Good cpu cooler for q8300

drumdogg · 12 Nov 2010 at 20:37

Have started overclocking my q8300 CPU and the temps are getting high, around the mid 60's 70's.

Any suggestions for a good cooler??

mattyfez · 12 Nov 2010 at 21:29

Is that with a stock cooler?

Under what conditions is it reaching those temps? idle/general useage/stress testing?

drumdogg · 12 Nov 2010 at 22:28

Yea that's with stock cooler. Reaches these temps when stress testing with prime95.

mattyfez · 12 Nov 2010 at 22:36

If thats with stress testing, all cores 90% plus for a prolonged period then you temps are ok I would say.

You could get a better cooler, but it would be more of a noise reduction if thats what you are after. Idealy you want to be in the 60's at full stress, but 70's is fine for an artificial stress.

AtticusFinch · 12 Nov 2010 at 22:39

Noctua nh u12p is great on my q8200 @3.2GHz

Marine-RX179 · 13 Nov 2010 at 07:16

Either a Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 or Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus would be fine.

No need to go for more expensive coolers as Q8300 won't clock as high as Q6600, and it is 45nm instead of 65nm as well.

EniGmA1981 · 13 Nov 2010 at 08:26

Got a Thermalright Ultra 120 on my E8400 at 4.11GHz - keeps my temps around the same as yours under a prime stress

If I drop my clock down to 3.6 or thereabouts I'm down under 60 with a prime stress

I'm looking to upgrade my cooler soon, got this one in mind

Marine-RX179 · 13 Nov 2010 at 08:31

I don't see the point of spending money on high-end cooler on a CPU that doesn't clock well, unless someone has more money then sense...

EniGmA1981 · 13 Nov 2010 at 08:34

How high do you want it to clock? I can't see any reason why he wouldn't be able to get the same 4.1 out of his 8300 that I'm getting out of my 8400... depending on revision of course.

Besides, a better cooler allows slightly higher voltages so you can MAKE it clock better before cooking it

Marine-RX179 · 13 Nov 2010 at 08:41

EniGmA1981 said:
I'm looking to upgrade my cooler soon, got this one in mind

before you go "upgrade", you should have the following:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coolers/display/thermalright-cogage-zalman_6.html#sect0
Temp wise is not gonna be much different from what you currently got...but if you are changing the cooler for the sake of beefier look, then by all mean do it

AtticusFinch · 13 Nov 2010 at 08:53

Because

Marine-RX179 said:
I don't see the point of spending money on high-end cooler on a CPU that doesn't clock well, unless someone has more money then sense...

When you upgrade your CPU, you've already got a great cooler perhaps?

Marine-RX179 · 13 Nov 2010 at 09:33

AtticusFinch said:
When you upgrade your CPU, you've already got a great cooler perhaps?

From what I recall, people would recommend going from from a dual-core to a quad-core on the 775, but they don't recommend going from a Q8x00 CPU to another Quad on 775 as the little boost in performance is not worth the hassle and extra money. The next upgrade he'd be doing would most likely be the platform upgrade, rather than throwing another CPU in to the old 775 socket, and there's no guarantee that the current range of CPU will be compatable with the next gen CPU socket.

AtticusFinch · 13 Nov 2010 at 09:36

Nothing to do with 775

Marine-RX179 said:
From what I recall, people would recommend going from from a dual-core to a quad-core on the 775, but they don't recommend going from a Q8x00 CPU to another Quad on 775 as the little boost in performance is not worth the hassle and extra money. The next upgrade he'd be doing would most likely be the platform upgrade, rather than throwing another CPU in to the old 775 socket, and there's no guarantee that the current range of CPU will be compatable with the next gen CPU socket.

The Noctua is/will be compatable so there's no need to fret.

EniGmA1981 · 13 Nov 2010 at 10:00

Marine-RX179 said:
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Point taken and accepted

I'll save my squids to put towards a new GPU or more RAM

thanks for that - have looked for a comparison between the 120 and the IFX14 and never found anything like that!

Must retrain in the arts of google-fu!

Blue160 · 13 Nov 2010 at 10:40

The Freezer 7 is really cheap, and works very well. Brought temperatures down a long way on my Q8400. Really quiet too.

Marine-RX179 · 13 Nov 2010 at 12:25

AtticusFinch said:
The Noctua is/will be compatable so there's no need to fret.

Not that I don't want to take your word for it, but it would be good if you can provide a reliable source or an official claim by Noctua for reference.