Heatsink Question

Nightwolf

What are currently the best core2duo heatsinks? And also what is currently the best 8800 series heatsink?

mas0n

I've had very good luck with this Thermaltake DuOrb on my 8800GT. My results are here.

Not sure if it is the absolute best air cooler for 8800, but I've never seen anything perform better without taking up more than 2 slots.

primesuspect

You want our epic heatsink review.

Your-Amish-Daddy

I've got the Cooler Master Gemini 2 with two Silverstone 110CFM fans. It does great work but it's huge. The fans blow enough air down through the heatsink to cool my memory and my northbridge.

Thrax

The Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme is the best cooler for C2D.

edcentric

or the version at Anandtech.com
The results are about the same
http://www.anandtech.com/casecoolingpsus/showdoc.aspx?i=3141&p=7

Leonardo

The Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme is the best cooler for C2D.

More likely the Thermalright IFX-14 "Fire Extinguisher," that is, if you can ante up $100+.

After the IFX-14 and U-120 Extreme, I would rank the following coolers in descending order:

Scythe Muggen (Mucker, Mugger?)
Tuniq Tower 120 and Zalman 9700 NT
Zalman 9700

There are a host of others that are close to the above high performers as well.

DanG

I've got 2 thermalright ultra 120's, one original and one extreme. Very good heatsinks.

MAGIC

Thrax wrote:

The Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme is the best cooler for C2D.

And for the 8800, again Thermalright.
http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTQyMywxMSwsaGVudGh1c2lhc3Q=