Cooling The Intel Q6600 Cpu

[jorel]

Hi

anyone suggest a good air cooler for the Q6600 which I am waiting for at this moment in time. May do some overclockig in the future.

Thanks

John

 

[MeatLoaf]

Im using a budget Freezer 7 pro and its idling at between 30 - 35 degrees on the various cores

 

[PikKOn]

What do you use for monitoring idle temps? TAT? OCCT? CoreTemp?

 

[sammie377]

Im using a budget Freezer 7 pro and its idling at between 30 - 35 degrees on the various cores

I also have used a few Freezer 7 and they are a good budget cooler, better than stock not as good as the Tuniq etc.

 

[Bikerz]

Tuniq 120 is the best HSF for air cooling

 

[Peter-B]

I Have a Q6600 @ 2.94 with a Freezer 7 running BOINC 24/7

100% load on 4 cores

temps are between 58-61C

 

[Atom]

TT120 gets my vote.

Keeps my Q6600 G0 clocked to 3.20ghz under 46 degrees...

 

[Marse]

Tuniq 120 is the best HSF for air cooling

This comes across as a definitive statement of fact which of course it isn't.
At best it's opinion based on some experience although by reputation they are very good and it would be on many a shortlist.

Thermalright units are normally some of the most effective although you can have problems with the base and may have to resort to lapping.

For keeping the noise down Noctua's are good, quiet and perhaps more important subjectively quiet.

You may wish to check out this Link.

The poster suggests the Tuniq Tower beats an alternative handsomely although you may wish to decide for yourself how significant some of the differences are.

I would suggest the differences, particularly on stable overclocks, between most of the better units is not significant and has little if any practical consequence unless you simply want the maximum possible overclock.