Best cooler for LGA 2011 ?

[SaY]

Planning to upgrade to i7-3960x next week, or as soon as cpu/mb are available in the US.
What would be the best cooler to order? Noctua NH-D14? Anything else available with better performance?

 

[Brolloks]

Well as this will be a 6-core / 12 thread CPU you will need a beefy cooler to take it to say above 4.5 ghz i'd say, to get the most effective I would recommend a water cooled setup

 

[ehume]

Hold off on the D14 until Noctua ships the NH-D14 SE2011. It will not only have the 2011 bracket but PWM fans as well.

The other good cooler is the Silver Arrow. It has PWM fans but you'll want to wait for the 2011 brackets as well.

Until one of those coolers ships you can use the stock cooler.

 

[muddocktor]

You mean Intel came out with yet another mount pattern for LGA2011? That is just freaking stupid!

How does it differ from LGA1366?

 

[EarthDog]

s2011 is the same physical setup as s1366... I heard its just a bit different in that the holes are threaded.

 

[FLESHnBLOOD]

Bit old. you probably have all seen and talked about it before (i haven't been on the forum much lately)

http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1707/1/

 

[ehume]

You mean Intel came out with yet another mount pattern for LGA2011? That is just freaking stupid!

How does it differ from LGA1366?

IIRC it has quad-channel memory, and that requires more leads in the socket. At least that's what I read.

Now that I think about it. That may be the explanation for why Intel went from LGA1366 to LGA1156: triple channel to dual channel memory.

 

[Tokae]

Noctua (and no doubt most of the other makers) have some new coolers coming out very soon I believe.

They look to be specifically designed to handle LGA2011's new RAM layout also! I would hold off until they are are out if you are looking for a Noctua one.

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2011/05/31/noctua-shows-new-cpu-coolers/1

 

[LennyRhys]

Have you seen the 2011 CPUs? They are huge compared to 1366.

As an aside, I think somebody (preferably with wisdom) should develop a form factor for CPU heatsink mounts - it's only four holes for crying out loud, and is it really necessary to move them around a few millimeters every time a new platform comes out?

 

[Janus67]

Hold off on the D14 until Noctua ships the NH-D14 SE2011. It will not only have the 2011 bracket but PWM fans as well.

The other good cooler is the Silver Arrow. It has PWM fans but you'll want to wait for the 2011 brackets as well.

Until one of those coolers ships you can use the stock cooler.

Unfortunately the chip doesn't ship with a stock cooler.

Although now according to the review the mount pattern is the same as 1366, only difference is that it has threads that may/may not work with the cooler in question.

 

[IJAHman]

Check this out, http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1759/1/. Maybe you can add it to your lists.