Heatsink/Fan for a Haswell-E I7


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My hardware will be:

 

MSI X99S Motherboard
i7-5930K Haswell-E 6-Core 3.5GHz LGA 2011-v3 140W Desktop Processor BX80648I75930K
Most likely a Full tower ATX case. 
 
Are the LGA 2011 heatsinks compatible with LGA 2011-v3?
 
What is a good Heatsink/fan for the Haswell-E?
I do not plan to overclock 95% of the time.
 
If anybody Is running the X99S, tell me what you are running and if you are happy with the results.
 
I am not against water cooling if there is a setup that is Guaranteed  to never leak and the water pump will not go out.
 
Thank you for helping a haswell noob out.
 
 
 
 
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I think that the 2011 and 2011-v3 should have the same connector.

 

I and several others liked the Corsair water cooler designs. I have the Corsair H80i, if you have a big case, get the H100i. (double sized reservoir)

 

It's all closed circuit, so water leakage is none to very minimal. I don't know of anyone that had problems with these.

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Thank you for the 2011 advice and the recommendations.  I have used the Corsair H80 in computers I have built for people but It freaks me out having water that close to all the good stuff. In my second life I build water displays and water art and have seen water leak from the smallest spots and cause huge problems. 

 

The Noctua NH-D15 looks like a good choice. I assume the rest of their products are good?

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if you're not planning for overclocking, then what's the point of using 3rd party cooling solution? it's waste of money (imo)

but if you still prefer 3rd party cooling solution, then water cooling is the best choice.

 

http://www.coolermaster.com/cooling/cpu-liquid-cooler/seidon-240m/

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if you're not planning for overclocking, then what's the point of using 3rd party cooling solution? it's waste of money (imo)

but if you still prefer 3rd party cooling solution, then water cooling is the best choice.

 

http://www.coolermaster.com/cooling/cpu-liquid-cooler/seidon-240m/

 

 

I agree. The stock fan should be fine, you only need to concern yourself with after-market coolers if you plan on overclocking.

 

Water cooling is great for the enthusiast community; some of the setups people make are freakin' awesome, but I don't really know of any "normal" users who needs it if you have good ventilation/cable management inside the case.

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Closed loop water coolers are perfectly safe and durable as long as you mount them correctly. Though if you don't plan to overclock it any LGA 2011 air cooler should do the trick.

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Actually guys, there is no stock cooler included with these processors.

 

 

You're correct. I should have googled that.

 

I'd still say that you don't need to go loco buying a super-expensive heatsink/fan if there is no overclocking planned.

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I always go with Arctic Cooling. They are cheapo, but they cool well. I used the Freezer 7. It used to keep my i3 2140 at 25C.

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+1 for Noctua coolers. You don't need to be overclocking to use them. I don't like the standard coolers as they are usually too inefective and noisy, so I always go to Noctua. It is way more silent and keeps the CPU quite a bit cooler.

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I would personally go with the Corsair H105, it's a nice cooler and cools better than the noctua's from what I've seen in testing various configs.

 

My personal rig is custom water cooled but that's because it's a 5960x with a pretty decent OC on it and those 8 cores are a little more difficult to keep cool.

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  • 4 weeks later...

I went with the 105. Seems to keep things cool. The pump was making a clicking sound that went away after I shut everything down and rebooted. I hope that it's not going bad. Only benn doing a burn in for a few days... I already am looking at RMA'n the motherboard because of a faulty SATA controller.

I went with the 105. Seems to keep things cool. The pump was making a clicking sound that went away after I shut everything down and rebooted. I hope that it's not going bad. Only benn doing a burn in for a few days... I already am looking at RMA'n the motherboard because of a faulty SATA controller.

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