cooling help

[sammy004]

Hi guys I have a Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 and it came with a cooling fan and heatsink I was about to buy this one and I just wanted to know if it will give me a little more cooling than the one I have. Now my cpu is around the 64 deg mark.

[jdrom17]

I'd highly suggest getting the Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus (price matched to this) instead. That is of course assuming that a 120mm heatsink will fit in your case.

However that OCZ should perform better than the stock Intel one.

[sammy004]

is't the OCZ one good?

[Nova]

I have this and it's great. You will definitely see an improvement over the stock cooling. My quad core went from 45C idle 65C load to 27-30C idle and 45C load.

[Comixion]

Anything other than stock cooling is an improvement.

Nova, thank your lucky stars you don't have the push-pins. I still have issues when I fondled around in my case and if i just slightly nudge the Xigmatek it comes loose. dam Push-pins.

Ok, back to our regularly scheduled thread.

[sammy004]

so the one I'm looking at is that one not good. It is on sale and affordable for me.

[Comixion]

Originally Posted by sammy004

so the one I'm looking at is that one not good. It is on sale and affordable for me.

I don't see anything wrong with that one, especially for the price.

[jdrom17]

Originally Posted by Comixion

I don't see anything wrong with that one, especially for the price.

Though for $4 (or $9 if we count the MIR) more you can have the Hyper 212 Plus, which will definitely outperform it. And it doesn't mount using push-pins either. Comes with a solid backplate and screw mounting system, though you'd have to pull your motherboard to install it.

[Comixion]

Push-pins= horror

[sammy004]

Re push pins bad?

[jdrom17]

Well the push-pins used on the Intel stock coolers are fine, they work fairly easily. However aftermarket heatsink push-pins are terrible. I don't know why, but they just don't click-in easily or hold well. Especially with bigger/heavier coolers.