Need to buy a heatsink for Intel i7 LGA 1366 and power supply

[ZikO]

Hello

I need to exchange a PSU and a heatsink in my very old machine. PSU started to click which I I am quite worrying about. The PSU might be overloaded ot started failing as it got old. The second component is a heatsink.

In terms of power supply I came accross Corsair Builder Series CXM 750W Modular 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX/EPS PSU and Corsair CX750 Builder Series CX 750W ATX/EPS 80 PLUS Bronze PSU. Would you recommend it or would you suggest something more robust. The computer is mainly for gaming. Some people claim the Corsair PSU fail after some time like 6 months. It is like 5% of those who have purchased it.

The heatsink with fan for old(ish) LGA 1366. I've read review on Bit-tech (very old from 2009) at this link

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cooling/2009/02/19/ga-1366-cpu-cooler-group-test/1

and it seems that at that time Akasa Nero is very good. Some suggest Thermalright Ultra eXtreme 120 out of everything. In terms of Thermalright Ultra eXtreme 120, I find couple of problems (1) I did not find the seller, IT's quite bulky and (2) I am not sure if I can use it with LGA 1366 socket and (3) I am not sure if it fits into my case (Antec-P183, 205mm depth).

I would be grateful to hear from some experienced folks

 

[LucoTF]

I wouldn't get a CX PSU. What country are you in and what's your budget?

For reference, I'm using a coolermaster 212 evo and xfx 550w for my lga 1366 cpu

 

[Eximo]

Which CPU? Overclocking?

GPUs?

Can't pick a power supply without knowing what you are powering.

I do keep a spare hyper evo 212 around in case I need to swap in a cooler. Fits all my current sockets. LGA1366, AM2/AM3, and LGA115x.

 

[Onus]

The Corsair "CX" line is built with some inferior Samxon capacitors that cannot take heat. This is what causes many of them to fail early. One that is unstressed, and gets good airflow through it is likely to last longer, but it is not really a good PSU. CWT (its maker) is currently in the process of destroying its reputation by cutting corners on component quality. Their latest example was just reviewed over at HardOCP. An accurate description would require language not permitted on the forum.
As to the cooler, here is a list of decent budget coolers. Check before buying, but many of them should work on LGA1366: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-2478892/alternatives-hyper-212-evo-budget-cooling.html

 

[ZikO]

HI Guys

Thanks for your answers. I live in UK. My budget is around £70.

I did online test on two different websites and one shown over 500W and the other over 600W. So I decided that 750W will be good.

Currently I have installed CPU Intel i7 930 (I think 2.8GHz I cannot check it now), NVidia Geforce 285, 4 HDDs SATA 2x2TB, one 640GB and one 320GB all of them are 7200 RPM, two fans 120mm and 140mm in case, BLue Ray, 6 USB devices, one FireWire Audio interface.

THanks for the advice on Corsair. I will also have a look at heatsinks. Are those two I pointed any good? They had very good reviews.

Cheers!

 

[LucoTF]

You could power your rig on a good quality 550w psu

 

[ZikO]

Thanks LucoTF
I forgot to ask about one detail. Does it matter if a PSU resides at top or bottom of computer case? The Antec P183 case I have have got place for PSU at the bottom. Should take this into account when buying a new PSU. Are there problems with cable length etc.? Cheers!

 

[ZikO]

I must admit I am really confused. I don't have much time and I need to be quick with purchase. The choices available to me here in UK which I would be happy with are:

- Akasa AK-CC4007EP01 Nero 3 CPU Cooler or Akasa AK-CC4013EP01 Nero 3 CPU Cooler (cannot see the difference)
- Cooler Master Hyper T4 CPU Cooler
- Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO (120mm)
- Thermalright True Spirit 120 Power Cooler

The most expensive is Thermalright True Spirit 120 Power Cooler ~£43. It's quiet and I think I read it's controlled by PWM. It does not have opinions but got very good reviews. Another think about it is that it's only for LGA1366. I don't really plan to buy new system so that would be a problem to me. I think according what it said it's mount easily.

Another one is Akasa Nero 3 ~£34. I've read only review and test performance on bit-tech and it does not have customer reviews here on amazon. But according to what I read it mounts not bad, it's quiet, not expensive, and have good performance.

Cooler Master EVO Hyper 212 ~£25 has opinions to be faulty (about 5% customers on amazon) and it is difficult to mount.

I am really confused what to choose. I guess AKASA would be the best choice here but having not read any opinions and have only review from one page might be risky. If I would not care about price probably I'd choose Thermalright. I know askign about it is lisghly foolish but I need your opinions about the coolers. THanks

 

[LucoTF]

I owuld get one of the following:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£56.51 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.97 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£45.49 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £126.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-09 10:57 GMT+0000

The 212 evo can be a little fiddly to mount but it's not that bad imo