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This is the setup I'm looking at atm: http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Roxaos/saved/26lT
I'm reading that push/pull set ups have minimal gains, what's your experience with this?Originally Posted by 4duino
I'd go with a Hyper 212 EVO and put it in push/pull. Nice and cheap. The layout for 1150 is the same as 1155/1156 so you should be able to mount no problem.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099
Recently just had my pull fan on my Hyper 212 EVO die on me, so I switched my exhaust fan to a more powerful fan and put it on the fan controller so it can pull more air out of the case and with that set up I am getting pretty much the same temps as the push/pull set up.
Agree with this, if you have spare fan go for it, if not, don't worry about it.
I used the two stock fans for the top of the case, and installed a 140mm in the back and a 230mm in the frontOriginally Posted by boxwunder13
Recently just had my pull fan on my Hyper 212 EVO die on me, so I switched my exhaust fan to a more powerful fan and put it on the fan controller so it can pull more air out of the case and with that set up I am getting pretty much the same temps as the push/pull set up.
Agree with this, if you have spare fan go for it, if not, don't worry about it.
It is not a bad idea to set up another exhaust fan up top on the Prodigy (behind the CPU cooler) and put a 200mm fan up front. With that set up your system will be cool for sure.
Nice. I really want to build a mini ITX rig in a Prodigy so I can have a small portable PC to take to friends houses for gaming sessions. Lugging my HAF 912 places is not the business.
Getting a Closed Loop Cooler isn't a bad idea because Haswell is hotter than Ivy Bridge for sure, especially when OC'ed. You could just stay stock and save up another $50 and get the Corsair H100i and be set.Originally Posted by FredNotFound404
I'm just gonna go out on a limb and say maybe you want a Corsair H80, yes it around 50$ more but will give you headroom for Overclocking later on, plus Haswell is pretty hot, you won't be able to go very far on air, even tho the Evo is a very good air cooler theres so much it can do.
Cheers
Well 1 H100 is around 100$ so thats already 70$ more then the EVO, I think the OP wants to keep cost down, so I think H80 is already stretching abit. I say going with the H80 is a better option, because due to the size of the Prodigy Air colling isn't has effective, has a full blown tower.Originally Posted by boxwunder13
Nice. I really want to build a mini ITX rig in a Prodigy so I can have a small portable PC to take to friends houses for gaming sessions. Lugging my HAF 912 places is not the business.
Getting a Closed Loop Cooler isn't a bad idea because Haswell is hotter than Ivy Bridge for sure, especially when OC'ed. You could just stay stock and save up another $50 and get the Corsair H100i and be set.
That is why I said stay with the stock cooling for now and save up for a CLC so that the CPU can be OC'ed further than air cooling. The H80 is not a bad idea at all, but the Prodigy can fit the H100i, but I think that you have to remove the ODD cage, not positive though. For sure the H80 can fit on the rear fan slot, so that might be better than the H100i just because of it's size. Cheers.Originally Posted by FredNotFound404
Well 1 H100 is around 100$ so thats already 70$ more then the EVO, I think the OP wants to keep cost down, so I think H80 is already stretching abit. I say going with the H80 is a better option, because due to the size of the Prodigy Air colling isn't has effective, has a full blown tower.
I have never had any issues with CLC to be honest, and sry but even the Big Noctua D14 Can Only match the H100 if it has only the stock fans, a H100 with 4x good RPM fans is right now unbeatable, personally I'm keeping my 3570k 4.7Ghz at 60-70C with 4x 1000RPM fans you can barely hear it works pretty dam well, but yes its more expensive but onto by that much the Noctua D14 is only 25$ cheaper then the H100 Also the H80 performs the same that the D14 but it fits onto the Prodigy.
Look around the web and you can see lots of peeps talking about CLC problems.Originally Posted by FredNotFound404
I have never had any issues with CLC to be honest, and sry but even the Big Noctua D14 Can Only match the H100 if it has only the stock fans, a H100 with 4x good RPM fans is right now unbeatable, personally I'm keeping my 3570k 4.7Ghz at 60-70C with 4x 1000RPM fans you can barely hear it works pretty dam well, but yes its more expensive but onto by that much the Noctua D14 is only 25$ cheaper then the H100 Also the H80 performs the same that the D14 but it fits onto the Prodigy.
I personaly think that CLC are a much better option for Compact builds due to the lack of space and airflow in most cases.
You do realize that the test is made on a benchtable right? To properly test it you need to put it inside a case with decent airflow, plus that was a stock fans H100 and only 2 of them.Originally Posted by doyll
Look around the web and you can see lots of peeps talking about CLC problems.
As for unbeatable the stock Silver Arrow SB-E Extreme is 7c cooler and only 1dBA louder than H100.
Silver Arrow SB-E is only 1c warmer and less than half as loud.
Noctua NH-D14 is quieter than Silver Arrow SB-E and within a couple degrees as cool too.
Having to change fans makes the H100 even more expensive... and still have the pump to worry about.
i7 3820 @4.75GHz
Temperature is delta.
H100 . . . . . . . . 41c 2500rpm. . . . . . . . 55dBA 2
SA SB-E Extreme 34c 2500rpm. . . . . . . . 56dBA 2x TY-143
SA SB-E . . . . . . 42c 1100rpm & 1300rpm 38dBA TY-150 & TY-141
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6xrsuPwDbo
jump in to 3:40 for results
We all have our own opinions. Most of mine are based on fact.
I do indeed realize the test was on a benchtable.. and stock is 2 fans. Bench testing is unbiased. Case testing is biased by whatever case setup it is in. Most cases are not setup with proper airflow for cooling. And unless you mount your CLC so it pulls cool air from outside case and dumps hot air into case they will run hotter than Corsair's biased recommendation of mounting cooler drawing air from outside case.Originally Posted by FredNotFound404
You do realize that the test is made on a benchtable right? To properly test it you need to put it inside a case with decent airflow, plus that was a stock fans H100 and only 2 of them.
Choosing Facts to enforce your opinion is not the right way to make a point, you need to look at all the facts unbias. Anyway the subject at hand is colling a processor inside a Itx case, so this argument is pointless.