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Best low profile heat sink?
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08-20-07
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Best low profile heat sink?
I have one of those 250mm side fans, so I doubt I'll be able to fit a Tuniq/Thermalright tower, and I'd prefer to avoid any case modding. Any recommendations on a low profile heatsink? I've been looking at both the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro and the Zalman CNPS9500, leaning a bit towards the Arctic because of the price.
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Did you see the review for the Thermalright Ultima-90?
__________________AnandTech: Thermalright Ultima-90: Small Wonder? After reading it, that's my next purchase.
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Ultima 90 is nice, also check out the Sunbeam Silent Whisper, its a great little heatsink, I love mine.
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Thanks for the recommendations... didn't know about the Thermalright 90. I'll also look at the Sunbeam.
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The silent square is decent as well I hear.
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08-21-07
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UPDATE:
__________________I've only got 138mm of headroom. I'd like to have at least 5-10mm in clearance (just in case), so I need a cooler that is shorter than 130mm. Going through the reviews at Anandtech, Zalman 9500 - 125mm Thermaltake Big Typhoon - 128mm Coolermaster Gemini II - 81.5mm Scythe Katana - 130mm Thermaltake Big Orb - 85.2mm Scythe Samurai Master - 104mm Thermalright 9775 - 109.5mm Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro - 126.5mm This is going to be a tough decision... I can go with a 120mm top-down model, or a 92mm side mini-tower. I'm not sure which will jive best with my 250mm side fan. For instance, with the Big Typhoon, it would be intaking 1cm from the exhaust of the side fan... which means it will be getting close to ambient intake temps. But I might get a little turbulence with two fans being so close together. And for something like the Zalman 9500, the side fan will be blowing between the fins, perpendicular to the "wind tunnel". Any thoughts or advice would be appreciated. Since the case was a Christmas present, for sentimental reasons, I'd prefer to work with it rather than replace it. Here's a link for the case: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...&sku=TC3J-4048 EDIT: The Thermalright Ultima-90 is 139mm high. Forgot to mention that... it was my first choice, but looks too tall.
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08-22-07
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Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro - 126.5mm
Thermaltake Big Typhoon Coolermaster Gemini II Last one serves dual purpose and with the 250mm side panel might work out nice.
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