Q6600 Cooling

Craigius

Craigius

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Hello all sorry if this has been asked i have done a little reading on the forums im looking for a cpu cooler for my Q6600 i was going to get a Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro but after reading here

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17898492&highlight=q6600+cooling&page=2

Im a little unsure which cooler to go for
My case is a Lian-Li PC-7B PLUS II and i have a Gigabyte mobo DDR2/DDR3 Im looking to overclock at some point and the current cooler i have installed is a http://www.arctic-cooling.com/cpu2.php?idx=92

Both the cpu and the cooler have been lapped and the temps at idle are 47 degrees i haven't loaded the cpu up yet tho and that's a stock.

Any help would be appreciated

Thanks
 
i think its standard intel pushpins

i would reccomend something a bit more substantial for a quad
my thermaltake V1 just about handles 3.3 on my q6600 g0 stepping.
i only need a rad - then i can WC it

moomoo44 - is your quad running at 3.6ghz on your AC7?
 
AC7 will be good on a quad to around 3.3ghz/3.4ghz anything more you will need something more substantial.. then again if you are only looking for 3ghz the stock cooler is fine
 
Craigius said:
Both the cpu and the cooler have been lapped and the temps at idle are 47 degrees i haven't loaded the cpu up yet tho and that's a stock.

Thanks
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Mine is an after market cooler if you look in my first post :):):)

I think 47 degrees at stock with cooler and cpu lapped is high or am i wrong

what cooler would be next up from and AC7???

Thanks
 
rjkoneill said:
moomoo44 - is your quad running at 3.6ghz on your AC7?
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Not currently, I've only been browsing and playing ut2004 for now (not the most demanding of games) so I've had it at 3ghz

It can go 3.6 with 65-68C at full stress small fft, though the case is probably doing most of the work. With all the fans on high, theres a lot of air to help the AC7 ;)
 
ah got you - that certainly clears it up

if you have the cash to spend - why not look at the noctua? its got a good rep
 
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