I'm doing research for a pc build I will be doing this summer, and one of the first things I am thinking of is cooling. I don't need it to be silent, I just need it to be very quiet and at the same time be decently cooled. The machine will run a Core 2 Duo.
Anyway, I will be using an Antec Solo case. In the case, I will put two 92mm Noctua fans at the front running at 7v. They'll draw in cold air and run it across the two HDD's. The exhaust will be a 120mm Noctua, running full speed, blowing out the back of the case. The PSU will be the AcBel unit, it has a Nidec fan in it so no need to replace it. Hopefully it will be quiet enough.
The heatsink is what I started thinking about today. I was at the 'egg looking at the heatsinks and the best ones are these huge ones with heat pipes and tons of fins. They look pretty heavy, which leads into my question: wouldn't one of these huge heatsinks start to bend the mobo after a year or two?
I ask because this system needs to last me a good six years. My current PC is a P4 2.53 HP from late 2002/early 2003, and incredibly I still get decent performance out of it, so on this new system build I want to use quality parts and one of the beefier C2D's so it'll last me a good 5 years or so. I'm also going with DDR3 RAM.
Anyway, I kinda got off topic but I want to know if you guys have seen these huge heatsinks warp boards, and your thoughts on my plans for the cooling. Since I have a couple months before I do the build, I have a lot of time to think this through and I want to get it right.
Anyway, I will be using an Antec Solo case. In the case, I will put two 92mm Noctua fans at the front running at 7v. They'll draw in cold air and run it across the two HDD's. The exhaust will be a 120mm Noctua, running full speed, blowing out the back of the case. The PSU will be the AcBel unit, it has a Nidec fan in it so no need to replace it. Hopefully it will be quiet enough.
The heatsink is what I started thinking about today. I was at the 'egg looking at the heatsinks and the best ones are these huge ones with heat pipes and tons of fins. They look pretty heavy, which leads into my question: wouldn't one of these huge heatsinks start to bend the mobo after a year or two?
I ask because this system needs to last me a good six years. My current PC is a P4 2.53 HP from late 2002/early 2003, and incredibly I still get decent performance out of it, so on this new system build I want to use quality parts and one of the beefier C2D's so it'll last me a good 5 years or so. I'm also going with DDR3 RAM.
Anyway, I kinda got off topic but I want to know if you guys have seen these huge heatsinks warp boards, and your thoughts on my plans for the cooling. Since I have a couple months before I do the build, I have a lot of time to think this through and I want to get it right.
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