arctic F12 lah
silent, decent cfm and high static pressure
and reasonable price...

btw, just wandering if changing my casing will improvement my CPU temp ka? does improvement really significant?

seen almost all new casing come with 120/90mm fan mounting all over the place, and seem to have better air circulation.

Definitely case will improve your temp.. for now buy a mid tower casing is cool enough for your hardware.. the remaining depends on the airflow through the fans now.. CM690II is a good casing..

One word, had you seen this kind of fan before?



Delta Corp is the manufacturer by the way.

This post has been edited by sonicstream: Oct 30 2011, 05:52 PM

yap.. its used in Alienware Area 51.. got 2/3 of it inside.. Must get your fan controller sensor working properly or it will be as noisy as a server..

Delta fan is in every Dell desktop, lolx

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bought myself a pair of arctic F12 PWM fans. RM20 each. in full speed, it runs a little less noisy than my standard lianli fan but blows more air.

Anyone here is Silverstone FM123 user ?

after i clean up my cooling fan i think i pasang some of them terbalik =.=

may i know the cooling fan is blowing the heatsink or suck the air from it?
and how about the cooling fan on the casing? is it sucking the air out or in?

thanks any sifu for helping me =.=

normally the fan should be blowing the air toward the heatsink in order to cool down the device ..
got some heatsink design which is the pulling type ..

for casing default is exhaust fan .. if you have extra fan try to use it in intake fan .

My desktop is currently using 7 fans. They are very noisy and cleaning them is a chore due to the wiring.

Plan to get a NOCTUA NH-D14 tomorrow.. Good choice?

Hi, wanna ask... Could Hyper 212 EVO handle an i7-3770k@4.5GHz? Plan to swap the stock fan with 2x Arctic Cooling F12 in a push-pull config I know NH-D14 is an outstanding and possibly the best air cooler, but size is too big for my liking

Thanks!

Yup, shouldn't be a problem. as exactly in my siggy rig. I've ran 4.6Ghz with 212 EVO P/P Artic F12. Max temp 88c.
For 4.5Ghz should be around 70c++
Actually depends on your Vcore. If u can do below 1.3V should be fine.

Awesome Thanks for the feedback, it's actually much much better than I expected. Gonna get my unit soon, hopefully it performs as well as yours hehe...

My chip is bad thou, even some ppl from OCN can do their 3770k at 5ghz with only 1.3v
Somehow golden chip perhaps

Anone kow if thermaltake v3 can fit cooler master 612? I'm about to get one .but unsure whether will it fit. From spec it state max height is 163mm and is the same with the maximum height allowed by v3.

I use a 3770 in a CM690 II, and I'm getting 70C on full load when doing my daily tasks (converting images, generating video etc). As I'm on stock cooler, I'm thinking to reduce the full load temp with an aftermarket HSF.

Based on a quick glance at frostytech.com, I see the Xigmatek Dark Knight SD1283 Night Hawk (RM139) and performs similarly as the Noctua NH-D14 (RM289). Source: http://www.frostytech.com/articleview.cfm?...eid=2693&page=5

Question is, is it worth paying 2x for the Noctua or Xigmatek should be able to at least reduce the full load max temp from 70C to <60C?

Using the noctua now and the cooling performance of this beast is awesome, true that it might be slightly expensive..but what they bundle are some high quality silent fans.. recommended heatsink