cpu fan

[grounded in reality]

what's the best performance cpu fan?
I don't really care about how loud it is.
c:

[rotNdude]

Hyper 212 EVO is effective and not very expensive.

[100% Recycled Awesome]

Depends on your pricing. Evo 212 is cheap, but it's on the back end of after market air cooler performance. Some of the higher end air coolers outperform water coolers. Just depends on your budget.

I'm currently using a Noctua NH-U14S with extra fan on a i5 4570k on stock speeds (for the time being) and idle is under 20 Celcius. On load, it doesn't push past 45 Celcius.

[_I_]

212evo for mild overclocking
or cm tx3 for cpus under 100w and no overclocking

[Warrior2023]

Hyper 212 Evo for cheap, somewhat quiet, and decent temps.
Corsair Hydro Series (any one of them should do fine) for literal silence, great temps, and not too bad compared to how expensive custom loops can get.

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Hyper 212 Evo.

[grounded in reality]

I don't care about the pricing
I just want the highest performing fan
:)

[_I_]

then go the corsair h100i, if you have room for a 240mm radiator
beyond that, custom loop
http://www.overclock.net/t/913181/water-cooling-guide-for-noobs-always-updated

[grounded in reality]

thanks

[[☥] - CJ -]

212 EVO as far as Air goes

But if you want to save yourself the trouble of having to clean the fans and the heatsink every month or so go with Liquid Cooling.. its really a pain in the butt to clean those things.

Not to mention with most Liquid Coolers you dont have to add a backplate like you do with most 3rd party air coolers.

[senseidongen]

Publicado originalmente por ☥ - CJ -:

Not to mention with most Liquid Coolers you dont have to add a backplate like you do with most 3rd party air coolers.

With the Corsair H60, you have to install a back plate if you're mounting it on an Intel motherboard (but not on an AMD board)

[[☥] - CJ -]

eh.. well as i said, with most you dont..

i've been considering going to LC to save me the trouble of having to clean the fans

[senseidongen]

Well I have an AMD rig so I'm happy :D the H60 works rather well, MASSIVE improvement over stock cooling of my A10 APU - at least 24C, probably better as I was hitting the 74C junction temperature before where throttling occurs.

Strictly speaking, it is still a form of air cooling as the heat is ejected to the air via a radiator (which does need dusting) which allows for a much larger cooling surface area. Compared to a normal cpu cooler, is much easier to access to clean and seems to respond well to just blowing an air duster through it

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