Hey guys,
With some delay I finally received a call earlier today confirming that I'll get my E8400 at my door by tomorrow after noon. That's the good part. But I have seen pictures of the stock Intel cooling solution that comes with it, and to be honest it looks like a very cheap and poorly efficient HSF (perhaps I'm entirely wrong and it actually does perform well?). I am planning to over-clock the heck out of that CPU so... I guess I'll need something better.
With that said, not all third party CPU cooling solutions are compatible with the GA-X38-DQ6 due to its integrated heat spreader design covering most of the north bridge and even some copper at the back of the board, which supposedly and certainly does make everything harder to secure firmly especially if it has push pins and stuff like that I'd presume.
Are there any KNOWN compatible and GOOD (not necessarily the very best though) third party CPU cooling solution for my GA-X38-DQ6 and an Intel S775 Dual-Core CPU? Something that will install WITHOUT the need of extra efforts other than using my bare hands? Please, if there are, I'd really appreciate to receive some recommendations.
Thanks!
With some delay I finally received a call earlier today confirming that I'll get my E8400 at my door by tomorrow after noon. That's the good part. But I have seen pictures of the stock Intel cooling solution that comes with it, and to be honest it looks like a very cheap and poorly efficient HSF (perhaps I'm entirely wrong and it actually does perform well?). I am planning to over-clock the heck out of that CPU so... I guess I'll need something better.
With that said, not all third party CPU cooling solutions are compatible with the GA-X38-DQ6 due to its integrated heat spreader design covering most of the north bridge and even some copper at the back of the board, which supposedly and certainly does make everything harder to secure firmly especially if it has push pins and stuff like that I'd presume.
Are there any KNOWN compatible and GOOD (not necessarily the very best though) third party CPU cooling solution for my GA-X38-DQ6 and an Intel S775 Dual-Core CPU? Something that will install WITHOUT the need of extra efforts other than using my bare hands? Please, if there are, I'd really appreciate to receive some recommendations.
Thanks!