I'm upgrading my wife's CPU as a surprise gift and need some help picking a CPU cooler out.
Current System Specs:
Gateway DX4822
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Intel® Pentium® Processor E5300
6 GB Ram
1TB HD
EVGA NVIDIA GT 640
Motherboard: G43T-AM V:2.0
Everything currently is stock except for the videocard and shes been complaining recently about load times and such with newer games she's playing. The Gateway website says that the motherboard can run with Intel's Core 2 Duo's or Quad's up to 1333MHz FSB. So at first I wanted to get a Q9650 and be done with the upgrade but the price for that thing used is out of my range. Instead I purchased the Q9550.
I know the Q9550 will perform great but I'm worried that the stock cooler for her E5300 won't be able to keep the new CPU from overheating.
E5300 Max TDP is 65 W vs. Q9550 with 95 W. What's a good but cheap cooler that could be used as a EASY replacement?
Here is a nice picture of the motherboard.
http://images.esellerpro.com/2131/I/713/66/g43t.JPG
The board has little pegs that the stock cooler screws into and I don't want to even attempt to try and make a aftermarket fan with push pins and twist pins. I've read some bad reviews about those things. If at all possible I'm looking for a cooler that will be able to handle TDP of 95 W and have screws that will go into the board's pegs (risers) $10-$20.
Thanks in advance for the help and suggestions!
Current System Specs:
Gateway DX4822
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Intel® Pentium® Processor E5300
6 GB Ram
1TB HD
EVGA NVIDIA GT 640
Motherboard: G43T-AM V:2.0
Everything currently is stock except for the videocard and shes been complaining recently about load times and such with newer games she's playing. The Gateway website says that the motherboard can run with Intel's Core 2 Duo's or Quad's up to 1333MHz FSB. So at first I wanted to get a Q9650 and be done with the upgrade but the price for that thing used is out of my range. Instead I purchased the Q9550.
I know the Q9550 will perform great but I'm worried that the stock cooler for her E5300 won't be able to keep the new CPU from overheating.
E5300 Max TDP is 65 W vs. Q9550 with 95 W. What's a good but cheap cooler that could be used as a EASY replacement?
Here is a nice picture of the motherboard.
http://images.esellerpro.com/2131/I/713/66/g43t.JPG
The board has little pegs that the stock cooler screws into and I don't want to even attempt to try and make a aftermarket fan with push pins and twist pins. I've read some bad reviews about those things. If at all possible I'm looking for a cooler that will be able to handle TDP of 95 W and have screws that will go into the board's pegs (risers) $10-$20.
Thanks in advance for the help and suggestions!
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