I ordered a Xigmatek Gaia cooler from Newegg for my i5-3570 because it's been running to close to the max. 62C is the max and I was getting close to 51-54C on one core, the rest hitting mid to high 40s. I also ordered a SanDisk ReadyCache and a DRW along with it. When I got it whoa! Is it gonna fit ??
The fan is right up against the memory.
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The fan pushed against the memory a little.
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How fitting, a Xigmatek cooler in a Xigmatek cube case.
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As a result my temps are now in the low to mid 30s. High 20s at the best.
Should of bought the Cooler Master V10.
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[QUOTE=pentium;43490342]Should of bought the Cooler Master V10.
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someone say over the top cooler?
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Cooler Master was the first thing I wanted like the evo 212 but Newegg's out of most of them. This one works fine, quiet too.
Damn Frank, did your CPU run and hide? :v:
You can always pull the fan off the front and put it on the back of the heatsink and have it work as a puller instead of a pusher. I had to do that with a 212+ in my server because of limited room and it works fine.
Really? I can do that? Well, I guess I'm ok, it's barely pushing on the memory. I can still remove and put back, I checked.
Anyway, the rubber mounts are one time use only but I have another set in case of the two fan setup.
[QUOTE=Npc_Hydra3;43499901]That's nothing...
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That's okay I didn't want to put the side of my case back on anyway.
[QUOTE=TeaBird;43494703]Anyway, the rubber mounts are one time use only but I have another set in case of the two fan setup.[/QUOTE]
No they aren't. You just gently pull them out of the fan mount hole to remove them and slide them out of the heatsink fins. When you want to re-attach them, just thread the end back in and gently pull until the plug snaps into place.
[QUOTE=Npc_Hydra3;43499901]That's nothing...
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Is this necessary? Isn't this the point where you should switch to a liquid cooling loop?
[QUOTE=pentium;43507409]Is this necessary? Isn't this the point where you should switch to a liquid cooling loop?[/QUOTE]
It could probably cool every cpu, barring the top-end of the scale, fanlessly
And speaking of huge:
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[QUOTE=O Cheerios O;43507421]It could probably cool every cpu, barring the top-end of the scale, fanlessly
And speaking of huge:
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That's such an awful design, no point in even considering it. If I were to design a passive cooler, it would be a brick of fins that were open on the top and bottom and closed on the other sides. Then it's have heatpipes going through them. that way, you'd get a convection current going to remove heat without requiring a fan.
This is what you call a CPU cooler.
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And look at the box it comes in, why isn't everyone on facepunch using it!
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[QUOTE=lordofdafood;43519848]This is what you call a CPU cooler.
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And look at the box it comes in, why isn't everyone on facepunch using it!
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My case has essentially the same thing, it's a tube attached to a small bracket under the side panel
Does the same thing and doesn't look like I ripped it out of a dryer, or fuck up the case circulation
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