Passive CPU cooling with highend gaming

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Gordon.C

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Hello,

I would like to ask if this passive cooler is sufficient for a Core i7 920 CPU

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http://www.thermalright.com/new_a_page/product_page/cpu/ifx-14/product_cpu_cooler_ifx-14.html

I think I will be overclocking the CPU slightly so I am obviously concerned about its safety with this particular cooling system. (I am intending to play the most demanding games in terms of graphics that goes without mentioning)

Thank you for your opinions
 
i really think this is just a terrible idea, if you are just looking for it to be quiet and still overclock, then get a water cooler and some silent fans for the radiator, that would barely make any noise and be 100x more powerful.
 
You don't have to get water cooling to overclock. That Cooler looks OK, never really heard of it to be honest. If you're not sure, I'd go with either an Arctic or a Noctua fan. I've heard really good things about both of them :).
 
A quiet fan with that will give you plenty of headway to overclock and it shouldn't make much noise at all.
 
i use a thermaltake sonic tower with 2 120mm fans at low speed for my comp in the lounge, the gfx card makes more noise and the processor temps are super low as well
 
I wouldn't passively cool a CPU unless it was in an HTPC. You can get good coolers that are quiet. Look into the CoolerMaster Hyper N.
 
voyagerfan99 said:
I wouldn't passively cool a CPU unless it was in an HTPC. You can get good coolers that are quiet. Look into the CoolerMaster Hyper N.
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i would passively cool anything above a Pentium, and would never consider it for an i7, especially when you want to overclock it too.
 
jonnyp11 said:
i really think this is just a terrible idea, if you are just looking for it to be quiet and still overclock, then get a water cooler and some silent fans for the radiator, that would barely make any noise and be 100x more powerful.
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Common misconception about air cooling. My thermalright silver arrow outperforms almost all of those gimmicky closed loop loud water cooling solutions. And its quieter. A water loop for a CPU is gonna run you like 400 dollars. Thermalright silver arrow is 79.99... :D:D:D:D:D:D:D
 
xxmorpheus said:
Common misconception about air cooling. My thermalright silver arrow outperforms almost all of those gimmicky closed loop loud water cooling solutions. And its quieter. A water loop for a CPU is gonna run you like 400 dollars. Thermalright silver arrow is 79.99... :D:D:D:D:D:D:D
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i mean an h60 or something that costs like 60 and has a rebate too.
 
my suggestion if your going to high end game, is take a i7 s series and put a cooler of some kind on it (s series are low wattage, but typically are very close to the normal chips in performance)
 
Doesn't the TRUE actually outperform that one? I could be wrong but I recall seeing a review with a few heatsinks including both that thermaltake one (that's the one with the backside cooler too right?) and the TRUE and I remember the TRUE performing better.
 
Speaking from personal experience, even undervolted and underclocked the 920 puts off enough heat to cause a thermal shutdown at idle with a TRUE 120
 
So its not a good idea to use this cooler without fans attached to it?

I mean I want the computer to be as quiet as possible without using water cooling which I simply dont have money for
 
Gordon.C said:
So its not a good idea to use this cooler without fans attached to it?

I mean I want the computer to be as quiet as possible without using water cooling which I simply dont have money for
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water cooling is only about 60, i got a used h50 for 25 bucks.
 
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