Core i7 build, Zalman or Xigmatek Dark Knight?

Pck21

Pck21

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I'm building a Core i7 (920) computer and I need to know if my Zalman 9500 with the 1366 clip would be sufficient cooling or if I should get a Xigmatek Dark Knight? Which would be better?
 
Pck21 said:
I'm building a Core i7 (920) computer and I need to know if my Zalman 9500 with the 1366 clip would be sufficient cooling or if I should get a Xigmatek Dark Knight? Which would be better?
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Hey, yes that would be plenty good for an i7.
 
If you do get a Xigmatec, even if the product is good, hope you have no problem with it. There customer support/RMA sucks to all most nonexistent.
 
Don't get Dark Knight. It can't handle i7. At stock speeds I idle in mid/high 30's, and at full load it goes to 65. If you want to OC temps will be higher. At 3.8 I idle in low 40's and at full load in mid/high 70's. And I hate such high temps but i7s run hot. If I were you I would go with the best air cooling and get Megahalems or TRUE
 
Thanks for all of the replies! So I'm looking at either the Cooler Master or the Thermalright...which is better?
 
Ill give another vote to both jab-tech and the megahalems. The people over at jab-tech are great, ive had orders shipped in less than an hour from them, and the megahalems is pretty much the best air cooler out there.
 
bomberboysk said:
Zalman 9500 is only good for single/dual cores, and not that great on some of the higher end dual cores at that. Zalman hasn't had a great enthusiast heatsink in a few years now.
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I thought Zalman was the best option because they always came highly recommended to me. So, which is the best to use on the market right now?
 
Zalmans are pretty good coolers, but the 9500 is alittle small for a i7, but better then the stock cooler I would say. I wouldnt try pushing it to much overclocking. Just have pretty good case air flow. I would seriously consider getting a better one.
 
Pck21 said:
I thought Zalman was the best option because they always came highly recommended to me. So, which is the best to use on the market right now?
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The prolimatech megahalems is the best cooler, with a lapped TRUE coming in a close second.
 
StrangleHold said:
Zalmans are pretty good coolers, but the 9500 is alittle small for a i7, but better then the stock cooler I would say. I wouldnt try pushing it to much overclocking. Just have pretty good case air flow. I would seriously consider getting a better one.
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I'm actually getting an Antec 900, which has some damn nice airflow and cooling for air. I'm not going to overclock right away, but later on down the road I definitely will. Will the 9500 be ok for just everyday use and moderate gaming (MMOs)?

bomberboysk said:
The prolimatech megahalems is the best cooler, with a lapped TRUE coming in a close second.
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I've been doing some more reading and I'm coming to that same conclusion. For $59, it's not bad at all.
 
So, just an update to the issue...I ended up getting the cooler master v8. Why? Price, mainly, but after looking at the comparisons between many of the coolers, the v8 was only a degree or 2 above the best performers. Plus, it looks awesome lol. Thanks for all the replies!
 
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