the ''Arctic Cooler'' Apprieciation thread.

[gerikoh]

are you serious? you've got to be kidding me.

it's a good low profile heatsink yeah. but this just won't stand a chance against the megahalem. you managed to have those temps coz your ambients are low.

[Buttnose]

I love my AC7, its quiet and keeps me cool enough to run at 3.4ghz with it and all my other fans at 7v. All for half the price of the S1283, can't ask for much more in a budget hsf.

I'm hoping after lapping and some voltage tweaks it will do 3.6ghz with the same temps as now, even if I bungle up lapping the first time I can try again for the same price as a single S1283. Alternatively I can learn how to lap on the AC7 then sell it and buy a Xigmatek/TRUE/Megahalem then lap that for ultimate air temps.

[Tatakai All]

this outperforms the Megahalem, & any other cooler i can think of.

My Megatron works fine for me.

[gerikoh]

Originally Posted by Tatakai All

My Megatron works fine for me.

nice 3.95ghz.

now change your sig

[Tatakai All]

Originally Posted by gerikoh

nice 3.95ghz.

now change your sig

Thanks, lol I totally forgot to change it.

[shurik06_83]

air cooling with ac freezer64 room temp +12c

[JadedFloridian]

Originally Posted by shurik06_83

air cooling with ac freezer64 room temp +12c

Well of course you'll get low temps when your ambient is 54F.. but I find it doubtful that your CPU idles 2C above ambient. Also, if your temps are that low, why is your hard drive 100F? My hard drive sits slightly above ambient. And also, why are your other internal diodes 30C+?

[skunksmash]

Originally Posted by sLowEnd

Compared to what?

If you're talking about coolers in the same price range, the Hyper 212 Plus and Xigmatek HDT-SD964 are both better in the same price range.



Sarcasm?

how is it sarcasm...... my temps speak for themselves, & my ambient is 24c

Originally Posted by JadedFloridian

Perhaps if you're deaf it is, that fan you have strapped to it is spec'd at 56 dBa, which is around Delta territory.

i have a controller & with my headphones i cant hear a thing.

Originally Posted by CallmeRoth

Should update this so its PRO/6. Can't forget the AMD people here. :P

will do.....

Originally Posted by raiden911

.......

go find another thread that needs a spelling prefect.

Originally Posted by JadedFloridian

The whole point of his post was to highlight the ridiculousness of this guy's statements. It makes absolutely no sense that this guy would claim that his heatsink is the best on the market when NUMEROUS reviews have shown that it is not. For god's sake, it's not even a 120mm tower.

even so..... i dont think ''ridiculous'' is a word i'd use to describe facts....

idiot!!

Originally Posted by gerikoh

are you serious? you've got to be kidding me.

it's a good low profile heatsink yeah. but this just won't stand a chance against the megahalem. you managed to have those temps coz your ambients are low.

really.... check these ''over ambient'' temps



http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.ph...1&limitstart=6

& this is a ''stock'' i7, once OCed its even higher

my cooler looks pretty good IMO..

but i welcome other opinions, not just fools who own the ''MEGAHALMS'' cooler & are blindly defending it, yes it cools well but so does the AC7 at less than half the price


i run the AC7 passive @ 30c idle & 60c load (i know b/c i waited 2 weeks for a controller powerful enough for the CPU fan)

[citat3962]

Originally Posted by corky dorkelson

I think it is easily in my top 3 favorite heatsinks of all time...OF ALL TIME.

I'd agree 100% if it had an alternate mounting system from the standard intel Pushpins.

I too love mine but I cringe every time I have to remount it. one of these days the tabs at the bottom are going to break off and I'm going to have to figure out some kind of backplate and screw/thumb nut/spring system to continue using it.

Aside from that it's a great air cooler.

[BANDIT_COROLLA]

I used to have them im my system before water cooling... they were REALLY good considering the price and i actually though it was really quiet and they sure do look good too!