Can PA120.3 cool E8500 CPU + 4850 CPU?

[dubcat]

Do you guys think a single 120.3 rad would be enough to dissipate the heat from E8500 or 8600 + 4850? What about quad-core cpu + 4850 - you think a single rad could handle that?

*edit* obviously i meant 4850 GPU in the title - soz

 

[ConTRo13R]

yea it could long as it a decent rad, i.e thermochill or black ice

 

[weescott]

The PA120.3 is more than enough! A PA120.1 would probably manage fine at stock volts/clocks.

 

[pastymuncher]

I have a Alphacool NexXxos Xtreme III triple rad and it keeps my cpu, gpu and NB extremely cool. It has also had a Q6600 clocked at 3.8Ghz (instead of the E6600) in the loop with no significant rise in temps. This is a rad not as good (or expensive) as a PA120.3 so one of those should perform admirably.

 

[gurusan]

NexXxos Xtreme III for me as well cooling my E8400 and 4850. Did a q6600 + 4850 for a while too.

Of course both are overclocked quite a bit and the 4850 has more volts going through it.

23-26c idle 31-34c load on the GPU, cpu temps are whack because wolfy sensors suck. Load temps look to be about 65C but they are also about 60c @ stock

 

[TheCenturion]

NexXxos Xtreme III for me as well cooling my E8400 and 4850. Did a q6600 + 4850 for a while too.

Of course both are overclocked quite a bit and the 4850 has more volts going through it.

23-26c idle 31-34c load on the GPU, cpu temps are whack because wolfy sensors suck. Load temps look to be about 65C but they are also about 60c @ stock

not bad, i suppose a pa120.3 with reasonable fans would be about 10c cooler at load

 

[gurusan]

i dont think so. i think it's just this particular CPU because I've also had a Xeon E3110 that did 45c full load 4.2ghz 1.4V...though most of the wolfies have run hot. I don't know if it's the temp sensors or bad contact with the IHS or what.