Good Afternoon OCN. Very recently I have finally purchased a new rig after not being involved in custom PCs for around 6 years. This thread is about a cooler I've purchased (on sale) and your potential advise about it.
It arrived fully packaged, however it had structural damage(see picture below).
My questions are
=> Would you sent it back?(because I theoretically can, but taking it off is... no just no unless I HAVE TOO)
=> Would you think this is a huge flaw in construction and its actually worth sending back the fan not just out of principle? Could it cause serious damage if kept this way?
=> The fans that came with the it are nice, pretty and fit perfectly... But they are a bit to slow for my taste. 140-ish CFM thru a large heat sink is not bad... I was however wondering if it is worth it to step it up to Ultra Kaza 3000? How hard it is to mount on phantek as I'd imagine the clips that came in Phatek packaging won't work with KASA due to the lack of mounting holes.
The picture = >
***As you can see one of the fins (right tower) is off as it came broken of out of the box. Also It seems that heat pipe connections exhibit "rust? But Aluminum shouldn't rust period... right?O_0***
Currently, without a case or any other help what-so-ever, its idling i5 3570k (3.4Ghz) at 28-ish. I also have yet load it as I am still building a case and etc. etc.
**28C could be also due to rookie thermal paste application
(I think I put more than I needed and didn't spread properly. I though cooler's plate would do it after secured properly, I am not taking it off just to see heh).
It could be due to thermal paste not being Arctic silver 5 as well**
So what would you guys/gals say?^^
Thx in advance!^^
P.S. Sry for potentially large picture.
P.S.2. My apologies for a funky title. This keyboard has "p" half dead, and sometimes I forget to check the "P's" in my typing as I do not often use this PC.
Edited by _Red_Dog_ - 6/13/12 at 11:50am
It arrived fully packaged, however it had structural damage(see picture below).
My questions are
=> Would you sent it back?(because I theoretically can, but taking it off is... no just no unless I HAVE TOO)
=> Would you think this is a huge flaw in construction and its actually worth sending back the fan not just out of principle? Could it cause serious damage if kept this way?
=> The fans that came with the it are nice, pretty and fit perfectly... But they are a bit to slow for my taste. 140-ish CFM thru a large heat sink is not bad... I was however wondering if it is worth it to step it up to Ultra Kaza 3000? How hard it is to mount on phantek as I'd imagine the clips that came in Phatek packaging won't work with KASA due to the lack of mounting holes.
The picture = >
***As you can see one of the fins (right tower) is off as it came broken of out of the box. Also It seems that heat pipe connections exhibit "rust? But Aluminum shouldn't rust period... right?O_0***
Currently, without a case or any other help what-so-ever, its idling i5 3570k (3.4Ghz) at 28-ish. I also have yet load it as I am still building a case and etc. etc.
**28C could be also due to rookie thermal paste application
(I think I put more than I needed and didn't spread properly. I though cooler's plate would do it after secured properly, I am not taking it off just to see heh).
It could be due to thermal paste not being Arctic silver 5 as well**
So what would you guys/gals say?^^
Thx in advance!^^
P.S. Sry for potentially large picture.
P.S.2. My apologies for a funky title. This keyboard has "p" half dead, and sometimes I forget to check the "P's" in my typing as I do not often use this PC.
Edited by _Red_Dog_ - 6/13/12 at 11:50am
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Arch Excavator
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| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
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| i5-3570K | ASRock Z77 Pro4 | ASUS EAH6850 | G.SKILL Ripjaws X |
| Hard Drive | Cooling | OS | Power |
| Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 | Phanteks PH-TC14PE | Arch Linux | Antec EarthWatts EA-650 |
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| Custom, open-bed style | |||
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Phantom
(13 items) |
Arch Excavator
(9 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| i5-3570K | ASRock Z77 Pro4 | ASUS EAH6850 | G.SKILL Ripjaws X |
| Hard Drive | Cooling | OS | Power |
| Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 | Phanteks PH-TC14PE | Arch Linux | Antec EarthWatts EA-650 |
| Case | |||
| Custom, open-bed style | |||
| View all | |||
