Custom Aircooler dilemma ...

[DragonX444]

Hello all,

I made myself a pretty good system on a tight budget and i wanna do the same on my cpu cooler.

I got a i5 3570k which im itching to overclock!

My dilemma is this, i found a review on the net which had a Thermalright Silver Arrow Extreme with different fans and of course different results. I am a HUGE fan of the Noiseblocker products (and of silent pc's) and i want to use those fans on my cpu cooler. I've chosen 3 Zalman heatsinks that i like that could accommodate Noiseblocker PWM fans. That way i figure i can stay on budget and get quality cooling.

Which would you get? :

Zalman CNPS11X Extreme (replace the noisy fan) OR
Zalman CNPS14X OR
Zalman CNPS10X Flex

I wanna stay under 80 euros and have Noiseblocker fans on the cooler. Yeah im a fanboy i guess but they make some damn nice fans!

 

[alienware]

Zalman coolers are a bit meh. I would look at the NH-D14 or the Phanteks.

 

[paulstung]

The silver arrow extreme is an awesome cooler. I have just gone onto water, not that the temps were bad, more for the challenge, and of coarse the looks. The fans although are 140's the fans are 120mm hole spacing. My i5 3570 @ 4.2 used to sit at around 27 idle and I only ever saw the mid to high 40's under prime. I can't recommend it enough.

 

[DragonX444]

1st of all the Noctua D-14 is to expensive for now and more important the looks are OMG im gonna vomit in the next 10 secs. Thats of course subjective. The reason i wanna go Zalman heatsink with different fans is that i can buy the whole thing when i got some money to spare. 40 bucks for the heatsink and a month later a 20 euro fan and so on.

So i guess i have to rephrase my question.

Which Heatsink has the best performance output in the 40 euro price range? The Zalman 14x or 10x or maybe a Alpenfoen?

 

[UkGouki]

you could get an alpenfoen all in one watercooling loop simular to a corsair h60 ive seen them in the uk for £41 thats about 44Euros..

with zalmans i think the 14x is a better performer but even the coolermaster seidon is a better performer than the zalmon 14x tom reviewed it here >> http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/cases_cooling/cooler_master_seidon_120m_review/1

 

[DragonX444]

you could get an alpenfoen all in one watercooling loop simular to a corsair h60 ive seen them in the uk for £41 thats about 44Euros..

with zalmans i think the 14x is a better performer but even the coolermaster seidon is a better performer than the zalmon 14x tom reviewed it here >> http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/cases_cooling/cooler_master_seidon_120m_review/1

Not bad mate! Thx for the hint...