Best ari-cooled heatsink?

L3v14th4n

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I plan on building a pretty high-end gaming rig, with either a Core 2 quad or i7 chip. Any recommendations on a heatsink? Noise isn't a huge concern, but i don't want 1 that is unnecessarily loud. I don't plan on overclocking now, but may look into it in the future.
-Thnx
 

Zenthar

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For high-end gaming, I would definitely go i7, but either way Xigmatek S1283 is a good choice, just get the right crossbow mounting (the LGA1366 works with LGA775 also).
 

kingofwacky

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i have a core i7 920 clocked at 3.8 using a Prolimatech Megahalem with a Noctua 120mm fan at full speed it is dead silent. the megahalem is an amazing cooler u should look at that