Socket 775 - Best cooler?

[Kenjiwing]

I'm going to put a heatsink in the gf's computer and oc her q6600.. anyone have any ideas on what the best heatsink is for that socket?

I would just do water but she doesnt have the budget..

 

[Rebel44]

ThermalRight Silver Arrow is IMO the best.

 

[prtuc2]

2nd that, Silver Arrow probably the best air cooling heatsink you can buy at the moment.

 

[tjasinski]

I like the XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 , not the best but great for the price.

 

[TheWeazmeister]

For that price, have her pickup a used Corsair H50 on these forums, and be happy with the lack of sound, and awesome performance

 

[EricFX1984]

I like the XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 , not the best but great for the price.

yes hard to beat for the price for sure... I love mine

 

[fochkoph]

I like the XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 , not the best but great for the price.

S1283 works beautifully and it so damn cheap these days. It's almost as good as my Ven-X and the only things I can fault it for is the lack of out-of-box push/pull and those INFERNAL rubber dongs used to mount the fans...I HATED THOSE!

For that price, have her pickup a used Corsair H50 on these forums, and be happy with the lack of sound, and awesome performance

Lack of sound eh...my H50 back in its retail box begs to differ.

 

[flexcore]

I like the XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 , not the best but great for the price.

Another great HSF is the Hyper 212+. very good price for the amount of cooling it provides.

 

[Uncle Humjaba]

Another one here for the Xigmatek S1283. My first foray into overclocking and couldn't have been easier, been rock solid for 2 years.

 

[Rebel44]

For that price, have her pickup a used Corsair H50 on these forums, and be happy with the lack of sound, and awesome performance

H50 is pretty loud.

 

[TheWeazmeister]

H50 is pretty loud.

Single fan, default setup, with auto setting for fan control on mine keeps system quite for me. I hear my HD, WD Raptor 300, a heck of a lot more than the H50, but I also have a 3 yr old and an 11 yr od sooooo, my noise threshold is a bit different Though, like I said, I hear my Raptor more so than my H50.

 

[rick5127]

I just bought one of the Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus coolers for mine. Am wondering what you guys think of them. I have yet to install them.

 

[Furystrike]

I'm using a hyper 212 on my socket 775 q9300. Keeps it cool enough @ 3.1ghz