please suggest a decent cpu cooler

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Hey guyz.
What brand of cpu cooler is a decent one?I wanna go for Zalman.Is it ok?

socket 775?

I'd suggest Ultra 120 Extreme.

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And man I am waiting for mine since 4th

Oh boy........... I am also waiting for my HSF (sidewindercomputers) since the 3rd. BTW, I ordered enzotech ultra-x.

I would suggest the ThermalRight Ultra-120 + any 120mm fan. The eXtreme is not worth the eXtra cash just for 2 more heatpipes IMO. And tests have shown just a couple of degrees difference between the Ultra-120 and Ultra-120 eXtreme.

@john and choto - My order from sidewinder took 3 weeks to reach me, so just be patient. And pray that customs does not butt in...

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but why not get ThermalRight Ultra-120 + any 120mm fan from Prime computers, Mumbai.

Its available at 2500/- last when I inquired.

ranjan2001 said:
but why not get ThermalRight Ultra-120 + any 120mm fan from Prime computers, Mumbai.

Its available at 2500/- last when I inquired.

Hey ranjan!
Actually it was not available with Prime a couple of weeks ago. Also they don't stock enzotech so had to buy from sidewinder. Well there's been an update that my order has finally arrived in Inida. Lets see when I get it.

@Hells_Fury
Ya I had talked with Gary (sidewinder) and he also suggested the same.

Hells_Fury said:
I would suggest the ThermalRight Ultra-120 + any 120mm fan. The eXtreme is not worth the eXtra cash just for 2 more heatpipes IMO. And tests have shown just a couple of degrees difference between the Ultra-120 and Ultra-120 eXtreme.

@john and choto - My order from sidewinder took 3 weeks to reach me, so just be patient. And pray that customs does not butt in...

Well the Ultra Extreme is worth its extra cost because it does perform well and in some cases equals or beats Tuniq. What Tuniq was capable of, i need not even mention. ;-)

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so most of you suggesting Ultra 120.
thanx for your suggestions guyz

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is it available in Kolkata?
and one more thing.for socket 775,isnt zalman or ocz good?

Jah !!!

Man i could have ordered that, and I didnt know about it

pretty dumb when comes to OC

@darklord

*www.anandtech.com/casecooling/showdoc.aspx?i=3022&p=4

according to this, ThermalRight runs better that that cooler u suggested

BULLZI said:
is it available in Kolkata?

Nah !!! i searched a lot, couldnt find it in Local Market , even placed ordered at few shops but they were unable to bring it

so used Web Service to order !!!

Choto Cheeta said:
Jah !!!

Man i could have ordered that, and I didnt know about it pretty dumb when comes to OC

@darklord

*www.anandtech.com/casecooling/showdoc.aspx?i=3022&p=4

according to this, ThermalRight runs better that that cooler u suggested

Nah !!! i searched a lot, couldnt find it in Local Market , even placed ordered at few shops but they were unable to bring it so used Web Service to order !!!

Hmm interesting, I dont know how AT reached that conclusion but AFAIK the older Ultra 120 could never beat the TT 120

U are using it ??

tell me how much did it cost ??

Choto Cheeta said:
U are using it ??

tell me how much did it cost ??

I dont have Tuniq or Ultra 120

But i know what both are capable of.Heck some guys have pulled off 4G on Tuniq which is great !

Ok.. So i should saty Happy with my order

????

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ok i will go for that extreme ultra.so where shud i place the order?

@choto cheeta
how much is the cost??including shipping and delivery charges.

Choto Cheeta said:
Ok.. So i should saty Happy with my order ????

Yeah yeah totally !!.
For C2D in general,
Thermalright Ultra 120
Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme
Scythe Infinity
Scythe Ninja+ Rev B
Tuniq Tower 120
all these are very decent coolers.

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one more thing i want to ask.about the site memory-configurator.hv nyone bot ram from there?

BUZZI said:
@choto cheeta
how much is the cost??including shipping and delivery charges.

