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richy123xd   07-28-2009 at 03:46:26 AM

I decided to get a new heat sink because the Intel Stock Heat sink is preventing me for overclocking.

I found 2 heat sinks that meet my expectations

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835233029
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835702007

I would be happy if you could recommend me so other heat sinks that are under $60

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mikey5802   07-28-2009 at 04:13:56 AM

richy123xd wrote :

I decided to get a new heat sink because the Intel Stock Heat sink is preventing me for overclocking.

I found 2 heat sinks that meet my expectations

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835233029
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835702007

I would be happy if you could recommend me so other heat sinks that are under $60



It would help if you could post your MOBO and ram specs. Some HSF's have been known to interfere with ram sticks that had tall heatspeaders.

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gkay09   07-28-2009 at 08:36:15 AM

That EVGA mobo could have problems fitting the Vigour because of the chipset heatsink near the CPU socket...It is better you check out the EVGA forums to get even more specific info about which cooler would fit and the alignment...

Another CPU cooler to check out...
Scythe Mugen 2...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835185093

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womble   07-28-2009 at 11:01:24 AM

Hardocp just done a little test on a few I7 heatsinks you might find it an interesting read.

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shubham1401   07-28-2009 at 07:39:52 PM

What about Sunbeam core contact freezer?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835207004

This has got many positive reviews and cheap too.

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Helloworld_98   07-28-2009 at 08:53:29 PM

$10 more can get you a Corsair H50, it will have a smaller footprint than any heatsink and cool better.

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TerminatorXT   08-16-2009 at 12:09:24 PM

The Corsair H50 seems like your best bet,
won't block anything on the motherboard, requires less space and one exhaust fan,

I have it and lemme share my story
I have a 3.1ghz q6600 ( no more cause I have a dud ) idle at 25C and load at 42C

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theAnimal   08-16-2009 at 06:24:35 PM

TerminatorXT wrote :

The Corsair H50 seems like your best bet,
won't block anything on the motherboard, requires less space and one exhaust fan,


The fan is supposed to be an intake fan.

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TerminatorXT   08-16-2009 at 09:39:50 PM

theAnimal wrote :

The fan is supposed to be an intake fan.



thats anyones preference, I have mine to exhaust

------------------------------ Asus Striker II Extreme (Ultra 790i Chipset) | Q6600 @ 3.1GHZ | 4GB DDR3-1425 | GTX 295 | 1TB WDB Hard Drive, +1.2TB | 1000 Watt Power Supply | Corsair H50 CPU Liquid Cooling | Antec 1200 Gamer Case | Logitech G15 | Razer Mamba | P20348 3DMarkVantage
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