What is the quietest S775 cooler that you've seen (heard!)

[eUphoria]

Well i guess this should say - not heard really! Looking to buy either an E6750 or Q6600 (yeah i've read the threads and people still seem undecided - like me - which 'is best') and want the quietest system possible - hence me leaning towards the c2d due to lower power consumption (presumably less heat and less cooling therefore less noise?).

What suggestions for a very quiet cooler???

[Jay]

Has to be the Freezer 7 Pro at half speed.

[Madafwo]

Ninja Rev. B fanless, silent, or the Freezer 7 Pro on anything lower than 60%, both super quiet, the F7P is dirt cheap as well, whihc makes it all the better IMO

[staffsMike]

Ninja no contest. Use it passive if you want or very low speed fans with almost Thermalright extreme 120 results.

Totally silent even with the fan.

[ackrite26]

Freezer 7 Pro - this looses performance when ran at anything but 100%

[Shooty*]

I would have thought anything would lose performance with the fans at less than 100%. Unless your PC is in a wind tunnel. With no case.

[ackrite26]

Sorry, I meant to say looses more performance than average when not 100%. So a Scythe Ninja will still be an excellent cooler when ran at 60% and still give great temps. If the Freezer Pro was at 60% then its temps would dramatically increase, it was designed to be ran at full speed.
Will try and find the review.

[[R4A]Bigman]

I'm about to run a E6750 with the Thermalright XP120 (+ LGA775 adapter) - with my current machine (A64 3200+ overclocked to 2.5GHz) and the fan (Noiseblocker SX1) doesn't even spin most of the time. Will report my findings after I have installed it all and overclocked to the max.

Otherwise the Scythe Ninja seems to be the optimal choice at the moment.

edit: Just to note on the F7P - one of my friends has one of these and he really struggles to keep his computer stable when it is running anything much less than 100%. It is definitely not quiet at 100%, I would personally avoid it.

[excalibur2]

Has to be the Freezer 7 Pro at half speed.

The arctic freezer Pro in a P180 case is very quiet........................my second computer is a pain in the A*** it must have the noisest cooling fan ever Thermaltake mini super orb combine that with a £12 PSU in a £16 case and not sitting on a carpet floor but shelf, and................................

[Skinleech]

Ninja Rev. B fanless, silent

Yup, agree on that. Is what I use to cool my e6600. But you need a large case for it...

[Andy3536]

Sorry, I meant to say looses more performance than average when not 100%. So a Scythe Ninja will still be an excellent cooler when ran at 60% and still give great temps. If the Freezer Pro was at 60% then its temps would dramatically increase, it was designed to be ran at full speed.
Will try and find the review.

Not strickly true, i have one of these and my fan hardly ever has to spin up normally, it may just start while playing a game but low.

Your statement is true when your talking about a cpu thats been overclocked quite a way, but the freezer 7 pro on a cpu thats not been overclocked will performe brilliantly.
I've never seen my cpu above 27c in the bios.

[EtheAv8r]

I have QuadGTs with Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro and Tunic Tower 120 - and the TT 120 with the fan at it's lowest is just as quiet as the ACF7 - and the CPU is a lot cooler.....

[acrobat]

I dont think the heatsink has anything to do with it. Its just whatever fan you use that determines how much noise it makes. And in a lot of cases, you can pick what that is. So I think you are best researching 120mm fans, rather than the cooler's specifically.

For example, you can buy a Thermalright 120 Ultra Extreme and stick a 4000rpm fan on it that sounds like a jumbo jet. Or you can use it with no fan at all and its completely silent.

p.s. Although I did used to have an AC 7 Pro, and it was silent. But I don't think I had mine running at full speed.

[[R4A]Bigman]

acrobat: Well its a mix of both. If you have a super-efficient heatsink, then you can get away with using a fan which pushes much less air and is thus quieter. Both sides of the equation have to be looked at.

[LuckyNV]

If you're getting a quad, I would suggest a Thermalright Ultra120 extreme with any quiet fan

[Blitzen]

Scythe Mine.
Best cooler i have EVER had and inaudible.