HELP...want to purchase an air cooler for overclocking q6600...

[ayushp13]

hello friends,
i want to purchase an exellent air cooler for q6600...for overclocking it to max 3.9ghz...i have already purchased cooler master hyper 212 with extra silent 120mm blue led fan...i.e, heatsink with total two 120mm fans...but all my friends say that it is not good enough air cooler...but i decided to purchase hyper 212 only after reading its review on frostytech...http://www.frostytech.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=2206
now iam thinking of buying another air cooler as my friend suggested i.e, thermalright ultra 120...i also read its review on various websites and found it the best and the top most air cooler above all...but when i visited the website of thermalright to see the detail specs of the cooler i found that, it was provided without fans i.e, fanless and only supports core 2 duo and core 2 quad...and was costlier than hyper 212...also hyper 212 is far good looking than thermalright ultra 120 also it is provided with one silent 120mm blue led fan and supports all core 2 duo, core 2 quad, corei7 processors...i just want to know that if i purchase thermalright ultra 120 heatsink with extra silent two 120mm fans which will be costlier for me...is it worth the money??

 

[crhscoog]

sounds like u want to burn ur cpu. highly doubt ull be stable at 3.9ghz on air cooling. stay with the reasonable 3.2ghz. heres a cheap cpu cooler. xigmatek s1283. also get the zigmatek retention bracket to help put the cooler on.

 

[50bmg]

sunbeam core contact cooler. Rated no 1 on frostytech.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835207004

I have one on my E7200 at 3.8G. Idle 20c, load 49c. Loaded with prime95 for 10 hours.

for the sunbeam CCC you will need a lot of room. Easy to install and works great.

 

[50bmg]

oh yeah, good luck at 3.9G. The Q6600 has a x9 multiplier. @ 400fsb that is 3.6G. I know you can go over 400fsb, but you should use 400fsb to keep you 800mhz DDR2 at 1:1 ratio. I would stick with 400fsb with a ratio of 1:1. 3.6G is plenty. Watch your CPU voltage.

By the way, core i7 is a different socket than core 2. The cooler for one wont work on the other.

what are your full specs and what are you going to do with it, game, video edit?

 

[kubes]

Tunic Tower is also a good choice.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835154001

 

[orangedrink]

the coolermaster v8 is pretty good

 

[Liderc]

Highly unlikely you'll hit 3.9 on a Q6600 unless you have a very low VID(1.25 or lower). I would go with the TRUE(Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme) and go for 3.6.