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greedy123

greedy123

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My Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro has started making a squeaking/whirring noise which is getting annoying! Going to replace it and would like suggestions as I have no real idea of comparison between manufacturers. Budget around £30-40. I have an Antec p180 case and Asus P5k mb.
 
What chip will you specifically be cooling and will you be overclocking?

The Titan Fenrir does the job well at £33 - link - if you're planning on clocking the CPU and fits most flavours.
 
greedy123 said:
Q6600 to 3ghz ish currently and is too high temp at moment under full load ~90C on hottest core (78C on coolest)
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The titan or any of the above listed by bifday2k should see your temps drop significantly (hopefully).

You may be able to push your clock significantly higher too (3.4 - 3.6) with the addition of a better cooler - as the q6600 is a legendary chip and very resilient.
 
I'm following this thread with interest as I've just fitted a Q6600 and, after trying about 15 times, managed to break the stupid little plastic tabs off my Arctic Cooling 7 and almost throwing it out of the window.

So a good cooler for a Q6600 that's easy to fit by someone with anger management issues would be good.
 
benlanky said:
I'm following this thread with interest as I've just fitted a Q6600 and, after trying about 15 times, managed to break the stupid little plastic tabs off my Arctic Cooling 7 and almost throwing it out of the window.

So a good cooler for a Q6600 that's easy to fit by someone with anger management issues would be good.
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The pushpin method on some 3rd party coolers verges on the insane. My MB physically bowed after an hour of forcing the pins into place -before i replaced it with a bolt-thu-kit (which you may want to consider as its a cheap option)

I know it's a pain having to take the MB out to fit a back plate but it still beats the frustration of trying to fit a monolith with feeble plastic pins – and once the back plate is fitted the fitting of the HS is a breeze. So no danger of wanting to propel your hardware against the nearest supporting wall due to push-pin induced anger.
 
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+1 for a bolt thru kit, ive only ever used one heatsink with push pins (arctic freezer). Trying to get it fited was a knuckle scraping nightmare, backplate and bolts is definitey the way forward, gives you a lot more piece of mind for the small price of removing the motherboard.
 
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Geek. said:
benlanky try this one http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-008-AL&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395 this will work well with your q6600.
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Thanks, that looks far better.

Plec said:
The pushpin method on some 3rd party coolers verges on the insane. My MB physically bowed after an hour of forcing the pins into place -before i replaced it with a bolt-thu-kit (which you may want to consider as its a cheap option)

I know it's a pain having to take the MB out to fit a back plate but it still beats the frustration of trying to fit a monolith with feeble plastic pins – and once the back plate is fitted the fitting of the HS is a breeze. So no danger of wanting to propel your hardware against the nearest supporting wall due to push-pin induced anger.
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Thanks, I think I got it off my chest!

So is the one suggested above by Geek best, or should I (and the OP) pull my finger out and get the mobo out?
 
benlanky said:
So is the one suggested above by Geek best, or should I (and the OP) pull my finger out and get the mobo out?
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As far as i know, the one Geek suggested also has a multi socket back plate - so you would have to take the MB out for this cooler too.

I personally would opt for a backplate fitting and get the one that is efficient and yet relatively quiet especially when the CPU is idle.

Or, as mentioned earlier, you could just buy a bolt-thru-kit for your prsent cooler - cost ~£8.
 
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Plec said:
As far as i know, the one Geek suggested also has a multi socket back plate - so you would have to take the MB out for this cooler too.

I personally would opt for a backplate fitting and get the one that is efficient and yet relatively quiet especially when the CPU is idle.

Or, as mentioned earlier, you could just buy a bolt-thru-kit for your prsent cooler - cost ~£8.
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Thanks again, can you get bolt-thru-kits for the Arctic Cooling 7?

I see what you mean about the Alpenfohn one, but it still looks good. Time to strip the MB out again either way :(;)
 
benlanky said:
Thanks again, can you get bolt-thru-kits for the Arctic Cooling 7?
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Yes, you buy the bolt-thru-kit that's compatible with the LGA775 socket rather than the cooler itself - but it's the same result - it will work with the AC7.

You will need the Thermalright LGA775 Bolt-Thru-Kit (Rev 2.0 preferably as it enables you to detach and re-attach the HS without having to take the MB out *once* it's been initially fitted.)

Just google Thermalright LGA775 Bolt-Thru-Kit as OcUk don't appear to sell them.
 
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Thanks guys, that looks perfect for me (and hopefully for greedy123 too, hopefully the shameless thread hijack helped you too;)), I just need to find somewhere I can go to buy one tomorrow, feel free to e-mail me with details if anyone knows....

Cheers
 
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