the i5-750 is in an Xclio blackhawk. decent case, but poor stock fans. the 2500k is in a raidmax skyline. horrible, awful thing. planning on migrating it to a sentey case soon, as their higher end stuff looks promising for the price.
I have returned! Got the H70 yesterday and a Vertex 3 as well. Installed HSF.. kind of okay. Screw didn't go in properly and spent a while trying to get it back out. CPU temps were 80c with mild load so... After I got it tightened properly, I ram Prime 95 for a while at 4.4ghz (AI automatic overclock thing) and I was only getting 50-60c which is fine for me (though sides are off). THE TROUBLE IS! Getting loads of no POST problems. Sound card goes in = no post.. Reseated that and that's okay now. More annoyingly, I can't use my ram in blue/blue socket like it recommends and it was working fine before I rebuilt my PC. Black/black = No post. Seems anything in DIMM3/4 will make it not post so I can run it in 1/2 right now but I think that means there's no dual channel. Reset CMOS multiple times and tried the DRAM button on mobo but no difference. Any ideas or have I broken something?
I am using the H70 on an i7-2600k at 4.8Ghz @ 1.375v on an ASUS P8P67. In terms of push/pull recommendations, I like the Noiseblocker NB-Multiframe M12-P - PWM in push/pull available from AquaTuning (free delivery with forum contributions!) admittedly a delux, but are great noise quality even at high speed. Plus a PWM fan splitter to get both fans spinning identically, and some fan shrouds comprised of old 120mm fans hollowed out to space-off NBs 25mm off the rad. hope this helps, Sworks i7-2600k 4.8Ghz @1.375v | Corsair H70 Noiseblocker NB12 push/pull | ASUS P8P67 | Corsair HX650w | 8GB DDR3-1600 | HD 6950 2GB unlocked 910/1375 | Deskstar 7K3000 3TB HDD
