sk-7 vs tr2tt and other cooling questions

astroworp

i'm starting to narrow down my choices for the new way i'm going to cool my computer, and i've come to the conclusion that i'm going to use a thermalright sk-7 with an 80mm thermally adjustable enermax fan. i was looking around on newegg and came across the new (or at least new to me) tr2tt product, the tr2 M1, which looks to be extremely quiet and extremely well-priced... (by the way i'm all about quiet solutions, and overclocking is not planned) now, i know how much you all recommend thermalright products over thermaltake products, but what about the tr2tt stuff? is it any good? or should i just get the sk-7/enermax combo and forget about anything else? i'm also thinking of getting two of the same enermax fans as mentioned above and using one for intake and one for exhaust.

your guys' thoughts on any or all of this???

seversphere

no overclocking then no point in getting the more expensive combo - put the saved money towards the case fans. Just don't damage the chip if you go with the TR2 M1. Did you see the M2 listed under TT section?

astroworp

on newegg, only the M1 is listed... i've seen a couple other tr2tt products around the net, should i spring for something other than the M1?

Geeky1

The SK-7 is significantly better than pretty much anything else on the market. The advantage this gives you in your case is that you can use a lower flow fan to get the same amount of cooling with less noise. I'd go with the SK-7, and one of these fans:

Any of the YSTech TMD fans (they're actually very quiet, especially the lower speed version)
Any 80x25mm manually adjustable fan. The Tt SmartFan2 is the best, followed by the YSTech and Enermaxes in 2nd
Any 80x25mm fan flowing @ least 20cfm

Any of those will give you substantially better cooling (unless you turn the adjustable fans all the way down) than the stock amd heatsink, while at the same time being significantly quieter.