ThermalRight Ultra 120 eXtreme
Panflo Ultra High Speed 120mm FAN

USD 110 !!!! Incl Every thing till now... dont know if Customs will give any headache or not...

@darklord

Thanks for the info... cant wait to get my hands in it

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u didnt give me the link

@ choto

Sorry... i thought U have that already...

Me jhon and fury all used this service... *www.sidewindercomputers.com/

the product url, *www.sidewindercomputers.com/thulex.html mind u its one limited stock they write :lol:

By the way, Prime computers mumbai is also an good option, dont know if they have stock of it or not !!!

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thanx a lot.

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well noone hv purchased nything from memory-configurator?

actually without having a decent pc2-8500 ram and cpu heatsink,i dont want to fancy overclocking with my cpu.

I am OverClocking my C2D with just another Transcend 667 MHz RAMs

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@choto

if you dont mind can you please tell me what is the max. speed u are getting thru overclocking?

if you dont mind can you please tell me what is the max.

Why should I mind

Anyway at present RAMs are at Default 667 MHz and CPU running at 2.98 GHz !!!

but see i am not the best person here from whom one should take advice of OverCloking :lol:

me my self is a n00be in this front...

Well with 2.8 / 2.9 on the stock the Idle Temp is 43 / 45c on load goes up to 55c... now its with vcore 1.27 / 1.28... any thing above 1.3 is pushing the Temp up to 48c idle... and onload its close to 60c !!!! and in that case I run the RAM with 703 MHz

(even I run those RAMs with 775MHz too, didnt give any problem)

So, let the cooler come... then we can see how fast I can take this E6600 with Transcend RAMs

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well actually i read some reviews from hexus.net and also forum.atomic.

they hv suggested to use atleast pc2-6400 for decent overclocking.
my cpu is E6400.rite now its overclocked to 2.42 Ghz.
bt vcore volt is a bit high,about 1.32 volt.wanna decrease that.

there are some exciting test results.they are saying that their 800 MHZ ram is running at 1000 MHZ ,system rock stable.u can get about 3.4-3.6 GHZ processor speed using DDR2-800.

bt using DDR2 667,its really hard to achieve such oc.

See, I saw this RAM can run 775 MHz without any problem whats so ever, now with 2.9 GHz CPU and RAM at Default 667 MHz

System in Background Keeps AtuGK running for Encoding where as my nephew Plays NFS MW in multitasking... now its like 24x7 now days... so let the cooller came and would see how fast it can go

R

By the way, Prime computers mumbai is also an good option, dont know if they have stock of it or not !!!

Call them or mail them gulbir@primeabgb.com

also update thier response here too

Gulbir Bhatia
Director
Prime ABGB Pvt. Ltd.
Shop No 16, Laxmi Bldg Compound,
Opp. Swastik Cinema,
Lamington Road,
Mumbai - 400 004.
+91 2223855500
+91 2223896600
+91 9821035100

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@choto

yah check it out and do post the results.wht about putting a new thread about oc settings and results?

i am also going to order the cooler for me.if i wud hv got my ram from there,too it wud hv been really nice.nyway,congrats on ur purchase

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Choto Cheeta said:
USD 110 !!!! Incl Every thing till now... dont know if Customs will give any headache or not...

You should have asked Gary to undervalue the items and mark the package as a commercial sample. Usually customs wont detain these type of packages...Even I had to learn the hard way.

BULLZI said:
well noone hv purchased nything from memory-configurator?

Was thinking about it but the only problem is that they dont stock Corsair RAM...

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@FURY

corsair is,no doubt, a well reputed manufacturer bt there are other ones too as OCZ,CRUCIAL BALLISTICS,G SKILL,MUSHKIN which are also decent ones.

nyway,are u interested in having rams from theitdepots?

Nope...too costly. Will mostly have sm1 get it for me from the US. My second option was Crucial Ballistix Tracer PC2-8500, but even those arent available from MC...
If you are getting your RAM from MC get the OCZ Reaper HPC PC2-8500 kit.

