Zalman CNPS9500 LED or Swiftech H2O 120 Compact

[Lynx]

Hi, :wavey:, i have a Q6600 And hoping to overclocking it to 3.4GHz or more,

i was wondering whether i should go for the Zalman CNPS9500 LED HSF or the Swiftech H2O 120 Compact water cooling kit, i like the HSF as its easier to install, also cheaper, but i like the thought of saying, "Hey i have a watercooled pc @ 3.4GHz"

Any other suggestions would be appriciated.

Also wat PSU do you suggest i use? :/

Willing to spend £90 MAX



Zalman CNPS9500 LED

http://www.custompc.co.uk/reviews/81787/zalman-cnps9500led.html

Swiftech H2O 120 Compact

http://www.custompc.co.uk/reviews/125910/swiftech-h2o-120-compact.html

 

[Nick R]

The water cooling would obviously be superior to the air but it's not the best value for money.

I would just go with a 120mm heatsink like the OCZ Vendetta 2, Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme or the Noctua NH-U12P. I have version 1 of the OCZ Vendetta which only has a 92mm fan rather than the 120mm newer version and that keeps my Q6600 at 55 degrees during stress testing @ 1.425v. You could easily get the Q6600 to 3.4 with any of the above coolers though.

 

[Lynx]

Cool thanks, ill think about them.

I also had my eye on the "Titan amanda TEC cooler" With 2 92 mm fans,

but is very large, and i worry if it would restrict airflow in my Thermaltake Tsunami Dream.

 

[equk]

I think the Tuniq Tower 120 is a good performer, but quite expensive.

Also Scythe ninja/katana etc are good performers and are actually quite affordable now.

I have a freezer7 pro running at 1200rpm on my current system and it's been running overclocked for over one and a half years now without any problems.

 

[ali_james]

TRUE Thermalright Ultra 120 eXtreme

These are supposed to be ace, what I'd be going for. The mounting mechanism seems much better than the pi$$ poor intel push pins, which are a big thumbs down for brand like Scythe which have kept using those awful things!

 

[cl0ck_ed]

Cool thanks, ill think about them.

I also had my eye on the "Titan amanda TEC cooler" With 2 92 mm fans,

but is very large, and i worry if it would restrict airflow in my Thermaltake Tsunami Dream.

Avoid TEC coolers at all cost. They are just a gimic. The quad core cpu at 3.4 ghz will over load the tec and the cooler on top will be trying to tame them both. Just look at the reviews, they never show highly overclocked/ overvolted cpus in the tests.

The water cooling that you are looking at from swiftech is a good little kit. But little is the key word. The single rad limits its potential, the air coolers such as TRUE are superior. Only the dual 120mm rad version beats air coolers.

One thought would be to add another rad into the loop like they did at Toms Hardware in a high-end system marathon. See pic:

You need to read the custom pc review carefully as they don't word it very well. And they are watercooling bias all the way through. Quote.

'In our standard LGA775 thermal test rig, which comprises an overclocked quad-core Xeon X3210 overvolted to 1.4125V, the H2O 120 Compact cooled the CPU to 6C below the reference Intel HSF with the fan running at 7V, and 10C below when running at 12V. That might not sound much better than the Tuniq Tower 120, which managed to cool the same chip by a further 1C at its minimum fan speed.

However, a PC with the Tuniq Tower 120 requires another fan to exhaust hot air from the case, which makes this kit much more efficient (and quieter). As the radiator never became hot, we'd feel confident about adding a GPU block to the setup at a later date too. It also looks cooler than the Tuniq Tower 120.'

This told me the Tuniq beats the wc by 1c. And the only thing good about thewc is that 'It also looks cooler'.

Hope this helps

 

[Lynx]

Yeh that helps, thx

but i thing im going to go with the swiftech h20-220 compact,

As form what ive heard it can handle a Q6600 @ 4 ghz,

But if i ever need to add a new rad, then i will.

 

[cl0ck_ed]

Yeh that helps, thx

but i thing im going to go with the swiftech h20-220 compact,

As form what ive heard it can handle a Q6600 @ 4 ghz,

But if i ever need to add a new rad, then i will.

That is a wise decision. Thw swiftech h20-220 compact will handle most cpus at veryhigh voltages. Though 4ghz from a Q6600 is very optimistic, I would aim for 3.6-8ghz. That would be a very fast cpu.

 

[Pat123]

can i ask who's the rig is in your 'avatar'?

 

[Phoenix]

I thought the Swiftech-kits were slaughtered in the tests here at OC3D? Or am I completely off here? Anyway, I've got the Tuniq Tower 120, and I'm quite satisfied with it. Plus there's the fancontroller with it that goes into an empty slot on the back of your case, so you can beef up the cooling when you need it (like I do in benchruns). Right now, running it at full speed, I'm idling at 31 31 29 26. I'll probably get around to appying the TIM over again, as I'm not quite satisfied with the way I did it last time.

 

[Lynx]

K thx.

I dont know whos comp it is, but i dont have pictures of mine yet.

Its nice tho...

 

[darkone]

get a cheap watercooling kit

 

[Lynx]

lol i know its a late reply, but no cheap water cooling ktis are wothless, ide rather get the arctic cooler frezzer pro, 10 times cheap 100 times better.