, 16:03

The big question is, are you going to be overclocking? If you are, you want the biggest heatsink you can find.

I too recommend Zalman products, as they are generally a) made with a lot of copper, b) are relatively quiet, and c) have a great reputation.

generally phase change is just a waste of time and money if you're not an overclocker nutjob. At the most, a watercooling system will be more than adequate for your cooling needs. If you want to go watercooling, the Zalman Resorator is a great all-in-one solution.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » July 22nd, 2005, 16:10

or get a dangerden kit and do the job right.

Jinxx · Post by **Jinxx** » July 22nd, 2005, 16:22

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:or get a dangerden kit and do the job right.

I concur. Air cooling is rubbish in the grand scheme of things.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » July 22nd, 2005, 16:28

i more meant the Zalman Resorator, being a horribly intrusive PoS that it is.

Jinxx · Post by **Jinxx** » July 22nd, 2005, 16:31

I knew someone who bought Zalman kit, the threw it away very quickly because the bigass fan had a duff bearing that caused the machine to make an intermittant shrill grinding noise. In a quiet PC, in a quiet room, at the bottom of some quiet stairs in the quiet basement of a quiet house, that can be very irritating.

Post by **deject** » July 22nd, 2005, 17:10

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:or get a dangerden kit and do the job right.

DangerDen kits are great too, especially if you want all-internal (*mmmmm, creampies...*)

Post by **TezzRexx** » July 22nd, 2005, 19:15

This is the best. Stick next to computer.

cashy · Post by **cashy** » July 22nd, 2005, 19:17

TezzRexx wrote:This is the best. Stick next to computer.

*imagine a big fan*

this! ive been doing it all summer! fucks with the moniter a little, but meh

Stoat · Post by **Stoat** » July 22nd, 2005, 19:27

I've got a Zalman from QuietPC on my old PC. It's very quiet indeed and very efficient. It makes a quiet hum now instead of sounding like the inside of the wheel bays of the 747 coming from Russia.

/not an immigrant

Renegatus · Post by **Renegatus** » July 24th, 2005, 22:05

I need a new case before I do anything. Mine's kinda small and has no side vents for my case fan (the back vent sucks ass). That way I can assemble my case fan, a larger heatsink/fan combination and some sexy light displays! All the fan/heatsink combinations I've been looking at are in the region of £10-£20 anyway, nothing too uber (like WC systems at £110!

).

Post by **deject** » July 25th, 2005, 0:59

when buying a case, always budget for a quality power supply, as most PSUs that come with cases are total shit.

Renegatus · Post by **Renegatus** » July 25th, 2005, 20:54

deject wrote:when buying a case, always budget for a quality power supply, as most PSUs that come with cases are total shit.

Don't worry about that, I have my PSU. I'm buying a PSU-free case. My 500 Watter does me fine.

mrbobbins · Post by **mrbobbins** » July 26th, 2005, 10:21

PC Format says the Gigabyte G-Power Pro is the best cooler, on offer this week only at overclockers:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/ ... abyte.html

Looks pretty sweet too!