1156 Cooler?

[Shane]

Hey all,
Right im in need of a new Cpu cooler to cool my I7 860.

My budget is £30 (can go to £40) if the cooler is impressive enough.
I do also plan on Overclocking to at least 3.6Ghz so it needs to be able to cope with that also.

Ive seen a few already,one been the XIGMATEK ACHILLES HDT at £29,Also seen an Akasa Venom (the new version with s blades) for £27.

But im not sure how good these coolers will actualy be,They look good though.

I was going to use my Tuniq tower,But the custom 1156 backplate i had made just wont fit properly and i cant be bothred having another made so im just going to get a new cooler and sell my Tuniq tower.

Thanks in advance

 

[mrjack]

How about the Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus? It's just under £20 at Scan and is supposed to be one of the better 1156 coolers.

 

[Shane]

Looks good,im wondering if that cooler allows you to mount another Fan on the back for a Push/Pull?

Anyone got other suggestions?

 

[salvage-this]

The Hyper 212 comes with a second braket for push pull configurations.

 

[linkin]

I don't know about the 212, but the TX3 I have doesn't have the cooling capacity for an i7, or so people have been saying. that said according to a few psu calculators the overclocked wattage for my cpu is 150w

 

[mrjack]

HardwareCanucks tested the Hyper 212 Plus with an Intel Core i7 920 overclocked up to 3.8GHz. Link. The next page has the results for their push/pull test.

 

[linkin]

Hmm thanks for that, it seems people have been talking crap about budget coolers lately