replacing retail heatsink gunk.....

[bigmike20vt]

I guess this is an obvious question, but, can i just confirm i wont void any warranty if i strip off any generic past on the standard intel heatsink and replace with arctic silver?

or is the intel stuff good quality?

cheers

 

[Cookeh]

Intel stuff is more than adequate if you aren't overclocking.

Which you shouldn't be doing on stand heatsink

 

[bigmike20vt]

not according to all the sandybridge reviews i have read, which state that for "sensible" over clocking where you do not push your voltage, they run so cool the standard HS/fan is more than adequate.

however any other thoughts on this are wellcome.

cheers

 

[bigmike20vt]

hmmm actually the HS/fan is no where near as good as the one which they said came in the review i read

 

[Gashman]

Intel stuff is more than adequate if you aren't overclocking.

Which you shouldn't be doing on stand heatsink

+1 to this, though you can overclock a 'bit' with stock HS, not meant to mind!

 

[OLDPHART]

If you do decide to change your CPU Cooler, its always handy to buy a spare tube of thermal paste , just incase you need to reseat the heatsink, MX4 does a good job.

 

[bigmike20vt]

Thanks guys

I have some artic silver lying around.

dissapointed with the cooler to be honest. The couple of reviews i read said the K cpus came with a fantastic stock cooler, however it seems intel pulled a bit of a dirty trick.

I have a decent artic cooler freezer pro but it is an earlier revision and is AMD only without any mounting parts for intel, which is a shame because if i could put the intel cooler on my AMD chip and vice versia i would. My amd chip is under vaulted and gives off almost no heat (i have had it running passive before now) so the freezer pro is huge overkill.

oh well, i may just wait and then treat myself to the 60quid ish water cooling setup when i swap out my mobo in april/may

cheers

M.

PS i think i have an unused retail Q6600 HS and Fan. my mate gave it me but i never even opened it. will this fit this chip or has the mounting points changes with the sandybridge?

 

[jamesfreddie]

Intel thermal paste is OK