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Are you planning on upgrading to a quad in the future? If not I'd probably go with the Mugen 2 as others have suggested, if you are I'd say go for the Megatron and you'll be ready for anything!
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A passive cooling solution means there is no fan involved. A fan completely eliminates the meaning of passive...
Yep, which is why of the active solutions presented by OP, I went with Noctua, then Xiggy DK.

A Mugen 2 would also be a good choice, but I have no idea what that is price-wise in AUS...

EDIT: Ouch, $95.70 here (better sites for this?)
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Yeah like it would cost me $89 to run it passively. Should have pointed that out.

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Are you planning on upgrading to a quad in the future? If not I'd probably go with the Mugen 2 as others have suggested, if you are I'd say go for the Megatron and you'll be ready for anything!

I do plan hopefully next year roughly to move into x58.
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heroes of newerth reference? I'd get the megatron, and just save up for some decent fans when you get the money
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heroes of newerth reference? I'd get the megatron, and just save up for some decent fans when you get the money
What?

Anyways, I have some spare Coolermaster case fans, would they suffice?
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Why not the Scythe Mugen 2? It has got to be one of the beefiest coolers around, and it is super cheap. Less than $40.

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Yep, which is why of the active solutions presented by OP, I went with Noctua, then Xiggy DK.

A Mugen 2 would also be a good choice, but I have no idea what that is price-wise in AUS...

EDIT: Ouch, $95.70 here (better sites for this?)
Yeah, was just clearing up the misinfo .
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Go with the Mega and get a cheap Yate Loon Medium speed or a Zalman F-3. They are very cheap fans and you will never have to look at another CPU cooler ever again. The Mega cools great with any decent fan out there really.

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Go with the Mega and get a cheap Yate Loon Medium speed or a Zalman F-3. They are very cheap fans and you will never have to look at another CPU cooler ever again. The Mega cools great with any decent fan out there really.
I concur. It comes with 25mm fan clips and you can put any fans you want. There are a whole bunch of el cheapo and affordable fans that you can buy.

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I concur. It comes with 25mm fan clips and you can put any fans you want. There are a whole bunch of el cheapo and affordable fans that you can buy.
That's what I saw. I have some 120mm Coolermaster fans, about 3, that I could do in a push, pull. Can you orient the 'halem in any direction? I ask because I have 2 exhaust fans on the top and I believe if the cooler faced North south it would be more beneficial.
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