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quad core cooling

Master_Pain

Master_Pain

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I need to get a quad core for a customer, a Q6600, and was wondering if I should also get a good silent aftermarket cooler for it. He isn't gaming, it will be a work PC. Is the retail cooler good enough, or should I find him a nice quiet one, and if so whats a good cooler for quads?
 
The Xigmatech HDT-S1283 is $25 AR at the moment, I believe. There is a thread in the HotDeals section. At that price, there is no reason not to get it. It is one of the best air coolers on the market at the moment. The stock fan is not horribly loud, but it is not silent either. If you need to save money it is not horrible, but the Xigmatech is much, much better.
 
If you are trying to build a silent PC, then perhaps invest in a quiet Scythe or Yate Loon fan with PWM to replace the stock fan on the retail CPU cooler. The stock cooler itself is completely fine for stock speeds, otherwise.
 
The stock cooler should work fine for running at stock speeds. I believe it's only around 36db which isn't too bad at all, especially for a stock fan. :cool:
 
Will the stock fan handle ok with a normal (not gaming) case, ex. a case without that much airflow?
 
No heatsink will do well under those conditions. However I wonder if maybe you are making it sound worse than it really is as we are mostly used to cases with front and rear fans installed.

Intel designed these things (cpu and stock heatsink) to work in office drone cases with just a single rear fan or the power supply providing the only air movement. The stock heatsink will do fine if the cpu is run at stock speeds and here is a situation you want the EIST (speedstep), C1E and TM2 turned on. The cpu will NOT burn up, at worst if someone lets a file folder slide down the back of the machine and blocks the airflow the cpu will just shutdown.

That said, convince your customer that the addtion of a low speed (quiet) front fan in his case will double his chances for a long reliable trouble free service life from the machine. Not only by helping the cpu run cooler but helping the power supply run cooler as well and that is the most common point of failure in office machines in my experience.

You gotta sell the options when you can and especially when the customer will benifit greatly, you can make and extra $10 for 5 min work and greatly reduce the callback chances. ;) I find it faily easy to convice customers that for an extra fan or two and minor cost, the reliability is vastly improved. win win.


Really, your application is the real intended use for these cpus and why they have so much headroom for OCing when we cool them well. Intel is expecting them to be put in crap cases, shoved under a desk and slowly allowed to fill with dust for 3-5 years before being replaced and never miss a beat.
 
Ya, he wants this computer to last him 4-5 years. I was thinking of using a Coolermaster Centurion, which has both the front and rear fans with a side intake. The stock cooler will be just fine in that case?
 
freezer 7 is great for stock and mild over clock, mine was great

the stock intel fans actually get pretty noisy when the cpu loads up, the thermalright extreme 120 with really good queit 120mm fan is your best bet if cost isnt an issue

only beef witht he artic cooling freezer 7 pro is the stupid clip mounting, ive never had a problem myself but i see alot of people have had a clip come loose resulting is poor temps, but thats no different than the stock intel cooler, the bolt thru type mounting is so much better
 
hardware_failure said:
You will need 4 coolers if its 4 cores.
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Somebody trying to be annoying? If not, what?

Anyway, the Xigmatech cooler that silent-circuit recommended is a good choice, especially at that price.

A Noctua or TRUE would be good choices, but they are MUCH more expensive, and the latter would require a fan to be purchased on top. Great for overclocking, but not so great if you are on a tighter budget.
 
silent-circuit said:
The Xigmatech HDT-S1283 is $25 AR at the moment, I believe. There is a thread in the HotDeals section. At that price, there is no reason not to get it. It is one of the best air coolers on the market at the moment. The stock fan is not horribly loud, but it is not silent either. If you need to save money it is not horrible, but the Xigmatech is much, much better.
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Do you know if you can change the fan on this? it looks like you can I was thinking of getting one but want blue lights.
 
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