Cooler for q9550

peter212693 · 14 Dec 2011 at 22:44

Hi all,

I'm currently running a q9550 @ 3.8ghz. I've got a h5o corsair cooler which is a good 2years old now and my load temps are hitting 90'c, I think its had its day

What would you recommend as a good replacement? I don't mind going back to air, I'm looking at spending around £40 cheaper the better really. So what do you think

Cheers
Pete

gavsta1981 · 14 Dec 2011 at 22:52

go for the h60 but before you do anything have you cleaned old paste and a layer of artic paste that could be your problem im using the h60 on a q6600 clocked to 3.0 and heres my temps idle and under load

i have two 3.5 fans pushing cool air through the rad an one drawing air

peter212693 · 14 Dec 2011 at 22:58

Problem I've got with that is I've got a p180 mini case so with the h5o I can only fit one fan in the rad

Mikey · 24 May 2012 at 11:16

What did you go for in the end as I'm mulling a Corsair Hydro H80