Sandy Bridge

[Wires]

The stock cooler that comes with a sandy bridge cpu will this be an ok cooler or is it better to buy a mid range cooler because of noise reduction and better cooling even if the CPU was running at stock and not being overclocked?

thanks

 

[1Day]

If you are not overclocking then the stock cooler is quite suitable. It is not as loud as some think it is. Works fine in a HTPC for example.

 

[Wires]

ok great thanks for the fast reply. I will hold back on a new cooler then until I decide to overclock it

 

[Fireskull]

If the stock sandybride cooler is anything like the Q6600 and i7 ones it will get abit noisy and warm when gaming, I tried both when inbetween sorting my watercooling and the cpu cooler was the noisiest bit, that and temps were 50+

 

[1Day]

The stock coolers of the q6600 are not the same as far as I can recall. These are a lot like the 1156 coolers. They do the job at stock, warm is not an issue that is what the work a cooler does is take the heat from the cooler and transfer it into the fins where the fan will dissipate the heat. Has to get warm to work.

 

[pcAnywhere]

ok great thanks for the fast reply. I will hold back on a new cooler then until I decide to overclock it

You may want to think about which SB chip to buy. If you're not (and never) overclocking then the cheaper, non-K series chips may be the best buy.. If you are overclocking (or considering overclocking) then get the K-series.

 

[Fireskull]

The stock coolers of the q6600 are not the same as far as I can recall. These are a lot like the 1156 coolers. They do the job at stock, warm is not an issue that is what the work a cooler does is take the heat from the cooler and transfer it into the fins where the fan will dissipate the heat. Has to get warm to work.

I know that lol I meant cpu temps not the actual cooler