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7/23/12 at 8:23pm
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I am looking for a heatsink under $100 for a 24TB RAID 5 server. The motherboard is an ASUS P8Z77-WS and the CPU is an i5-3570k at stock.

The board will have 16GB RAM installed so it should not interfere with the RAM. The case is a Lian Li PC-A77F so I think even tall CPU's should fit.

Any recommendations? Ordering online is fine.


Off topic: Kind of random, but I was shocked when I was unpacking the server materials. I noticed Intel shipped a used heatsink with the brand new SEALED i5-3570k that I bought. If that isn't enough, after I installed it two of the clips broke making it completely useless. The fan had dirt and dust all over it.
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7/24/12 at 1:33am

I'd recommend you use a hyper 212+ to cool the CPU of your server, its quiet, reliable and fairly easy to install.

 

I hope I helped. :)

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7/24/12 at 1:37am
I'd go for the largest heatsink practical.

If reliability/uptime is a concern, it's nice to have a heatsink capable of cooling the processor even if it's fan fails.
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Originally Posted by ComradeNF View Post

I noticed Intel shipped a used heatsink with the brand new SEALED i5-3570k that I bought. If that isn't enough, after I installed it two of the clips broke making it completely useless. The fan had dirt and dust all over it.

You should not have gotten a used heatsink with a new boxed processor.

Are you certain the packaging had not been tampered with in any way?
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7/24/12 at 7:49am
the noctua NH-C14 is pretty good compact CPU cooler. i'd found it was a couple of degrees cooler
than the 212 and a couple of degrees short from the NH-D14. it is a flat CPU cooler, so it can cool
the MOSFET and RAM as well as the CPU. most find the D14 a little cumbersome and loud.

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7/24/12 at 8:39am
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099


how about this one?
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7/24/12 at 11:17am
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how about this one?

 

212+ and 212 EVO are practically the same :p little between them, but yes, that's the CPU cooler I recommend.

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212+ and 212 EVO are practically the same tongue.gif little between them, but yes, that's the CPU cooler I recommend.


Only difference is that there is more copper that contact the CPU on the EVO than on the +, it does make a slight difference but it's indeed practically the same.
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7/24/12 at 8:30pm
never-mind the cpu cooler what are you cooling 24tb of spinners with tongue.gif ? Are they 7200 rpms drives or did you go with 10k-15k? Or are they in their own raid box?
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7/25/12 at 9:08am
for a server i might consider a scythe orochi biggrin.gif it's the only cooler big enough to survive a fan failure biggrin.gif
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