overweight doesn't help I suppose.) but with an ambient of about 70 and on top of what to stock i5 puts out, its always gonna be pretty warm. I think the stock hsf is adequate. I have a Antec 300, the two stock fans on high. On prime 95 at stock speeds I...

I5 stock or new cooler. Should I keep the stock cooler on i5 or get a better one. I'm not planning on OC.. Should I keep the stock cooler on i5 or get a better one. I'm not planning on OC. If you are not planning on OC-ing, then stick with the stock cooler,...

Intel E7400 Using Stock Cooling High Temps. First time poster, long time lurker. I recently built my stem from the ground up and this has been my first build. Amazingly everything went 100% smoothly. Well I decided to watch my temps because I had heard that...

Xfx radeon 5870 in stock at $410!. hey was on amazon and saw the 5870 in stock.... still some time before christmas so if anyone is interested XFX 5870 Sapphire 5850 also . hey was on amazon and saw the 5870 in stock.... still some time before...

Best stock motherboard for intel e6400. Hi, I don't overclock stuff and need to replace my MSI P965 platinum motherboard. My processor is an intel Core 2 Duo e6400. I take full responsibility for the motherboards demise and loved it while I had it and...

New i5 build, stock cooler @ 100% with high temps.... I just built my i5 system tonight, I have the stock fan running at 100% all the time. My idle temps using RealTemp are 40-44 without ANY overclock... Under IntelBurnTest, it got up to 81 before I killed...

Phenom ii x3 720 BE stock head sink. This is my first time building a system and I just got a Phenom ii x3 720 BE from newegg. I plan to use the stock heat sink for a while at least and I am surprised to find out that there is no thermal compound come together...

Question about the stock cooling on the NZXT Guardian 921. Does anyone own this case? How is the cooling? My computer usage varies from day to day. Some days I do not use it and other days it is on the entire day. I heard that the cooling was good for this...

Stock 265 heatsnk/fans ok for 290s?. I picked up 2 Opteron 265 CPU's new, they came with the stock AMD heatsink and fan... I just picked up two OEM opteron 290 CPU's Am wondering if I install the the 290's with the 265 heatsinks and fans... should I expect...

Safe Overclock for Stock Phenom II X3 720?. Hi there, I recently got the Phenom II X3 720 and while the stock performance is a big improvement over my previous P4, I wanted to try and get a little extra performance out of it. I only have the stock fan for now...