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Heatsink Recommendation?

#1 freedomwins08

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Posted 12 December 2008 - 04:56 PM

Whats a good heatsink recommendation for Intel Q6600 CPU or is the heatsink fine?

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Posted 12 December 2008 - 05:24 PM

Arctic Cooling makes some good ones
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16835186134
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#3 freedomwins08

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Posted 12 December 2008 - 07:57 PM

how about one that is noiseless or low noise making one? And what about for the Q9550? Any low noise solutions?

#4 freedomwins08

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Posted 12 December 2008 - 08:40 PM

Will a 430W powersupply be sufficient enough for a Q6600?

how about a Q9550?

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Posted 12 December 2008 - 10:10 PM

The Q6600 and the Q9550 are both two processors created with different manufacturing processes. Which one is supported depends on your motherboard, newer models usually support both. As for the power supply issue, that depends on the rest of your hardware, mainly the video card. Obviously the faster or number of components there are, the more power is needed. In terms of which aftermarket cooler you should use, that depends. Many coolers advertise themselves as quiet. The ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro is very quiet. SilentPC has a list of heatsinks that are rated based on the amount of sound they make. They give the XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler one of their highest rankings, but it is quite large.

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Posted 12 December 2008 - 11:15 PM

are you overclocking or stock clocks?

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