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Scarchunk   11-16-2008 at 02:55:48 PM

I'm soon going to be putting a quad core in my media center pc and I'm looking for a decent cooler that isn't too tall. I currently have an e6420 with the following HSF.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835887004

 

It's extremely quiet and allows me to sport a decent OC, but I don't think it would handle a quad too well. The case is a full ATX media center case, so it doesn't have to be a tiny HSF but it can't be one of the many vertical standing ones such as artic cooler 7, etc..

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811204029

 


Curious if anyone had any experience/suggestions.


Message edited by Scarchunk on 11-16-2008 at 07:17:27 PM
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dagger   11-16-2008 at 05:15:20 PM
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From experience, I can tell you that heatsinks with horizontal fan (first generation design) does not work for oced quad. That kind of airflow just doesn't work well enough to keep temperature down. You need a freestanding one with vertically mounted fan.
http://www.frostytech.com/top5heatsinks.cfm
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835207004

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ainarssems   11-16-2008 at 05:23:06 PM
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Why don't You try what You have or stock fan and if it runs too hot You can swap it later.

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Scarchunk   11-16-2008 at 07:16:21 PM
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dagger wrote :

From experience, I can tell you that heatsinks with horizontal fan (first generation design) does not work for oced quad. That kind of airflow just doesn't work well enough to keep temperature down. You need a freestanding one with vertically mounted fan.
http://www.frostytech.com/top5heatsinks.cfm
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835207004



I agree that a vertically mounted design would be best, but I can't fit one into my case.

ainarssems wrote :

Why don't You try what You have or stock fan and if it runs too hot You can swap it later.



That may end up being my only choice, but from my experience the stock fan is much too loud for a media center pc in the living room. The fan I have now keeps my oc'ed dual core in the low 40's, so I imagine it wouldn't do too well with a quad.

Anyhow just wondering if anyone else has any experience with a quad in a media center case. It's no fun swapping heatsinks, especially when they have backplate that requires MB removal.

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