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...would imply that the coolers exhaust to the top of the chassis -which from my experience tend to put more of the direct touch heatpipes in contact with the four cores. The HAF-X setup pic shows a vertical heatpipe span (front-to-back airflow) arrangement -albeit not using any of the four featured coolers (looks like a C-M Hyper 212 Plus). Stock picture or actually representative of testing?The heatsinks that feature heatpipes are positioned so they span horizontally
when you get up to the 80$ range for an air cooler it seems rediculous. you can get a all inclosed water cooling system for under 100$. this is doesnt need maintenance. also less stress on the mobo. corsair h80 example
red1776 said:
when you get up to the 80$ range for an air cooler it seems rediculous. you can get a all inclosed water cooling system for under 100$. this is doesnt need maintenance. also less stress on the mobo. corsair h80 example
The problem with that theory is that $80.00 of enclosed loop will not get you the same performance as a top air cooler.(Phanteks PH-TC14PE,Thermalright Silver Arrow,Noctua D-14) The H-80 as you exampled,($93.00 @ Newegg) needs the same amount of maintenance (dusting), is a few degrees off the pace of the top air coolers, and much higher noise levels to compete temperature wise.
As far as the weight concern, the top air coolers are between 825-950g without fans, and up to 1350g with fans. properly mounted these coolers don't cause problems for the motherboard with the possible exception of carting the thing around for Lan parties, then yes, all that cantilevered weight can be dangerous to the motherboard.
it also depends on your case, the h80 blows the hot air directly out the rear of the case. air coolers throw the heat right back into the case. as for noise i would agree with you, but my h80's fan is running so low its hardly noticable. i would have to say my hd6950 is louder than anything else.
just saying after making the switch to the h80 ill never go back to air cooling solutions.
bandit8623 said:
red1776 said:
when you get up to the 80$ range for an air cooler it seems rediculous. you can get a all inclosed water cooling system for under 100$. this is doesnt need maintenance. also less stress on the mobo. corsair h80 example
The problem with that theory is that $80.00 of enclosed loop will not get you the same performance as a top air cooler.(Phanteks PH-TC14PE,Thermalright Silver Arrow,Noctua D-14) The H-80 as you exampled,($93.00 @ Newegg) needs the same amount of maintenance (dusting), is a few degrees off the pace of the top air coolers, and much higher noise levels to compete temperature wise.
As far as the weight concern, the top air coolers are between 825-950g without fans, and up to 1350g with fans. properly mounted these coolers don't cause problems for the motherboard with the possible exception of carting the thing around for Lan parties, then yes, all that cantilevered weight can be dangerous to the motherboard.
it also depends on your case, the h80 blows the hot air directly out the rear of the case. air coolers throw the heat right back into the case. as for noise i would agree with you, but my h80's fan is running so low its hardly noticable. i would have to say my hd6950 is louder than anything else.
just saying after making the switch to the h80 ill never go back to air cooling solutions.