but the paint will come out lo hi icemocha how's your ifx-14 performance? ehh 3.4 ....tried to push higher? what stepping

watercooling is slightly better even u use air cooling thermalright's air cooling Ultra120 or ifx-14 already the maximum cannot go higher even u put more heatpipes still cannot reduce much while water still can go higher

RM65 for FM123 and I need to spray/paint it? No thanks lah

yo... Im DIYing a custom water cooling system... gathering parts... The highest i gone is 3.9Ghz ... wait for my tuniq tx2 thermal paste 1st only try push higher...

This post has been edited by IcEMoCHa: Jan 3 2008, 10:33 PM

oh ic,so how bout your ifx-14 ? how heavy is it if u dont want it ah...sell to me i might need it ..if u sell tell me the price dunno can afford or not hehe

my ifx-14 ah.. quite heavy but mounts nicely with the backplate...

IMHO the IFX-14 is light considering it's size

Yes indeed. My friend had a Zalman CNPS9700NT that I helped to sell (2nd hand) and it weighed more than the IFX-14. My IFX-14 is still in the box since the day I bought...sigh. No time to test.

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Added on January 4, 2008, 12:28 amFor those wanting to buy HR07 or RAM fans, just go for the Ultra 120 Extreme...IFX is too fat.

This post has been edited by clayclws: Jan 4 2008, 12:28 AM

On second thoughts, I should've bought the Ultra Extreme instead of IFX-14

Well, since I've purchased it, I'll just continue using until I get my WC set.

You know what? Me too. Mine is even unused. Sigh...oh well. Maybe I can sell it for Ultra 120 Extreme with a good fan.

When you mount it in a small casing then you'll feel like getting the Ultra Extreme even more
It's big, bulky and even tough on my CM690. What's more you have to care for the fins during the process, lol.

It is the design...the IFX-14 does not fit a lot of other Thermalright's own heatsinks. Once you use the IFX-14, you cannot use their RAM, Northbridge and MOSFET heatsinks...If you are using MSI's Circu-pipe, then you're a goner from the get-go.

I wonder why they'd design something like that and lose selling other products
For my case, I can never fit a RAM blower (probably due to my motherboard design too). Well, WC is the next step or a Wolfdale.

I'll go watercooling on my next RIG. Probably a Nehalem. That time, I can afford it on my own

actually u can fit the ram coolers...depending on ur setup of course... ianho did it HERE

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now hes running a single 38mm fan placed in the middle.

Yeah, that's the only way to use them. You can't place the fans on the side closest to the RAM. But some motherboards, like my P35C-DS3R that has 6 RAM slots (4 DDR2, 2 DDR3), there's not much space above DIMM1.

clayclws is right and having only 1 fan in the middle isn't the most optimum setup for IFX-14 (unfortunately).

My DIY custom WC project uses air cooler as radiator, custom reservoir + aftermarket cpu block...

Yeah...But it is the best for the budget though

You better be careful with DIY kits. Any leaks in the chasis and you'll cry like a baby...

This post has been edited by clayclws: Jan 5 2008, 03:05 PM

Fans are so cheap these days I mean if someone wants to get a cooler like IFX-14, he must be serious about the temps so why run it with only 1 fan

haha... gonna keep everything "external"... for safety reasons...