Best Air Cooling?

[PCBudgetSolutions]

So now that I have an idea for a water loop lets talk air cooling.  What CPU air cooling solutions have the best air cooling but silent optimized with say corsair SP 120's?  I am thinking water cooling isn't for me yet, investment wise it will be nearly 600 alone...  Also what are the quietest HD 7950's? My vapor X gets VERY loud after 60%.

[Saan Koneri]

Get a pre-filled water cooler for your CPU like Corsair Hydro H100/H100i and Corsair Quiet Edition SP 120 fans for it.

 

http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/audio/corsair_h100i_review/2

 

For Graphics cards Asus DirecCU II's are usually quietest coolers and temperatures are outstanding.

 

 

 

For 7950 get V2 version of DirectCU II

 

http://wccftech.com/asus-announces-radeon-hd-7950-directcu-ii-v2-features-updated-pcb-cooling-design/

[Saan Koneri]

I hope this helps, check some reviews and you can't go wrong :)

[BeyondNight]

How hot is the Vapour-X after 60% though ? a lot of cooler like that have huge amount of headroom in case of high ambients/bad airflow and other issues that could crop up.

 

For CPU cooling unless you go with a Custom loop get a large air cooler, id Recommend the Phanteks TC-14PE, BeQuiet Dark Rock Pro 2, Thermalright Silver Arrow, or NH-D14 to start, there are others but there's usually a reason for you to not be able to use one of the cooler mentioned above if that occurs.

[Magebot]

Prefilled watercoolers would be the best way to go.

[mgsstar]

I would go with the Swifttech H220 and the HIS IceQ X2 and the MSI Twin Frozr III cards are pretty quiet imo.

[Brian]

... unless you go with a Custom loop get a large air cooler, id Recommend the Phanteks TC-14PE, BeQuiet Dark Rock Pro 2, Thermalright Silver Arrow, or NH-D14 to start, there are others ...

 

Silver Arrow is boss.  The big Scythe coolers are also high quality units, IF they still sell them in your country.  If you really want a quiet system, you can always buy a unit that has a quality heatsink and swap in some quieter fans.  A lot of coolers are actually alright at  being heatsinks, but they get saddled with either noisy or ineffective fans.