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K9ZIE
Cruncher United States of America Joined: Jun 15, 2015 Post Count: 25 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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What is the best air cooled CPU cooler for running WCG? Right now I have the stock intel cooler and it keeps my CPU running at around 70C. I don't know if that is safe for prolonged useage. I would like to get that a bit cooler if possible. Tjunc is 105°C for intel i7-3770...check here: http://ark.intel.com/products/65719/Intel-Cor...r-8M-Cache-up-to-3_90-GHz 70°C is OK!  Yeah 70C is below the max of 105. I just don't know if 70C sustained forever is good for the CPU.  |
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SekeRob
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Not a problem for me in the 11 years of 100% loading, but it is for the mechanical parts, the fans.
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KLiK
Master Cruncher Croatia Joined: Nov 13, 2006 Post Count: 3108 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Not a problem for me in the 11 years of 100% loading, but it is for the mechanical parts, the fans. Just put several large 120mm fans on the back & everything is OK...my i5 in firm runs OK with only heat-sink cooler, front fan & PSU fan...no problems so far! & it's doing SETi@home on HD2500 & 4x WCG WUs! & itr also powers Quadro 2000 professional video card with CUDAs...  ---------------------------------------- [Edit 1 times, last edit by KLiK at Apr 11, 2016 6:59:28 AM] |
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fuzzydice555
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Yeah, unless you have a high tdp video card, you don't need many fans. I run a 2683v3 with a single 8cm fan and a dual 2660 with a single 14cm fan. Both exhausts are warm at best. If you run an i3/i5 only, you won't need more than the psu's fan.
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If have a max four core processor (With our without HT) best bang for the bucks are cooler master hyper 212 evo.
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ThreadRipper
Veteran Cruncher Sweden Joined: Apr 26, 2007 Post Count: 1321 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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I'd say, from my experience, the best coolers are NH-D15 or 14 from Noctua. Downside? Expensive! But then there will be lots of headroom for Overclocking and/or lower temps in summertime.
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KLiK
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What is the best air cooled CPU cooler for running WCG? Right now I have the stock intel cooler and it keeps my CPU running at around 70C. I don't know if that is safe for prolonged useage. I would like to get that a bit cooler if possible. Tjunc is 105°C for intel i7-3770...check here: http://ark.intel.com/products/65719/Intel-Cor...r-8M-Cache-up-to-3_90-GHz 70°C is OK! Yeah 70C is below the max of 105. I just don't know if 70C sustained forever is good for the CPU. haven't burned up any of the processors so far! & I'm doing SETi@home, UD & WCG from y1999...fried a couple a GPUs though! so just relax...it will last for at least 2-5y...by then you'll have to upgrade to a newer computer!  |
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