Replacement for E6600 fan please.

[Count_Zero99uk]

My stock fan on my E6600 has finaly died. Can someone recomend a nice cheap replacement that i can just plug straight in without having to do anything odd with the motherboard.

Thanks in advance
Zero

 

[rjk]

freezer7

 

[RJC]

Run mine on the Arctic cooler a few years ago without any problems

 

[Count_Zero99uk]

does this one Cooler Master Hyper TX3 CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM3/775/1156) just clip in like the stock cooler did.

Because of problems with my hands i cant take the mobo out.

Also what can i use to clean the old thermal paste of the chip.

thanks

 

[snaggster]

does this one Cooler Master Hyper TX3 CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM3/775/1156) just clip in like the stock cooler did.

Because of problems with my hands i cant take the mobo out.

Also what can i use to clean the old thermal paste of the chip.

thanks

Yes it will but you will need plenty of room round your case, to get your hands in. But i would go with the arctic cooling freezer 7 (top left of page!) Its better.

 

[fishboyuk]

I got my arctic freezer pro 7 in without taking the MOBO out and it runs very cool. E6600 27/29 idle in speedfan @ 3.2Ghz OC. Mid 50's loaded.

 

[Count_Zero99uk]

Woo computer works again. Said 28C in bios. Are there any good simple programs i can test temp with in windows?

Used "sticky stuff remover" to get rid of old thermal paste as I had read it was the same stuff that Akasa are selling (Tims fluid?)

I got the Arctic Freezer Pro 7, only bit that was a bit iffy was getting the fan back on.

Also I didnt want to screw it down too much, as im scared of snapping something. It seems fine and as i said the bios temp seemed reasonable. Im sure when someone points me to a piece of softwear i can test through windows the temp will have normalised.

Thanks for all the advice

 

[Count_Zero99uk]

ive downloaded something called Real Temp. What temp should you expect for E6600? looks like its floating around 50c idle.

 

[snaggster]

50oc that's quite high even in this weather. It should be in the low 30's. Make sure its seated properly mate.

 

[Count_Zero99uk]

im just concerned about tightening it too much, you know what i mean.

 

[snaggster]

im just concerned about tightening it too much, you know what i mean.

I would be more worried about cooking your CPU. What are your load temps?

 

[Evil^]

Freezer 7, This was my second after market cooler, awesome for the price

 

[Count_Zero99uk]

ive been playing wow for an hour still 50

 

[snaggster]

Your ok then mate. Sounds like you have a stuck temp monitor thing. Common in core 2's