best cpu cooler

[usspfnorman]

i need a cpu cooler for a e8400 and was wanting some suggestions heres my set up i was thinking the arctic cooling freezer 7 but i dont know

Processor- Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80570E8400

Mother Board- EVGA 132-CK-NF78-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard

Memory-(2) G.SKILL 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory

Hard Drives- (3) Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KSRTL 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive

Cd drive- SAMSUNG Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 20X DVD±R DVD Burner

Case- COOLER MASTER Stacker RC-832-KKN1-GP Black Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case

PSU- PC Power & Cooling S75QB EPS12V 750W Power Supply 100 - 240 V UL, ULC, CE, CB, RoHS

Video Card- 2-EVGA 768-P2-N831-AR GeForce 8800GTX 768MB 384-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail

Case Fans- (4) APEVIA CF12SL-UBL 120mm Blue LED Case Fan

Cpu cooler- ?

Monitor- Hanns·G HG-281DPB Black 28" 3ms Widescreen LCD HDMI Monitor 500 cd/m2 800:1 Built in Speakers

 

[iluvgillgill]

TRUE

 

[usspfnorman]

ummm that doesnt help

 

[iluvgillgill]

Thermal Right Ultra-120 Extreme = TRUE

 

[usspfnorman]

thanks

 

[iluvgillgill]

make sure you get a powerful fan as well

 

[usspfnorman]

i plan on using 5 scythe 120mm slipstreams pushing 110 cfm 1 on the true and 4 on the side of my case

 

[iluvgillgill]

normally front and back is enough.top one would be bonus.but side fan will ruin the airflow inside the case if the fans are higher than the graphics card.

 

[usspfnorman]

2 of them will be on my 2 8800gtx's

 

[iluvgillgill]

oh thats fine than.make sure cold air come from bottom and go out at the top/top rear.

 

[usspfnorman]

thats where my exhaust is

 

[Evilonigiri]

Or you can do cold air into the front and hot air out the back and top. But then again, you have a stacker 832, so you might want to use the side fans as well.

 

[usspfnorman]

my side and front will be cold air, back will be exhaust, the 2 side fans that will be hitting my graphics cards should provide good cooling for them right?

 

[Evilonigiri]

It should, yes...

I'm doing a series of test to figure out if the side panel fans really do help or not. 3 days later, I realize that the upper 2 side fan isn't helping. In fact, it brings my temps up 2C. This is probably due to the type of cooler I have, which blows down to the motherboard. So far the lower side fans isn't impacting the vidcard at all, but that's on idle. You might want to test it out yourself.

 

[wmanu]

Check this out... http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/02/20/cpu_cooler_charts_2008/index.html

 

[vizx]

i have to agree with the reviews in the above link that the zeroTHERM Nirvana is relatively noisy at its highest fan setting...

i have one installed over an e8400, and inside the front door of my case (lian li pc-p60) i took out a drive bay cover and rested the manual fan control on top of the HD cage...so i can open the front door and grab it to turn it down without opening the case side panel...as far as i know the fan won't work with the mobo's controls, only with this hand-held dial...

however, you'll also see that the reviews correctly point out that its cooling performance is very good...i'll agree with this...although temp readings on the e8400 can be an adventure as of this moment...

installation wasn't as dreadful IMO as the review made it sound...wasn't as quick and easy as I would prefer, but it really was not bad...

and after personally "seeing" the performance of the Zalman and the Ninja mentioned on that list in 2 friend's boxes, I decided to give the zeroTHERM a try, and I can tell you it's better than both of those...