Sooo... Whats the best heatsink for the money now..

[The Spyder]

Its been like 11 months since Ive even looked at computer hardware, 6 since I stoped using watercooling. Whats the best heatsink right now for the buck?
I have a Barton 2500 I just purchased if that helps...

 

[archilochus]

What mobo? Most of us use or prefer the thermalright brand of HS.You can view them here. www.thermalright.com .If your mobo has the 4 mounting holes you'll want the SP-97 HS.This HS has not been out long and is available from several venders.I run the SP-94 the SP-97 brother. I run the Panaflo U1A 92mm fan on it.Its a hard fan to find now days. THE FANMAN

 

[simpleman]

Thermalright
thats what i use,
i'll never trust anything else

 

[slater3333uk]

The best for the money is still the sk-7 w. smartfan2

The best overall is the sp-97

 

[Vrykyl]

just read what i posted here if there's any doubt in your mind about whether you should go for Thermalright LINK

 

[tom10167]

SP-9X

 

[kwikgta]

I like the Thermaltake Volcano 12. It knocked 15* C off of my temp,when combined with AS5.

 

[AndrusLRoc]

Another vote for thermalright here, every computer I build gets one of those, not a heat problem yet.

 

[newg]

The best for the money is still the sk-7 w. smartfan2

The best overall is the sp-97

SK-7 is good...have 3 of them..............

 

[Agent_Mull]

OK just to tell you how good thermalright is, they could market an aluminium foil ball as the hs solution, and still make a quarter of a mill off of name recongniton alone.

 

[9mmCensor]

OK just to tell you how good thermalright is, they could market an aluminium foil ball as the hs solution, and still make a quarter of a mill off of name recongniton alone.

But it would be VERY high quality foil! It would be super shinny and have perfect sphericalness.

 

[newg]

waiting for Balrog's review on the Volcano 12 with the fan reversed.....looks interesting...............

 

[slater3333uk]

I must say the v12 looks interesting! but test have showen its still inferior to a sk-7.

 

[cobray]

Thermalright is the best. There is no question about that.

 

[Sk8erfreak986]

I really like my SLK 900.

 

[bettsr]

Thermalright is the best. There is no question about that.

I must concur.

 

[Zerileous]

arg get thermalright, for overclocking i would say at least slk-800. Otherwise sk-7 is alright. This is just a guess based off the performance i have seen out of the SP-94 and performance i have seen from the slk-700 modded for an 80mm fan.

 

[Venesectrix]

SK-7 is the best for the money, but it's hard to find, as most stores stock the newer heatsinks. I've got an SLK800 with a TT smartfan 2 on my Barton 2500+ (overclocked to 3200+), and it's under 40C load

 

[Sharkman]

For the money I agree with everyone else in the Thermalright line is the best. I have the SLK-947U and love it. If you wanted to spend a little more go with Swiftech. They make some awsome HS's too.

 

[The Spyder]

Whacha know....
Thermalright Is still the best.... *Kicks self for selling 900u to Thunder7 *
Off to buy another thermalright, thanks guyz!

Oh yeah, how are these new heatpipe looking thermalrights doing?