OEM processor??

[bloodhunter]

How effective will the Corsair H50 watercooler be if used with an Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 running at stock speeds??

I will need an effective cooler as the CPU is OEM there is no cooler supplied and i doubt my Q9300 cooler will be upto the job.

OR what air cooler will the job to good effect??

Thanks.

 

[bloodhunter]

OK thanks for that. I will be getting the QX9650 and probably the H50 as well.

Also just had a thought, as i am using an OEM version of windows and have run out of the amount of times i can activate it, will installing a new processor have any implications on this as i reckon windows will see this as a significant hardware change.