2500k Heatsink

[chili dude96]

Hey so I just got a coupon from newegg for 15% off all CPU heatsinks thats expires on the 4th. For awhile I've been thinking about getting a heatsink for my 2500k that I bought about 2 years ago, but I have a few questions.

This would definitely be a christmas present for me. But the question is do you think I should buy the heatsink now for 15% off or wait for christmas when newegg runs a lot of sales?

As for the actual heatsink, I'm open to the options. I would be willing to spring for something expensive like the H100 or NH-D14 if its worth the money, but not if it isn't significantly better than the others. I am definitely looking into overclocking in the future, so I would also be curious as to how much I can OC with various heatsinks. I would love to overclock the 2500k to 5 ghz if it is possible, but this would be my first time overclocking.

Also, I would like it to be relatively quiet. I hate a noisy computer.

My case is a thermaltake element G

 

[chili dude96]

Do you think I could buy a quieter fan to replace the stock fan?

 

[DJDeCiBeL]

Do you think I could buy a quieter fan to replace the stock fan?

Sure, although I'm not the right guy to ask for that info. I just went with basically the same fan that came with it as the second fan on mine (Blade Master). It's not the exact same fan, but it's close enough. Great performance, but it could definitely be quieter.

 

[chili dude96]

I'll look into some fans. I also have a 10% off coupon for fans as well. The evo comes with the parts to mount 2 fans yes?
Or would I be better off buying a heatsink without a fan and adding my own?

 

[chili dude96]

Actually, before I spend 20 more bucks on quiet fans, maybe I should just get the thermaltake mux 120, its 19 dba. Plus it performs on par with the hyper 212 evo.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/lga-1156-heatsink,2535-14.html

 

[DJDeCiBeL]

It's old (so is the NH-D14, though), but it seems to do well enough (about equal to the 212 Evo, since the Evo is about 3C better than the 212+).

 

[chili dude96]

But do you think it is better because its fan is pretty darn quiet. By the time I get 1 fan as quiet as the thermaltake im at the thermaltake price level.

 

[DJDeCiBeL]

I wouldn't say better (wrong term), just quieter without having to buy another fan.

I just took a look, though, and I can find it for sale anywhere. Maybe eBay?

 

[chili dude96]

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/9646/%20...%2040c14s1037

 

[chili dude96]

One more option might be the titan fenrir evo. http://www.pureoverclock.com/Review-detail/titan-fenrir-evo/4/
http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/3501/titan_fenrir_evo_ttc_nk85tz_cs2_rb_cpu_cooler/index6.html
It is also very quiet 15dba.

 

[DJDeCiBeL]

Definitely quiet, but you know what, it's hard to get a good read on the true performance of any of them using different sites. They're all slightly different.

One of those shows it as worse the a 212+ (which would be a good bit worse than a 212 Evo) and the other shows it as a good bit better than a 212+ (on par, if not slightly better than an Evo). You see what I mean?

The only constant would be fan noise and it seems to very quiet, no matter how well it actually performs.

I did at least find that one on eBay (nowhere reputable, though).

 

[DJDeCiBeL]

Ok, I figured out that you're finding these on FrozenCPU. I never think to look there...

 

[DJDeCiBeL]

The thing with both of those is that they're old and they were never meant to be used on newer systems, but LGA 1155 uses the same mounting dimensions as 1156, so they should work.

 

[chili dude96]

I might just go hyper 212 then.

 

[chili dude96]

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