Posted 02/14/2009 at 12:57:39pm

I received the EVGA nForce 790i SLI FTW Motherboard - NVIDIA nForce 790i SLI, as a gift and I'm in the process of getting my parts together to build a new rig.

I would like to find out what cpu cooler I can use with this board besides the stock cooler. 

I plan on purchasing an Intel Quad Q9650 and a Coolermaster HAF case. I also have the  Zalma CNPS9900LED 120mm CPU Cooler on order. After reading the abovecomment I'm now afraid that I might have just wasted my money on the cooler.

Can anyone from Maximum PC help me with my choices?

I Have:

EVGA nForce 790i SLI FTW Motherboard - NVIDIA nForce 790i SLI

On order:

COOLER MASTER HAF 932 RC-932-KKN1-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case - Retail

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 3.0GHz 12MB L2 Cache LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor – Retail

ZALMAN CNPS9900LED 120mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler - Retail

Thermaltake W0116RU 750W Complies with ATX 12V 2.2 & EPS 12V version SLI Ready CrossFire Certified 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply - Retail

CORSAIR XMS3 DHX 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory

EVGA 896-P3-1257-AR GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Superclocked Edition 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail

Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31500341AS 1.5TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive (bare drive) - OEM

LG Black 6X Blu-ray DVD-ROM 16X DVD-ROM 40X CD-ROM SATA Internal Blu-ray/HD DVD-ROM & 16X DVD±R DVD Burner Model GGC-H20L - Retail

LG Black 22X (CAV) DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD+R DL 22X (CAV) DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 22X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe - OEM