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recommending a cooler where you don't need to take out mobo ?

mrk

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Hi peeps, I just wanted to know if anyone can recommend a good heatpipe cooler for the q6600 that can be installed without having to remove the mobo ?

I have my cables and fitting setup just the way I like it now on the P182 so would rather not have the hassle of having to redo them again after refitting the mobo :/

I ran CoreTemp and it reported 52/54/49/49 for the 4 cores whereas SpeedFan reports 37/39/35/35 so I am unsure as to which is telling the truth and which isn't - I assume Speedfan is the correct one because in the BIOS it is reported that the 4core average is about 45 degrees idling (speedstep and c1e disabled) which is exactly what Speedfan reports as a 4core average.

Either way I'd still like to lower the temps a bit more with a more efficient cooler :)

Many thanks!
 
hmm I see - it's not a huge issue (these temps) as it's stable and I'm not ocing but the 775 retention system works nice as you don't need to apply much pressure to get the cooler attached to the board.
 
I don't want monster big though else all my airflow = owned in the face! I will look at the big typhoon - hopefully it's not as big as the name suggests!

Thanks!
 
I had the Freezer64 Pro on my AMD X2 and it was good at first but the base quality went bad after a few months and temps rose 10 degrees.

My workmate has the thermaltake mini typhoon (the all copper cooler) and he has a e6320 running at 2.8-3ghz with lower temps than mine at idle!

he says it's really good and I will be going round later today to check it out as a local "pc shop" is selling it for £23 so I could pick one up tomorrow. Will leave my thoughts on it when I finish work and get round!

Ulfhedjinn said:
Stop being so lazy and take the motherboard out. :p
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*** noes! my cabling took days to perfect, days!
 
That coolermaster looks good I must say!

Mattus said:
TBH how much would you have to unplug to whip the mobo out? Power leads, SATA cables, USB and front headers. It'd be easy :p
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The screws (all 9!) and the fiddly fiddlyness of mounting it all back in!

Argh! I hate it!
 
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