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View Poll Results: What CPU cooler is the best?
Prolimatech Megahalems 104 37.14%
Coolermaster V10 17 6.07%
ThermoLab BARAM 8 2.86%
Thermaltake BigTyp 14Pro 5 1.79%
OCZ Vendetta 2 18 6.43%
Sunbeam Core-Contact Freezer 4 1.43%
TRUE 72 25.71%
Noctua NH-U12P 18 6.43%
Coolermaster V8 17 6.07%
TRUE Copper 30 10.71%
Xigmatek Thor's Hammer S126384 18 6.43%
Thermalright IFX-14 19 6.79%
Scythe Mugen 2 18 6.43%
Xigmatek Dark Knight S1283 46 16.43%
Titan Fenrir 5 1.79%
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Old 05-15-09   #11 (permalink)
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Megahalem or TRUE.

Thats my vote
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I have the TRUE but I voted for the Prolimatech Megahalem.

And Zalman shouldn't be on this list either way

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im goin to shoot for the v10 here due to the fact that its apporx 10 C lower temps on a maxed phenom 940 vs a xiggy dark knight, both were tested with same surroundings, just the dark knight is a cheapo and the v10 is about 4 times as much in the price so some ppl might not think its worth it, it most certainly is

all i can say is, ppl buy 200+ dollar cpus, then they want to save on the wrong end. i d rather spend a big chunk of money on the cooling rather then fancy leds / ccfls / fan controllers.

for hot surroundings and phenom 2 users, you guys better buy either a AC for the pc room, or get a WC kit. i ve had load 63 C and idle ~ 55 C with a xigmatek on my 955 stock.

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Quite surprised the IFX-14 only has 2 votes so far.
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Quite surprised the IFX-14 only has 2 votes so far.
Its a good cooler but needs work before it performs well. I heard its base its bend.

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Not too sure on the Megahalems myself, this review doesn't favour it well:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coo...oundup_18.html

IFX seems to win here.
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Not too sure on the Megahalems myself, this review doesn't favour it well:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coo...oundup_18.html

IFX seems to win here.
The IFX-14 was tested with a faster fan than the one used on the Megahalems. DO NOT use that page's graph as a reference as the results shown are misleading.

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Quite surprised the IFX-14 only has 2 votes so far.
if it wasnt so big more people would get it.
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Not too sure on the Megahalems myself, this review doesn't favour it well:
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IFX seems to win here.
Thats because Mega is thiker and using high cfm will reduce temps more then the IFX

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