Cooling Which cooler is best? I have two in my possession

Hi guys, I won't bore you with the back story but I have 2 coolers, which is best?

I have: AMD Phenom II X4 965 (OC'd to 3.8GHz)
Case has 2x120mm intake 1 x 120mm exhaust on a fan controller.



The two coolers: LOKI SD963 (currently mounted, maybe 3 years of use, not sure, makes a bit of a whiny noise http://www.xigmatek.com/product.php?productid=105

Arctic freezing 7 pro rev.2:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186134
Brand new yesterday.


Ultimately I have no plans to OC further, I just want it QUIETER, while still maintaining my low temps. (I have wiggle room with temps; steady 66/7C Max at 68C Prime 95 for 15mins, plan on doing a proper test soon) I don't know if all 92mm fans are so damn whingy compared to the nice airy blow of a 120mm artic cooling F12, but It's irritating. Sometimes I whack my fans up to highest setting just to drown it out.



Please help!

 

The xigmatek would be better if you replaced the stock fan on it with something like a BeQuiet or Noctua. You'd get great temps and almost complete silence.

 

I personally find the noise of larger fans less irritating than that of smaller sizes.. But I guess it could be down to personal preference! But if you're not OC'ing further.. You should be able to have it on a lower speed setting, making it quieter! (Bigger fan = more air moved = better cooling.. If you dont need the extra cooling, reduce the speed and noise!)

 

The fans on both coolers are 92mm so no difference in size between the two

there are 2 fans on the xigmatek in push pull config. changing fans actually sounds good. only £16 to swap to bequiets, you reckon go with this? if so, it saves me a bunch of hassle and I can go mount the arctic cooling to my old mobo to put in my dads case.

 

Also, can you use a 4pin splitter for the 92mm fans, connecting them both to the same CPUFAN slot, so I don't have to have the cables snaking to each end of the mobo?

 

Ok.. I have no idea how I got to the cooler I was looking at! I'd give a +1 with changing the fans though! And if the fans are PWM, you should be able to use a 4-pin splitter.. Otherwise get a 3-pin. (they're marginally cheaper to buy!)

 

Try the Freezer 7 and find out?

 

bit of a pain in the arse to take my whole mobo and attach it just to find out.


On top of this, the freezer 7 is supposed to mount onto AM2? But this AM2 motherboard I have will definitely not fit the cooler unless im completely mistaken. Here are some pics:

Old "cooler":



New problem:

 

LOKI SD963 for me

 

Problem solved, I missing one of these: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21OF2hRyDmL.jpg


Will this work?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Black-Retai...mputers_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=1XBTMWT5RKC79RE42J7M

 

Yes that's what you need, I would have sent you one but it would cost the same as the one on amazon so you may as well grab that one.

 

Thanks mate. If I needed it sooner than post from HK I'd still pay ya

fortunately I'll be building it mid-June.

Cheers.

 

Ah didn't notice it was from Hong Kong, usually only takes about 7-10 days at long as customs don't mess about with it.

 

It's been a long time since I played with any Phenom 2 chips, but wasn't the desired temp range in the order of 55-60 degrees, with thermal cut out around 72 ish degrees?

 

Was just about to say this. I always thought you weren't really supposed to go higher than 60... 62 tops.

(I have a 955)

 

Are AMD cpu's more sensitive to heat than Intel cpu's then?

 

perhaps I should take the OC down a fair bit then? It used to cap 55C at full load, now it's 68. it's behaving fine at the moment but i certainly don't want to damage something I just got. though to be fair I have a feeling it was treated rather badly by it's previous owner.

EDIT:

I just put it from 3.8 to 3.5ghz i think? can't remember might have been 3.4
and from 1.45V to 1.4V
Idle temps dropped 6C instantly (just looked for a sec before bed) so I assume it had a similar effect on load temps but I won't find out until weekend and I've finished this essay I've got due Friday.

I'll look at more info and learn about phenom II OC more, I just looked at a rough guide about freq and V. If anyone knows best about this stuff I'd gladly take the info.

 

RV03 has 163mm CPU clearance. There are several much cooler and quieter coolers in the £20-25.00 range.

 

I dunno.

Different CPUs have different thermal limits, it's not just AMD is X and intel is Y.

That being said, I think generally intel CPUs can run hotter (there is probably an explanation on the internet somewhere).

 

AMD usually have a Tcase of about 60c and thermal throttle at around
Intel are usually near 70c