Recommend me a Cooler for My Q6600 Plz

KHALIK

KHALIK

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I recently purchased the items below:

Coolermaster CM-690 Dominator / Coolermaster Real Power 520w Modular Power Supply - Limited Edition Christmas Bundle

HIS ATI Radeon HD 3870 XT ICEQ3 512MB GDDR4 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR Edition" Retail / OcUK Value IP35 Pro Intel P35 Motherboard / 2GB OCZ PC-8500 Dual Channel DDR2 Kit - Bundle

Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKS)

Pioneer DVR-212DBK 18x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM

When the pc has been off for a few hours and i press the power button. The CPU fan will fail to spin unless i flick it a little.

The idle speed for the CPU is 39 degrees. I cant figure out why the cpu fan wont spin on bootup, so i thought i would just replace the fan/heatsink itself.

I dont have any plans to overclock and i was looking for a budget cpu cooler for the Q6600.

I would like to spend about £20.00 max.

You advise is appreciated.

Thanks.
 
well if you dont plan to overclock then the stock heatsink is fine, infact you should get to around 3 - 3.2Ghz on the stock heatsink and keep under 70c load on Prime... Really you get what you pay for with heatsinks...

Lower End: Freezer Pro
Mid Range: Tuniq Tower, Thermalright Ultra 120
Top End: Thermalright Ultra 120 - Extreme, IFX-14
 
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