Help on cooler / heatsink selection (E6700)

[Riden12]

Hi,

I plan on running an Intel Duo 2 2.66 ghz (E6700) but am not planning to OC it. I'm hestitant to use the stock cooler since their normally sub par but I also don't have a need for a top of the line cooler.

Does anyone have any suggestions on a decent cooler that would do better then the stock without the risks that the higher end coolers have(such as weight over top of the conroe restrictions etc)?

Thanks for your help!

 

[chris.c]

Stock cooler is fine. Conroe @ default volt doesn't put out much heat.

If I had to choose I would probably say Zalman 7700. Not too big, cools better, and quiet.

 

[Bbq]

Unless you play football (american football) with your case, you should have no problem with the big coolers. Try a Tuniq. They're about 50 bucks and possibly the best air cooling around. If that's a bit big, try a thermalright XP120 or SI120/128.