![]() ![]() Let me start off my story of moving to simpler air cooling by saying that there’s a place in hell reserved for the person who invented the reference blower style cooler on the GTX 470. As an added bonus, it doesn’t require the assistance of a double jointed ninja to install. Hmm, technically it’s still water cooling but it’s self contained, sealed and it supports every popular socket out there. I was about ready to opt for the huge dual 140mm Phanteks tower style cooler when I stumbled across refurbished Corsair H100i’s for sub $65. That still left me trying to find a CPU cooler. Rather than throw that kind of money at a card so far behind the curve, I found a used GTX 470 for $80 and moved forward with that. I had to move from my decrepit GTX 260 which is a water only card or spend $50ish on a HSF for it since I was without the stock cooler for it. LOOPING VIDEO FRACTAL UPGRADEI was also faced with another forced upgrade path, my GPU. LOOPING VIDEO FRACTAL FREEOn the square Intel socket you’re free to face them top to bottom or fore and aft to your heart’s content. I was running AMD at the time (still am at the outset of this build guide but I digress) and many of the coolers on the market are made so that the fans face the PCIe slots rather than the rear of the case when used on the rectangular AMD socket. Heh, as if.Īfter purchasing my XB I started perusing Newegg in search of the perfect CPU cooler, one that wouldn’t block my ram slots and that didn’t require three hands and a small child to install… and one that didn’t sit sideways on my board. I had an epiphany: I’ll make the move to air cooling and be done with liquid cooling altogether. I’ve been running water cooling in PCs for so long that I was beginning to tire of the added complexity inherent to loops, plumbing and the seemingly endless upgrade cycle of blocks versus sockets and graphics cards. While I was there I happened to stumble across the Cooler Master HAF XB EVO, a smallish ATX cube case that just captured my imagination. About 5 months ago I wandered into my local Micro Center in search of a 120mm fan to replace the stock intake fan on my aging Silverstone TJ10. Life has a funny way of presenting things to you. ![]()
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