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Am I better off with with Air or liquid cooling?

Post Date: 2010-02-05
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    Posted: 05 Feb 2010 at 1:47pm
Here are the configurations I started with:

Digital Storm Saved Config 380672 has Extreme Cooling: H20: Stage 2: Asetek Liquid CPU Cooler (120mm Radiator).

Digital Storm Saved Config 379418 has Extreme Cooling: AIR: Stage 1: Cooler Master V8 High Performance Cooler (Compatible With ONLY i7 Processors).

Digital Storm Saved Config 380937 has Extreme Cooling: AIR: Stage 1: Noctua Dual 120mm Fans High Performance Cooler (Compatible With ONLY i7 Processors)

Digital Storm Saved Config 380795 has Extreme Cooling: AIR: Stage 2: Noctua NH-D14 Extreme Performance Cooler (Compatible With ONLY i7 Processors)


Edited by iraweiss - 06 Feb 2010 at 7:03am
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The Asetek is a joke, get the Noctua cooler. Noctua will be cooler, quieter, last longer, and help cool other parts of the motherboard. The only drawback to the Noctua is that in shipping it has a higher chance of shipping damage do to its weight. But DS has it pretty well packed, and has minimal issues.
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What gives the Noctua advantage over the Cooler Master V8? Most have suggested the V8 in the past.
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who is most? lol
Noctua is better quality, quieter, and cools better.
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'most' is the web at large and review sites etc. While not scientific, I try to combine my impression from the various sources for products. V8 certainly gets more mention than Noctua but spec wise, the db's are about 3 less for Noctua so that's good enough for me :)
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Do you have the Noctua model number so I can check it out on the Egg?
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Posts: 5084 		  Quote justin.kerr Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 05 Feb 2010 at 5:05pm
I believe it is the U12p... do not go off new eggs reviews. lol mostly clueless folk complaining about products that they have no idea how to install/run or how great a product is because they did get it to work. Smile
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Posts: 14 		  Quote iraweiss Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 05 Feb 2010 at 5:18pm
FWIW the Noctua U12P gets glowing Newegg reviews. I'll keep checking sources as with tonight's snow in Columbus I'm going nowhere. Keep the comments coming...

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If you google the model # or manufacture and model # you usually can find profession reviews of products. 
 
Here are 2 reviews I found:
 
 
I hope they help.


Edited by Asangard - 05 Feb 2010 at 6:05pm
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Alex just posted in General Discussions a bit ago that starting today Digital Storm now carries the Noctua D14! This is the bigger badder brother of the U12P. It cools veeery well even at low fan RPMs so you can get some whisper quite rock awesome air cooling.

But be aware it is very large, only certain motherboards are supported, and it may block your ability to put a RAM fan cooling on your RAM. Here is a compatibility list from Noctua for motherboards.
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Here's where I'm currently at but will step down to the Noctua U12P if there are installation issues with the memory fans.

Chassis Model: Cooler Master HAF 932 (Black OPS Edition)
Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish
Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish
Processor: Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz (Quad Core)
Motherboard: ASUS P6X58D Premium SLI (Intel X58 Chipset) (Supports SLI or CrossFire)
System Memory: 12GB DDR3 1600MHz Corsair Dominator DHX (High-Performance)
Power Supply: 750W Corsair TX (Dual SLI Compatible)
Expansion Bay: Internal Digital Media Card Reader (Black)
Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (2TB Western Digital (7200 RPM) (64MB Cache) (SATA) (Extreme Speed WD2001FASS 2TB)
Set 1 Raid Options: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 3: Backup\Misc.: - No Thanks
Optical Drive 1: Blu-Ray Writer/Reader (Burn Blu-Ray discs and play them)
Optical Drive 2: DVD±R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 22x / CD-Writer 48x) (LightScribe Edition)
Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Video Card: 1x ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB
Add-on Card: - No Thanks
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio
Extreme Cooling: AIR: Stage 2: Noctua NH-D14 Extreme Performance Cooler (Compatible With ONLY i7 Processors)
H20 Tube Color:- Not Applicable, I do not have a FrostChill or Sub-Zero LCS Cooling System Selected
Chassis Airflow: Standard Factory Chassis Fans
Internal Lighting: Internal Chassis Lighting System (Blue)
Enhancements: - No Thanks
Chassis Mods: - No Thanks
Noise Reduction: Noise Suppression Package (Optimized Airflow & Fan Speeds with Noise Dampening Material)
Boost Processor: FREE: Stage 1: Overclock the processor between 3.3GHz to 3.9GHz (Requires Air Cooling Upgrade)
Boost Video Card: FREE: Yes, Overclock the video card(s) as much as possible with complete stability
Boost Memory: Yes, Overclock memory frequency (Includes Memory Fan Kit Installed)
Boost OS: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the services on the operating system
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional (64-Bit Edition)
Restore Kit: Digital Storm Specialized Recovery System (DVD Image Based)
Virus Protection: - No Thanks
Office: - No Thanks
Benchmarking: - No Thanks
Install/Test Game: FREE: Please include a free copy of a hot-selling game
Display: - No Thanks
Surge Shield: - No Thanks
Speakers: - No Thanks
Keyboard: Microsoft Multimedia Desktop 3.0 (Multimedia Keyboard + Optical Wheel Mouse)
Mouse: - No Thanks
External Storage: - No Thanks
Exclusive T-Shirt: FREE: Digital Storm T-Shirt - Black (Large)
Priority Build: - No Thanks, Ship Within 5-10 Business Days After Order Is Successfully Processed
Warranty: 3 Year Platinum Care Extended Parts & Labor Warranty

Do you have any other configuration suggestions?
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Posts: 36758 		  Quote DST4ME Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 06 Feb 2010 at 12:14pm
@iraweiss some of us here are much more experience then the bs responses you read on the web, me and justin are here to clear up exactly that kind of bs.

if me or justin tell you that asetek is bad, don't ask anymore questions, just run, run its a bad gf man

ok no really run but ask as many questions as you like but don't respond back with what you heard on the web, forget that crap.

I would not own an asetek if you bought it and installed it for me at no charge.

I would own a Noctua in a hart beat.

now tell me what resolution you gonna be gaming at and what your budget is and lets fixup that crazyness you call a config, I call that waste of your money.

so lets get you a powerful beast where every dime goes to power and not waste.

Nvidia Drivers----AMD Drivers
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