best core 2 duo fan cooler <$60

[lewbaseball07]

what it the best fan to use to overclock a core 2 duo 6300 thats less than 60 bucks?


iam thinkin this zalman is....

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835118115

 

[lewbaseball07]

dont worry iam getting good ram..... ddr2-800 2gb 5-5-5-12 consair.....thanks for lookin out for me tho prozac lol

 

[NaDa]

Get Big Typhoon or Tuniq tower...

Almost all tower coolers are good. Only if you arent afraid of crushing your mobo.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coolers/display/tuniq-tower120.html

And take a look at wusy oc guide for conroes he also has hardware suggestions.

 

[ElBurro]

The very best CPU cooling you'll get is "Blow-Thru" like the Tuniq Tower, or my favorite blow-thru this guy:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835109125

I had a E6300 O/C faster than a Core 2 Duo Extreme 6800 with that cooler.

At 2.97GHz Prime stable

Although for optimum system operation I have to recommend cooling for peripheral components as well so I like your choice of the Zalman which is "Blow-Around" which will catch some peripherals, althought the very best is "Blow-Down" and with this monster you will get really good results:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835109129

I'm using this on two different Intel Bad Axe boards coupled with E6600 CPUs and they are running super cool, the northbridge and ICH7R are running super cool (without additional fans), and the memory sticks are cool to the touch (all from the blow-down breeze created by that bad boy SI-128).

They are both running at 3.11GHz Prime stable and 2003 Server SP1 running VMware Server rock solid dead nuts stable.

The SI-128 will provide enough cooling to crank up the fun dial plenty and also keep the rest of your components cool from the down draft.

I recommend Panaflo fans from heatsinkfactory.com

Grip it and rip it!