E6400 is too warm :/

[celliott]

Ive noticed recently my E6400 has been getting a bit toasty. In the sense I have a few IE windows open, WMP and currently got 51c on both cores.

I used to run this chip at 3.4GHz orthos stable and didnt go past 63c using a Freezer 7 Pro. I have been running at Stock for a while now.

I cleaned out the heatsink and reseated it with some new AS5, temps are still the same. Really dont understand it, CPU usage is minimal.

Can someone please reccomend a new cooler, budget of about £30. It has to be one that I can fit without having to remove the motherboard; bearing in mind I have a BIG case and fitting the Freezer 7 without removing the board was a peice of cake. I just can't be bothered with rebuilding it after sorting out all the cables neatly.

Cooling in the case should be good, its a Gigabyte 3D aurora. Front 12cm ram, tons of room, tidy cables, 2 rear 12cm fans.

Been considering the Tuniq as its so good and has a lot of positive reviews. Does anyone know whether this will fit ok on my board? Its a Gigabyte P965-DS3 Revision1 I think.

 

[schumi84]

I would second the Tuniq, i am looking at maybe getting one on my DS4 as my Ninja is starting to feel the pressure of a quad core.

To answer your second question, the Tuniq should fit the DS3 fine, it is the board i used to own, albeit the rev 2.2. The only issue i had with the DS3 was with the capacitors around the cpu impeding the Ninja so had to mod it slightly. Looking at the clearance the Tuniq has, these capacitors wont cause a problem.