Which cpu cooler should I get?
August 4th, 2016
if you wont overclock , just buy a cheap air cooler from any trusted brand. liquid cooling both wouldnt be necessary and too pricey. look at the shops available to you for corsair , cooler master and thermaltake. they are good at cpu air cooling as well as liquid ones but i strongly suggest you to buy an air one
Hmm its only $80 though and if it works better than air cooling why not right? I hate push pin type of cpu coolers. Wait is the cooler master hyper 212 evo compatible with the lga 1150 socket? Is this the same as this? http://www.microcenter.com/product/373900/Hyper_212_EVO_Universal_CPU_Cooler http://www.coolermaster.com/cooling/cpu-air-cooler/hyper-212-evo/ On the microcenter it doesn’t say its compatible and on video on the box it didn’t say lga 1150 was compatible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss7yvaJIQrE I heard the evo is the best bang for buck.
Good luck cleaning it. Exposed copper likes corrosion and the fins are rubbish.
On cleaning, its essentially paperweight and the fan sucks.
The Deep Cool Cpu tower fan coolers are cheap and they work, also fairly easy to install.
Like already suggested, if you don’t overclock you don’t need over 80$ for cooling. Stick with the entry level, they are simpler and easier to install.
Good luck cleaning it. Exposed copper likes corrosion and the fins are rubbish. HMM my gpu has exposed copper on the top and it isn’t dirty yet. I have an MSI 660 twin frozr III. Might give the coolermaster hyper a try. Do you think this is a good fan for a replacement fan?
On cleaning, its essentially paperweight and the fan sucks.http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835106249&cm_re=lga_1150-_-35-106-249-_-Product
EDIT: Just ordered the cpu cooler from nwegg the thermaltake and lets hope it works well .
Good luck cleaning it. Exposed copper likes corrosion and the fins are rubbish. HMM my gpu has exposed copper on the top and it isn't dirty yet. I have an MSI 660 twin frozr III. Might give the coolermaster hyper a try. Do you think this is a good fan for a replacement fan?
On cleaning, its essentially paperweight and the fan sucks.http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835106249&cm_re=lga_1150-_-35-106-249-_-Product
EDIT: Just ordered the cpu cooler from nwegg the thermaltake and lets hope it works well .
If you won’t listen, there is no point in even asking anyone.
Copper surfaces are terrible as hell, cleaning it intially looks fine. But it will corrode. Low profile heatsink is about the same as a stock cooler, your wasting money.
Good luck cleaning it. Exposed copper likes corrosion and the fins are rubbish. HMM my gpu has exposed copper on the top and it isn't dirty yet. I have an MSI 660 twin frozr III. Might give the coolermaster hyper a try. Do you think this is a good fan for a replacement fan?
On cleaning, its essentially paperweight and the fan sucks.http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835106249&cm_re=lga_1150-_-35-106-249-_-Product
EDIT: Just ordered the cpu cooler from nwegg the thermaltake and lets hope it works well .
If you won't listen, there is no point in even asking anyone.
Copper surfaces are terrible as hell, cleaning it intially looks fine. But it will corrode. Low profile heatsink is about the same as a stock cooler, your wasting money.
Good luck cleaning it. Exposed copper likes corrosion and the fins are rubbish. HMM my gpu has exposed copper on the top and it isn't dirty yet. I have an MSI 660 twin frozr III. Might give the coolermaster hyper a try. Do you think this is a good fan for a replacement fan?
On cleaning, its essentially paperweight and the fan sucks.http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835106249&cm_re=lga_1150-_-35-106-249-_-Product
EDIT: Just ordered the cpu cooler from nwegg the thermaltake and lets hope it works well .
If you won't listen, there is no point in even asking anyone.
glad someone agrees with me, I just think he’s a useless troll.
Good luck cleaning it. Exposed copper likes corrosion and the fins are rubbish. HMM my gpu has exposed copper on the top and it isn't dirty yet. I have an MSI 660 twin frozr III. Might give the coolermaster hyper a try. Do you think this is a good fan for a replacement fan?
On cleaning, its essentially paperweight and the fan sucks.http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835106249&cm_re=lga_1150-_-35-106-249-_-Product
EDIT: Just ordered the cpu cooler from nwegg the thermaltake and lets hope it works well .
If you won't listen, there is no point in even asking anyone.
glad someone agrees with me, I just think he's a useless troll.
