Weekend Open Forum: What heatsink / water kit cools your computer?

[WAHID]

NH-D14 is one of the best cooler in the market, great quality and performance, I've upgraded from Zalman 9900 Max: difference is huge, so it worth its price.... it is better even than some water cooled kits.

 

[BMfan]

I'm using a Coolermaster Nepton 280L and the stock cooler on the r290 tri-x oc.

 

[cartera]

I had an artic freezer pro which was great for 5 years and now have a Corsair H60i after the AF stopped working. It's complete overkill as I don't over clock.

I am surprised to see the majority here using air cooling !

 

[SalaSSin]

I'm using a Thermalright Silver Arrow SB-E:

http://www.thermalright.com/images/cooler/silverArrow_sb-e/350/Silver Arrow SB-E.jpg

Hesitated a long time with the NH-D14, but it's just a bit cheaper, and a bit more silent

 

[Experimentongod]

Noctua NH-U9B SE2, absolutely great value (cooler + NT-H1 Thermal Paste + two NF-B9 fans) and it's not too big/heavy, which for me is really good. It's also extremely quiet and the cooling performance is WAY better than the stock Intel cooler. I even used one of the fans as rear exhaust for the case to save money (the second fan mounted on the cooler only shaves a couple of degrees off the CPU temperature, according to the manual). It also comes with several cables to choose your fan rotation speed (I have it at minimum of course).

 

[fimbles]

Noctua NH-D14.

Giant cooler, Giant cooling.

 

[All2surreal]

The Corsair H100i

 

[PC nerd]

NH-D14. A real man's cooler.

Keeps my 955BE under 50C and it's at 4GHz 1.44V.

 

[Tekkaraiden]

Thermaltake Gravity i2 in my HTPC and currently my 3rd stock cooler in my main computer.

 

[Khanonate]

Intel stock cooler on a CM HAF case.

 

[pfigurella]

Corsair H60 for my 8350 at a very mild 4.2GHz for all 8. Keeps it down at 30% fan and pump when not in heavy use.

 

[QuaZulu]

Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo on both systems.

Ditto...on 4 systems. When you've got what works, why leave the "well?"

 

[Burty117]

Corsair H100i - Because I chickened out on a full custom loop

 

[madboyv1]

Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo on both systems.

Ditto...on 4 systems. When you've got what works, why leave the "well?"

Now that I think about it, most systems I've built for others have that Cooler Master Hyper 212 (one flavor or another), definitely agree on the sentiment there.

 

[rpjkw11]

Rig 1: Noctua NH-D15 cooling an i7 5960X @ 4.3
Rig 2: Phanteks PH-TC14PE cooling an i7 4790K @ 4.4

 

[Spykezxp]

Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus cooling my AMD 6300 @ 4.3 GHz
It does what I need it to, but next build will most likely have a Corsair H100i.

 

[MoeJoe]

Dual custom loops:

Clean and beautiful.

 

[free4rm]

Cooler Master Seidon 120V water cooled system, added another fan to the other side of the radiator to make a push/pull system. Works great.

 

[EClyde]

Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo. Works great not overpriced

 

[EEatGDL]

CM V8 GTS

 

[Benny26]

Corsair H60i over an i7 3770K. Solid as a rock for 3 years so far.

 

[Tgard]

XIGMATEK Gaia SD1283 120mm Long Life Bearing CPU Cooler with Arctic Silver 5. Used Xigmatek for the the last 6-7 years at least through my builds. Very similar to the 212 Evo. As I type this in a hot room my CPU sits at: 2 cores at 26º, 1 at 25º, and 1 at 24º. I am good with that. The cores never go much higher than the high 30's even when gaming. Have seen 50ºC once when I was actually encoding and jumped into a (highly un-optimized) game with my friends.

 

[GhostRyder]

Custom built LC system bought mostly from frozencpu:

XSPC RX360 Extreme radiator, XSPC EX 140mm radiator, Swiftech MCP655 variable speed pump, Raystorm X99 Variant (CPU block), EK waterblocks and backplates for R9 290X, Bitspower Quick-Disconnects for the GPU's, some Phobya connectors/angle joints, some XSPC high flex tubing, and some Primochill Pure coolant. That's at least the basics of my system.

 

[soulkarver]

Cooler Master Hyper 212+. Bought it in 2010 and it still works great!

 

[Seraphim401]

Thermalright Silver Arrow.