You could look into the Xigmatek Thors Hammer heatsink, or Coolermaster V8.
I think for the price of the Thermalright ultra 120 you can get a complete watercooling kit. I was looking for a heatsink of the kind of the Ultra 120 and I finally decided to try the watercooling. I've ordered a Swiftech H2O 120 compact and I'm not disappointed of my choice.
Watercooling is more quiet, more effective and more fine in your case. Pipes get a very nice look and it doesn't take as much space as a lot of people think. A heatsink as the Ultra 120 is huge! And you haven't place fans yet... I find that kind of huge heatsink very ugly; but it's my likes, that argument hasn't a lot of value.
I don't know how many cost a watercooling kit in the USA. I'm french and in Europe it is very interesting compared to aircoolings with same performs.
So if you have the money, I advise you to look for a watercooling.
I said mine is the swiftech H2O compact, it's one of the cheapest kit and I can kill my CPU electric circuits with the Vcore, before the heat does... I've already raised the Vcore to 1.644v (very dangerous when going for 1.7v!!) and I got 60c in load! what else? (Tmax =~75c)
It's just my opinion, if you prefer aircooling it's your choice. But I'll never go back to aircooling.
don't you have an E8400? I'd like to see you get better results with water than what I got with my C0-stepping E8400 on air a long time ago.
everyone has so much advice, but how many of you actually use these products in your own computers (instead of reading about them on the internet) to their full potential?
don't you have an E8400? I'd like to see you get better results with water than what I got with my C0-stepping E8400 on air a long time ago.
everyone has so much advice, but how many of you actually use these products in your own computers (instead of reading about them on the internet) to their full potential?
I think I've already tested its full potential lol
Under aircooling I didn't can run over 3.8GHz and 1.312v Vcore. I had more than 70c in load.
Of cours my 24/7 settings are not @ 4.5GHz ^^
I think I've already tested its full potential lol
Under aircooling I didn't can run over 3.8GHz and 1.312v Vcore. I had more than 70c in load.
Of cours my 24/7 settings are not @ 4.5GHz ^^
yes all is perfectly installed. I had returned it to the shop where I bought it and they have said me taht all is normal, there are series which heat more than other... humm
The clock isn't very impressive, I wanted you to look at the Vcore, it's very high compared to others classics overclockings.
I know there are very good heatsink who make aircooling better than some watercooling.
But for me, watercooling is the futur of cooling (with the peltier). And you can upgrade all kits years after years...