please advice on cpu fan for e8400

serpent · Post by **serpent** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 6:24 pm

i have 3 case fans and a passiv cooled gigabyte 4850

What would be the best (quiet) cooler i can buy?

Im going out to buy soon so i appriciate fast answers

burebista · Post by **burebista** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 9:59 pm

CoolerMaster Z600 fanless, Scythe Ninja2 fanless, Thermalright HR-01 Plus fanless.
This is my E8400 @3.6GHz in Linpack under Ninja rev.B (fanless) with TR Bolt-Thru.

Any of those threee heatsinks are better than my "old" NInja.

Riffer · Post by **Riffer** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 7:14 am

I use a Nexus LXM-8200 on mine. Essentially silent and keeps everything cool. It doesn't have a gigantic footprint either, but it is fairly tall.

I would recommend a bolt-through kit with this or any other big cooler.

jOcKeL · Post by **jOcKeL** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 1:11 pm

burebista wrote:CoolerMaster Z600 fanless, Scythe Ninja2 fanless, Thermalright HR-01 Plus fanless.
[...]
Any of those threee heatsinks are better than my "old" NInja.

In fanless mode the HR-01 Plus isn't better than the Ninja 1. Scythe Orochi and TR IFX-14 are recommendable too. (but quiet expensive)

thejamppa · Post by **thejamppa** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 2:02 pm

jOcKeL wrote:Scythe Orochi and TR IFX-14 are recommendable too. (but quiet expensive)

Not to mention large with capital L...

serpent · Post by **serpent** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 1:18 pm

I ended up going with the Thermalright HR-01 Plus fanless as i could get a fast delivery on that one.

I must say thanks for all your answers

I am very happy with my new cpu cooler

My passive cooled 4850 can get a litte hotter during gaming than it used to. When i had active cooler on my athlon 64 my max temp on the gpu was about 60-70-80, now it can on occation reach the 90-95. The cpu however, has not gone above 45 yet.

All in all i cant complain. Do you think i might damage the 4850 with such high temps? I could increase voltage on one of my case fans as one og them is only doing 600 rpm.