Weekend Open Forum: Do you use a custom cooler?

[Guest]

-Custom water cooling system running an I7-930 @4.4ghz 24/7 at 29 degrees Celsius
It was worth every penny.

 

[Guest]

I use a Scythe Mugen 2 Rev. A on a i7-920 oc'd to 3.20ghz-35° Celsius at idle 54° Celsius at full load. Currently using IC Diamond thermal compound.

 

[Guest]

Using a Corsair H60 w/2 Noctua NF-P12-1300 in Push/Pull. Idles around 31C with max prime95 load around 51c. Gaming load temperaturs usually around 41c to 45c

 

[Guest]

got my x6-1100T @ 4ghz on a thermaltake Frio, amazing aftermarket cooler keeps it 30c idle & 52c load. these 6 cores NEED an aftermarket cooler to overclock, they get hot as hell!

 

[Pudg]

AMD x2 555 . ITX mb small case.. was running in the 65+C I added a small fan vertical beside the heat sink connected as the system fan it dropped the temp to 36C and runs up to 45C.

 

[Arris]

I've used custom coolers since the Athlon Tbird 1.4Ghz (ThermalRight SLK-800).
Currently using a Corsair H50 Sealed Loop water cooler system to cool a i7 2600K.

 

[SINEKT]

Definitely locked on Zalman's 100% copper coolers. Copper has twice the thermal conductivity of aluminum and this means real tangible results.

I have the mother of crowded cases, with 4 sata drives, 2 video cards, 3 other PCI cards (tuner, WiFi, audio), especially the drives and video cards generating a lot of heat. I'm lucky my case has one of those huge 10-inch side-fans that creates a lot of wind, otherwise I'd be toast.

Practical example: brand-new nVidia fanless card - over 100 degrees Celsius in games. Changed cooler with Zalman VF700 Cu, ~40-45 degrees Celsius in games.