Learns from you so mr edit
Good luck cleaning it. Exposed copper likes corrosion and the fins are rubbish. HMM my gpu has exposed copper on the top and it isn't dirty yet. I have an MSI 660 twin frozr III. Might give the coolermaster hyper a try. Do you think this is a good fan for a replacement fan?
On cleaning, its essentially paperweight and the fan sucks.http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835106249&cm_re=lga_1150-_-35-106-249-_-Product
EDIT: Just ordered the cpu cooler from nwegg the thermaltake and lets hope it works well .
If you won't listen, there is no point in even asking anyone.
Copper surfaces are terrible as hell, cleaning it intially looks fine. But it will corrode. Low profile heatsink is about the same as a stock cooler, your wasting money.
Hmm the low profile thermaltake heat sink that I got has dropped my cpu to 36-40c from 60-70 so what a huge difference. I guess you don't know what you are talking bout. :/ Oh well happy with my new cpu cooler and thats all that matters.
Now your biting your own words. A stock cooler will get you around 36 to 40 degrees celsius on idle anyway.
Since now all processors throttle up and down, a cooler only makes a big impact on high CPU load. A cooler not seating properly will get you 60 to 70, its common sense, if the CPU wouldn’t throttle, you would easily get to 90. As dust starts to accumulate and the fan bearings start to wear out, the temps will start to increase little by little. You can see the old Tomshardware test on CPU cooler removal tests, those are vintage CPU’s with no thermal protection, no cooler and the CPU will cook itself.
These days the CPU will just shut off when it gets to the set threashold temperature. Don’t guess, just do it and see. Push pins are better on the long run.
Lower mounting pressure yes, but your motherboard won’t warp. Your asking for help, we bother to answer your querries. If your objective is to insult anyone that is trying to help, you don’t deserve any help, period.
Hmm the low profile thermaltake heat sink that I got has dropped my cpu to 36-40c from 60-70 so what a huge difference. I guess you don't know what you are talking bout. :/ Oh well happy with my new cpu cooler and thats all that matters.
Now your biting your own words. A stock cooler will get you around 36 to 40 degrees celsius on idle anyway.
Since now all processors throttle up and down, a cooler only makes a big impact on high CPU load. A cooler not seating properly will get you 60 to 70, its common sense, if the CPU wouldn't throttle, you would easily get to 90. As dust starts to accumulate and the fan bearings start to wear out, the temps will start to increase little by little. You can see the old Tomshardware test on CPU cooler removal tests, those are vintage CPU's with no thermal protection, no cooler and the CPU will cook itself.
These days the CPU will just shut off when it gets to the set threashold temperature. Don't guess, just do it and see. Push pins are better on the long run.
Lower mounting pressure yes, but your motherboard won't warp. Your asking for help, we bother to answer your querries. If your objective is to insult anyone that is trying to help, you don't deserve any help, period.
Oh btw the stock cooler never got me to 36 degrees, this fan that I got is actually better before. When the intel fan wasn’t broken it would be 45-50 now its 33-40 yes i know I said 35 but sometimes it dips down to 33. The cpu fan was easy as heck to install just sorta mount the backplate with your hand and screw in the screw that is mounted on the cooler and wahla(however you spell that). Much easier than the push pin type of cooler and that I didn’t even have to put a backplate for stock. Same fan noise as stock but I am fine it as it doesn’t bother me even though it sits right close to me.
mate , unless there isnt a production issue , intel stock fans are more than enough , even with a little overclocking. when you are looking at fan quality lowest temperature on idle is not the thing that you should focus on , but the max temperatures on high load. rpm of cpu cooler on idle or light loads may change from brand to brand even model to model of a same brand as those settings defined in the bios of motherboard. same goes for gpus , recently all gpu’s fans stays idle until cpu reaches 60 celcius then they will start to work. ofc you can tweak it through third party software to make it work on highest rpm and keep your gpu over 20-30 celcius but that wouldnt be necessary. anyway if you solved your problem and happy with current condition , there is nothing to argue until a new problem occurs
the best way to replace a CPU fan is to get a 120mm fan, and use a reducer. let’s say your cooler takes a 90mm fan, you’d buy a 120mm to 90mm reducer, which looks somewhat like a funnel, and mount the fan and reducer on your CPU heatsink(you’ll need 2″ of extra space though) the reducer does 2 things, it allows you to use a 120mm fan, which is quieter than a 90mm fan for the same airflow, because it can spin slower, and 2, by using the reducer, you eliminate that dead spot where the motor is in the center of the fan, because the air gets pushed in toward the center, allowing the normally dead spot to get cooling air.. and a few words on copper vs. aluminum heatsinks. copper is best at transferring heat, but aluminum is much better at dissipating heat. but aluminum don’t transfer heat nearly as well as copper, so, use copper for water cooling, which transfers the heat best to the water, and aluminum with a copper heat spreader(slug) for air cooling. the idea of the copper slug with an aluminum heatsink was my idea, during a computer fair, I mentioned to a heatsink manufacturer that using a copper slug with an aluminum heatsink was the best way to go, nobody did that before, and 2 weeks later, they started to sell them..
