Cooling my E6300

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Ron1jed

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Soooo i got the intel package. some of you might know what i'm takling about. WEll i also have the one from a few years ago. the p4 3.4 and i broke the dam stock cooler. Hated that fucking pos. so i went and bought this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835151118
alot easier to install. and the chip hasn't over heated. BUt i was reading some of the rewviews and people say its crap. Should i be cheap and get this cooler for my new core 2 duo or stop being a cheap ass. I mean hell it should be better then then stock cooler. One guy said his stock one was better then this fan. I just can never figure out those dam clips.....
 
At $13 you're not going to be getting much.

I really don't see the problem with the stock cooler; I was more than happy with mine.
 
well last year when i bought it was 25....lol its just SOOO much easier to install then those FUCKING clips. I tried for hours to install the stock one and evently broke it. Never again
 
Wierd. It took me 3 minutes to install my stock cooler.

As far as your current cooler. I fail to see why you would replace it, as long as your temps are fine as you've stated.

If it fails, go buy a Freezer 7 Pro. It's relatively inexpensive (~$35 last I checked) and works great.
 
i guess the real question is does this cpu run hotter then previous ones. I'll gonna give my stock cooler another try....but i could never do it. I would push one end down and the other end would pop out. and i was always afriad to brake the mobo
 
Oh, I misread your first post. I see now that you're asking about cooling a new proc. To answer your other question, the Core 2 Duo procs do run cooler than their predicessors....much cooler in some cases.

If you are not planning on doing some fairly aggressive overclocking, the stock cooler Intel provides is actually quite decent. It's easiest to mount if you put it onthe mobo before you install it in the case. Either way, it's doable. It's really very easy as long as you make sure that the knobs are set the right way when you're installing them. You just need to apply pressure until you hear a "click". When you hear that, to insure that that pin is seated, you can check that the knob has turned to the locked position.

I know I was worried that I was going to break the mobo too. That's natural, but I haven't heard of that happening to anyone yet. :)
 
Ron1jed said:
Should i be cheap and get this cooler for my new core 2 duo or stop being a cheap ass.
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stop being a cheap ass. first off, you're not going to break your motherboard installing intel's stock cooler. second, intel's stock cooler has been beefed up a little since the pentium 4 days (pushes more air now). if you install spire's cooler, which several people have said is worse than the stock pentium 4 cooler, it's going to be even worse on your E6300.

my recommendation to you:

Install the stock cooler. Pretty much any (decent) cooler on the market will require you to push down with a scary amount of force to clip it on. that's how contact between the heatsink surface and the CPU's heatspreader is guaranteed. you aren't going to break anything doing this as motherboards are designed to handle the stress and then some.

if you have to buy an aftermarket, get something decent and read reviews first. if you buy a shit cooler, you will regret it.
 
I have the Zalman 9700, only thing that took time was there was a bracket piece that had to go behind the motherboard for support.
The stock HSF is good but depends on what ur intentions are.
I have one for sale if you want?
 
i do like that Zalman 9700 but i don't have the cash. maybe u could check my for sale post to see if you want anything for trade to lower the price. I'll probly just go with the stock cooler and try to take it slow and install it probly. Its just scary how much force you have to use to get that sucker to get in.
 
Ron1jed said:
i do like that Zalman 9700 but i don't have the cash. maybe u could check my for sale post to see if you want anything for trade to lower the price. I'll probly just go with the stock cooler and try to take it slow and install it probly. Its just scary how much force you have to use to get that sucker to get in.
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Get an AC Freezer 7 pro for like 20$...

100% better than the stock cooler... only a few degrees worst than the 9700.
 
Arcygenical said:
Get an AC Freezer 7 pro for like 20$...

100% better than the stock cooler... only a few degrees worst than the 9700.
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Agreed, you can be a cheapskate and get a great cooler :)

I had a E6300 at 3.22GHz, mid/high 50s under load with one.
 
Another vote for the Arctic Freezer 7... it keeps my baby at 55C under sustained load. I too had a lot of trouble getting the Intel HSF properly installed, and I was afraid I'd stripped the mounting holes on my mobo... but the AF7 is on there tight as a drum, even after remounting it twice. Good product, very reasonable price.
 
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