Whats a good newbie friendly aftermarket cooler

[locc]

Whats a good newbie friendly aftermarket cooler?

 

[locc]

P.s this will be for a q6600 on a maximus formula x38 board

 

[jaibot18]

um what do you mean by noob friendly? Unless you are high or something its easy to put on almost any heatsink.

 

[jaibot18]

what are you going to do with your q6600?
are you looking to get it to 3ghrz or higher?

 

[Evilonigiri]

Anything below 3.4GHz, the Arctic Cooling Freezer Pro 7 is very good.

 

[locc]

i ended up getting the zerotherm nirvana

 

[Evilonigiri]

Excellent choice, I was going to recommend that one if you were going to OC any higher.

 

[locc]

Yea it was between that and the thermalright ultra 120 extreme which i know is better butt they didnt have it on newegg anymore and i ordered a new build today! and i didnt wanna hassle buying from two different places but i do have a question? is the thermall paste that comes with the nirvana good enough or should i go out and buy a different one

 

[Evilonigiri]

According to Anandtech, the Zerotherm Nirvana is better than the Thermalright (TRUE). Many reviews show similar results, and you can say it's the 2nd best air-cooling out there.

 

[locc]

Yea thats exactly why it wasnt worth the hassle to buy parts from to different places IMO when there neck and neck in performance anwayz, but what about the paste? should i go with a different one or u think the one it comes with good enough.

 

[Evilonigiri]

The one it came with is decent enough. Unless you're OCing past 3.6GHz, I wouldn't bother buying a new one.

 

[bildo123]

I like my CoolerMaster TX-2...Tom's even gave it a good review, obviously not the best solution, but the money performance ratio is awesome!(I got mine for $8)

 

[jaibot18]

lol how come no one ever mentions the xigmatek. it deserves some recognition i believe.

 

[Evilonigiri]

There's only so many coolers that most people know.