Cooling power versus Processor TDP

[Bungleflare]

Apologies for my ignorance - but I'd be grateful for any help.

I am trying to replace a faulty cpu fan for a Intel Q9450. I am fitting it to new M/B - so I have no experience of 'typical' temperatures etc. on this M/B.

I would ideally like to have fitted an Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro, but unfortunately I have limited space on the M/B (Gigabyte GA-EX38-DS5)and in the case (Antec Solo) and the Freezer 7 Pro just won't quite fit.

The alternative seem to be Arctic Cooling Alpine 7 Pro (which is more akin to the Intel stock cooler) or alternatively I noted the Cooler Master Hyper TX3 - but know nothing about this make/quality of this.

My query is that whilst the Freezer Pro was designed to dissipate heat for processors up to 130W, the Alpine 7 Pro only says it can do 90 Watts.
However the Q9450 has a TDP of 95 Watts.

Which is the important figure here? What happens if the fan cannot support the TDP of the processor? Is it a problem?

Can you confirm whatever - that the Alpine 7 Pro would be a cooler fan than the Intel stock one.

Thanks for any help you can give.

B.

 

[95thrifles]

No the numbers dont really mean much tbh
have a look here for good heatsinks

 

[Bungleflare]

Thanks for that.
I went to the website you suggested - very useful.

I still cannot be quite sure whether the Intel stock E21984-001 cooler is actually more able to deal with the Q9450 at a TDP of 95W rather than the Arctic 7 Pro - but I like the results for the Coolermaster - so I may go for that anyway.

Cheers

B.