What is the best CPU Air Cooler?

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#1 Dark_Dracos
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#2 X360PS3AMD05
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Socket?
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#3 -SaI
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Tuniq Tower 120 can be mounted on all current sockets
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#4 DirkVDV01
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Scythe Ninja, whether it's for Intel 775's or AM2, together with 120mm fans, these HSF setups are best in different benchmarks. Close second comes HSF's from Arctic and Zalman, different models with equal performance. The different models just depend on the used socket.
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#5 Makari
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Scythe Ninja, whether it's for Intel 775's or AM2, together with 120mm fans, these HSF setups are best in different benchmarks. Close second comes HSF's from Arctic and Zalman, different models with equal performance. The different models just depend on the used socket.DirkVDV01
I'm pretty sure Scythe's own Infinity beats the Ninja pretty easily.. it's a lot bigger. That said, the Tuniq Tower 120 seems to be the best on stock mounting. If you're willing to mod the Infinity's mounting on 775 to bolt-through, it can be as good or better. The Thermalright Ultra-120, Thermaltake Big Typhoon, and Zalman 9700 all seem to be right behind those first two.
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#6 BeavermanA
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Using the Tuniq Tower 120, E6600 @ 3.4 ghz barely over stock voltage, haven't even tried to go higher. Didn't gain a point from 3ghz to 3.4 in 3dmark cause vid card is holding me back.
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Using the Tuniq Tower 120, E6600 @ 3.4 ghz barely over stock voltage, haven't even tried to go higher. Didn't gain a point from 3ghz to 3.4 in 3dmark cause vid card is holding me back. BeavermanA
Overclock that then :)
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#8 BeavermanA
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It is, from 450/660 to 604/800. Gains hundreds of points from that.
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#9 Jiggly_Wiggly
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I like the 9700 its great, But i hear the tuniq tower is better.
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#10 Jiggly_Wiggly
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I like the 9700 its great, But i hear the tuniq tower is better.
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#11 ch5richards
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The Tuniq Tower 120 is awesome.  If it is not the best, it is definitly close.
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#12 -SaI
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tuniq tower is agreed upon to be the BEST in air cooling
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939 socket
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#14 BeavermanA
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Tuniq Tower mounts to 939. I even put it on my P4 478 while I awaited the remainder of my parts for my Conroe build, saw the temp drop over 10C on my P4 compared to the Zalman 7700. Just be sure to have a wide case with no side fans directly above the cpu, the thing is enormous.