E6600 Heatsink and Fan

[qwazzy]

I need a heatsink and fan. Do I really need a fan because I already have one at the back of my case. It's a 120mm Antec fan. Suggestions?

 

[uber_g]

this one is good

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835186134

and for 25$ u cant beat that

 

[FLA94FD]

Is there something wrong with the stock unit in your mind. Seem to overclock pretty well.

 

[Omid]

I would have thought conroe was cool enough? Even when over clocked

 

[Omid]

No but when people are getting E6300s up to 4Ghz on Stock Cooling i would class that as overclocking, not tweaking!!

 

[fishboi]

Wich of these two would you guys recommend?

ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835186134

Scythe SCMN-1000 100mm Sleeve CPU Cooling Fan/Heatsink - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835185023

Any better ones you can recommend? Thanks.

 

[fishboi]

Thanks for that useful review on cooling benchmarks.

QUESTION:
- why does one apply thermal grease ??
- does the paste PERMANENTLY bond the heatsink to the CPU ??

The reason I ask, is that I may someday want to transfer the chip to another PC when I upgrade. Will this be possible? I read somewhere it permanantly bonds it.

I was thinking about the Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound:
http://stores.tomshardware.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=21418729/sort_type=bottomline

My rig:
http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardware/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&all=1&t=192733&postdays=0&postorder=asc

THANKS!

 

[UnWorldly]

I am looking for a cooler that has its fan blowing down on the mobo and is not very tall.

I have one of those fanless 7600gt video cards with the heatsink fins hovering above the cpu cooler, so the fan pulls air through the video heatsink. This means I can't use the big tower style hsf's, I need one which is small enough to fit unter the video card's heatsink with a fan that pulls air through it.

I am aiming more for quiet and less for overclocks, but I would like to get the best cooling I can fit in that space, which means being slightly shorter than a 7600gt.

 

[PCKid777]

1) The thermal paste fills in the gaps btwn the heatsink and CPU, thus improving heat transfer (since air molecules suck at that).
2) Thermal paste does NOT bond your HSF to your CPU. They do make, alumina adhesives and the like, which permanently bonds things together.

 

[hatsurfer]

My Scythe Ninja Plus is in the mail today, ordered last night from Newegg for my E6600. I picked up a E6400 today at fries for $299+t boxed. I think it was the last one the had left in stock in San Diego Fry's. That's the highest Intel CPU they got in stock so far just like what is backordered on their website outpost.com... I'm building 2 Core2Dou for my house cause my g/f loves to game on-line with me...... I can't wait to get my systems up and running.