Dual LGA 2011 Air cooling: Best single tower cooler?

[BaMb1N0]

hi there

what in your opinion would be a nice single tower cooler for use on a dual socket xeon board (lga 2011)?

probably going for the E5-2643 high clock quads....don't now yet. 130W TDP each.

so far I know TTL was impressed with the NZXT Havik 140...what alternatives should i consider (despite of watercooling)?

best regards

BaMb1N0

 

[sheroo]

It also depends alot on how far the sockets are physically away from each other, a pair of H100's might work well?

 

[dugdiamond]

TBH - xeons on a dual mobo will not be overclocked to the point where large coolers are needed

plus, there is not much choice for 2011-compatible single-tower cpu coolers

EDIT: also, if buying retail xeons, i would stick with the stock coolers (that come with them) until you can upgrade to full watercooling

 

[Umzok]

I think it will all depend on the board. The SR-X above, for example, the CPU slots are side by side. Whereas I've seen a couple or the Intel boards that are slightly more offset. Space will be dependent on RAM configuration too it seems.

 

[tinytomlogan]

E5's dont support ANY overclocking....... on any board.

They dont get hot though, Ive got 4 here atm and heat is not a problem

 

[Umzok]

I was talking asthetics rather than the cooling need. If they fitted on the SR-X a couple of the RED Phanteks would look awesome

 

[dugdiamond]

^^^ lmfao - there is not a chance in hell that two of those would on ANY dual-cpu mobos

 

[Umzok]

i know but you have to admit it would look cool lol

 

[dugdiamond]

ummmm - no

it could never happen

...and if someone put single tower coolers on a dual-socket mobo - they are being utter noobs

 

[dugdiamond]

i am closing this topic as it is completely wrong - it yells noobness