Tied Posted June 26, 2015 Report Share Posted June 26, 2015 Sometime a few months ago i felt that usual hole in my heart that can only be filled with Achohol, food, firearms, or computers. So this time on the rotation i decided to build a secondary rig. Im in the market for a CPU fan, i would like to spend around 50 US dollars worth. Just dipping beyond practicality into eye candy territory but stopping just short of the Liquid Cooled minefields. I could always pickup a Cooler Master hyper but my mentallity going into this is the best performance i can get out of one fan for below 70 dollars. Here are two that stand out Thermaltake CL-P0466 SpinQ Quiet Copper Heatpipe Univrsal CPU Cooler for 60 dollars exactly, free shipping and for the possibly over hyped brand due to wehrabooism Noctua NH-U12 S for 66.60 dollars (hail Satan) and free shipping. Normally goes for over 100 from what ive seen So there you go, im not concerned with looks, even though the Noctua looks like shit, just which one would you recommend for raw performance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashbotUS Posted June 26, 2015 Report Share Posted June 26, 2015 I use this one, slightly cheaper (50.00 US), excellent reviews, and keeps everything nice and cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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xthetenth Posted June 26, 2015 Report Share Posted June 26, 2015 Cooler Master 212 and a better fan is a strong contender, it's very good, and excellent for the price. The Noctua is pretty decent and plenty sufficient for most non-serious overclocked CPUs, with a pretty big focus on noise. EVGA's ACX CPU cooler is apparently a top notch heatsink, but it wants a fan replacement to shine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter_Sobchak Posted June 27, 2015 Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xthetenth Posted June 27, 2015 Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 But yeah, if you don't want to get fancy, Noctua's a pretty safe pick albeit optimized for noise not temperatures. I can't help but think that that thermaltake isn't optimized for looks over both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xlucine Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 I agree with the noctuna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xthetenth Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 If you're gonna replace a rad fan, I'd be tempted to go with either something from the noiseblocker line or ek's vardar fan, which is basically a gentle typhoon. Potentially feed this thing into google translate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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