Anandtech new heatsink round-up

zikje · Post by **zikje** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 2:25 am

http://www.anandtech.com/casecooling/sh ... i=2965&p=1

This round-up includes:

Scythe Ninja Plus Rev. B
OCZ Vindicator
Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme
Thermalright Ultra 120
Scythe Infinity
Zalman CNS9700
Zalman CNS9500
Cooler Master Hyper 6+
Vigor Monsoon II Lite
Thermalright MST-9775
Scythe Katana
Tuniq Tower 120
Intel Stock HSF for X6800

btw, is this the right place on the forum?

jaganath · Post by **jaganath** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 2:27 am

btw, is this the right place on the forum?

probably should be in CPU Cooling. don't worry,I'm sure a mod will move it later.

niels007 · Post by **niels007** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 5:59 am

Its a little odd how they test overclocking. Sure there is a difference between the stock cooler and higher performance coolers but 3060 or 3000mhz; its not the point where you can blame it on the cooler. Near the limit you'd need 12 or 24 hours of stress testing to judge real stability and perhaps the physical forces of mounting a different cooler can mean 2mhz FSB change or some other dubiously small effect.

Noise readings are quite useless too with so many coolers with so obviously different fans / fan speeds all coming in at the same loudness level.

Ho Hum..

zikje · Post by **zikje** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 6:28 am

So which cooler is actually still the "best", "quietest"? Thermalright Ultra Extreme, Scythe Infinity or Ninja?

cbutters · Post by **cbutters** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 7:23 am

I was just going to post on this.

Seems like Anandtech really liked that SilenX fan? According to them it was just as quiet as the included scythe fan but cooled the ninja a lot better. I have read here in the forums that the silenx fans were not good and did not live up to their ratings. Do you think Anandtech got a cherrypicked one? or is the silenx fan worth taking a look at again?

=assassin= · Post by **=assassin=** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 11:41 am

cbutters wrote:I was just going to post on this.

Hehe, same here, I haven't finished reading yet.