the best way to replace a CPU fan is to get a 120mm fan, and use a reducer. let's say your cooler takes a 90mm fan, you'd buy a 120mm to 90mm reducer, which looks somewhat like a funnel, and mount the fan and reducer on your CPU heatsink(you'll need 2" of extra space though) the reducer does 2 things, it allows you to use a 120mm fan, which is quieter than a 90mm fan for the same airflow, because it can spin slower, and 2, by using the reducer, you eliminate that dead spot where the motor is in the center of the fan, because the air gets pushed in toward the center, allowing the normally dead spot to get cooling air.. and a few words on copper vs. aluminum heatsinks. copper is best at transferring heat, but aluminum is much better at dissipating heat. but aluminum don't transfer heat nearly as well as copper, so, use copper for water cooling, which transfers the heat best to the water, and aluminum with a copper heat spreader(slug) for air cooling. the idea of the copper slug with an aluminum heatsink was my idea, during a computer fair, I mentioned to a heatsink manufacturer that using a copper slug with an aluminum heatsink was the best way to go, nobody did that before, and 2 weeks later, they started to sell them..
i actually thought the best elements for heat conductivity are silver , gold , titanium , platinum, palladium and such. but when you wrote this i checked , and saw surprisingly copper is better than all in terms of heat conductivity only surpassed by diamond the elements are told are probably better at electricity related things that i remembered wrong. so copper one of the cheapest elements in the world is best at heat thing which is interesting , all fans are made up from either copper or aluminium , or are there more expensive ones that is made up from the precious metals i told above ?
edit : ah silver is better than copper for heat and best element for it is Graphene which i heard for the first time in my life
all fans are made up from either copper or aluminium , or are there more expensive ones that is made up from the precious metals i told above ?
edit : ah silver is better than copper for heat and best element for it is Graphene which i heard for the first time in my life
A classic example is Prolimatech Megahalems. Internally the fins are stainless steel and the base is copper, but it has been coated with nickel to stop the copper from oxidising. A very handy cooler that I was able to clean with harsh chemicals for a long time. When the steel gets muggy, all I had to use is polish and its good as new. The fins were very strong and I was able to use very high pressured air to blast it and it didn’t crumble like those cheap aluminium or copper fins.
These days, more laziness, slap in a H55 and chuck it away in two years, can’t be bothered to clean a PC anymore. PSU can run in passive mode, GPU can run in passive mode until 65 degrees celsius, Fractal Design Define R4. Very quiet and opened my case in 8 months, the dust level was very low and would still be fine for another 8 months. Careful planning pays off.
that dust thing also irritates me , i remember i searched for something to put inside of case that can act like anti-magnet for dust , through electromagnetic pulse or smth like that the worse thing is , if humidity high or you smoke while you are on computer , that dust becomes smth like mud and sticky which can not be cleaned through vacuum things through air pressure. putting case as high as possible from the ground , did some help actually. i m planning to hang the case on a hook that i m gonna put on ceiling lol
btw for a little more chemistry lesson , i learned that the most valuable and rarest element in the world is rhodium , we should invest in it instead of gold
that dust thing also irritates me , i remember i searched for something to put inside of case that can act like anti-magnet for dust , through electromagnetic pulse or smth like that the worse thing is , if humidity high or you smoke while you are on computer , that dust becomes smth like mud and sticky which can not be cleaned through vacuum things through air pressure. putting case as high as possible from the ground , did some help actually. i m planning to hang the case on a hook that i m gonna put on ceiling lol
btw for a little more chemistry lesson , i learned that the most valuable and rarest element in the world is rhodium , we should invest in it instead of gold
You can use a fine cloth to act as a dust filter.
If your misses has some pantyhose that is ruined, trim it and use it as a dust filter.
Instead of investing Rhodium, mine gold using a gold detector.