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well i hv got someone who s in the US rite now.
will the customs allow him to carry the ram with him?

Depends on the value of all electronics items that he is carrying. If its below a certain limit, its ok. And first of all, if they dont notice the RAM then no problem. Sometimes the customs officials dont check the hand baggage and check only checked-in baggage. It all depends on his luck.

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cooler master hyper 6t.i think it cost s around rs.3200

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@fury

whts the actual value of "limit"??
well hes gonna be carrying only 2 gb ram n a cpu cooler.will it exceed the limit??

K

i think the limit is 25K.

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@kooabs

well total price of ram + cpu cooler will be max. 20k.
then its in limit i guess?

I thins kooabs03 is right. If I remember correctly, the limit is Rs. 25k itself. If he is carrying no other electronics items then its ok. But just as a precaution, ask him to keep the RAM in his hand baggage.

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@fury
thanx for your advice friend

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nyway do u guyz believe it,my procy temperature went up to 85 C oc to 2.42 Ghz

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i referred to stress checking using Othos as well as TAT.The result was at 100% load and within 1 hr

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it seems that next thing one needs to upgrade with pc is AC

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BULLZI said:
@fury
thanx for your advice friend.
nyway do u guyz believe it,my procy temperature went up to 85 C oc to 2.42 Ghz.
i referred to stress checking using Othos as well as TAT.The result was at 100% load and within 1 hr.
it seems that next thing one needs to upgrade with pc is AC.

What was the vcore ? My temps never went that high, even at 3GHz.

BULLZI said:
@fury
thanx for your advice friend.
nyway do u guyz believe it,my procy temperature went up to 85 C oc to 2.42 Ghz.
i referred to stress checking using Othos as well as TAT.The result was at 100% load and within 1 hr.
it seems that next thing one needs to upgrade with pc is AC.

No problem dude...
And man your proccy is hot...as darklord said, whats the VCore?

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its about 1.32 volt,cpu z showed proccy voltage as 1.17 volt.why s this difference,can u plz tell me?

and by the way,ambient temp. was about 36 C .i guess its not my proccy's fault tht it went crazy.

BULLZI said:
its about 1.32 volt,cpu z showed proccy voltage as 1.17 volt.why s this difference,can u plz tell me?

and by the way,ambient temp. was about 36 C .i guess its not my proccy's fault tht it went crazy.

You still on Stock cooler right ? Well its well known that initial C2D CPUs didnt have perfectly flat IHS hence due to the spoon like IHS, proper contact with IHS wasnt possible, resulting in insanely high temps.

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so wht shud i do now?
buy an Air Conditioner or a decent CPU cooler?

J

darklord said:
You still on Stock cooler right ? Well its well known that initial C2D CPUs didnt have perfectly flat IHS hence due to the spoon like IHS, proper contact with IHS wasnt possible, resulting in insanely high temps.

Was that the reason why you lapped?

BULLZI said:
so wht shud i do now?
buy an Air Conditioner or a decent CPU cooler?

Buying a good cooler seems to be a better choice for long run even if you don't overclock. But as darklord said if the IHS is not flat then lapping is the best option or use some thick thermal paste like Arctic Cooling MX-1 to bridge the gap.

janitha said:
Was that the reason why you lapped?

Precisely yes

Although newer CPUs have much better IHS. My E6600 is much much better and so is my other E4300

so wht shud i do now?
buy an Air Conditioner or a decent CPU cooler?

I suggest get some local thermal paste, the white ones, put oodles of it and just hope the gap is filled.By oodles, i dont mean you pour it

Buying a good cooler seems to be a better choice for long run even if you don't overclock. But as darklord said if the IHS is not flat then lapping is the best option or use some thick thermal paste like Arctic Cooling MX-1 to bridge the gap.

Totally agree there,no point wasting money, buying new coolers and experimenting.If IHS is not flat, a good cooler wont help.