Actually I think I was mistaken in my first reply. Although I HAVE heard great things about the Thermalright, I was thinking of the Prolimatech Megahalem cooler in terms of not fitting and also in terms of superior temps. Below is the review I found that says Megahalem is the best in terms of cooling. Then again, I think you get VERY different results based on whether you seat your cooler correctly. I reseated mine many times, trying different amounts of thermal paste/grease as well as orientation of the cooler and noticed that it makes a big difference.
Note in the tests in the link below that the Thermalright comes in second right behind the Megahalem, but there might not be a statistically significant difference in temps between the two. http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31\ 6&Itemid=62&limit=1&limitstart=7 <http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3\ 16&Itemid=62&limit=1&limitstart=7> Paul --- In [email protected], "Mike" <sfclimb...@...> wrote: > > Yup, on one of my builds I have a large side panel fan that sits recessed inside the case pulling air from the outside in. The Thermalright's did not fit and I had to step down to the Zalmans. > > Mike > > --- In [email protected], Paul D notanaiqgenius@ wrote: > > > > I actually agree that the Thermalright coolers are the way to go. I happened to > > have a Zalman laying around from an older build, so I used that but I have read > > time and time again that the Thermalright coolers are the best in terms of > > superior temps. I would have switched to this cooler but it is so tall that it > > is within 1-2mm of not fitting in my case, so I don't want to risk buying it and > > having it not fit. > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Mike sfclimbers@ > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Sat, July 24, 2010 11:28:23 AM > > Subject: [amibroker] Re: New System Question > > > > > > For very little difference in price you can go with Thermalright coolers, > > instead of Zalman, and get measurably superior temperatures. > > > > Even when switching to liquid cooling, I was unable to get a better overclock > > than I got from air cooling using Thermalright Ultra 120 eXtreme. > > > > http://www.thermalright.com/new_a_page/product_page/product_cpu_cooler_1\ 366.html > > > > That was almost 2 years ago, but they were unbeatable then, and one heck of a > > lot cheaper than all the $$$ that I poured into liquid cooling! However, I did > > have a lot of fun putting together the liquid cooled system ;) > > > > Mike > > > > --- In [email protected], Paul D <notanaiqgenius@> wrote: > > > > > > Hi Rob and other system builders, > > > > > > In 2009 I built my own i7 920 and overclocked it to a very very stable 3900 > > > megahertz. I have XP 64 bit on it. > > > > > > In a Tradestation forums thread I posted a very detailed shopping list from > > > Newegg of all the parts I used (more or less) and show that it can be done very > > > > > > cheap. In my opinion, the 920 version is (or at least was) the most affordable > > > > > in terms of bang for your buck once overclocked. I had some problems getting > > > things cool enough with all 8 virtual cores going, so I turned off the > > > hyperthreading and just run with 4 cores. > > > > > > > > > Attached is a PDF of my shopping list complete with colorful pictures of my i7 > > > > > 920 build during and after. FYI, I was going for lowest price rather than the > > > very nicest stuff, though I did not skimp on mobo, power supply, CPU, or > > >memory. > > > > > > The case, graphics card, and fans were not the best (or quietest). > > > > > > > > > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: Rob <sidhartha70@> > > > To: [email protected] > > > Sent: Thu, July 22, 2010 2:38:22 AM > > > Subject: [amibroker] New System Question > > > > > > > > > Hi TJ, > > > > > > I am considering building myself a new computer system. Basically I am running > > > > > AB on a Mac Pro right now. 8GB Ram (ram is not one my constraints). I am > > >running > > > > > > 2 x quad core Intel Xeon X5365 2.99 Ghz processors. > > > > > > I use AB for real time day trading... (not backtesting)... but I am pushing the > > > > > > core I run AB on to the max pretty much (My performance indicator in AB runs > > > pretty consistently between 200 - 260%... I also have another 4 charts running > > > > > on another instance of AB to utilise another core. > > > > > > Question is, in building a new system, what should I be looking for maximise AB > > > > > > performance....? Obviously I am looking at the i7 range of processors. However, > > > > > > given that I can only utilise one core per instance of AB (and I want to run as > > > > > > few instances of AB as possible), should I less concerned with going for more > > > cores and more concerned with perhaps overclocking the cores I do have...? > > > > > > I could go the whole hog and overclock a Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition to > > > > > 4Ghz... I don't know if that would be overkill given there would be a lot of > > > processing power I couldn't access....? (although having 12Mb of onboard cache > > > > > looks attractive since I could run larger DB's in AB more quickly). > > > > > > Any other critical issues I should be thinking of in terms of speed running > > > AB...? > > > > > > Thanks for your time. > > > > > >
