E6700 heatsink

[Silenced_Coyote]

You could use the stock cooler that came with the Core 2 Duo if you really wanted to save money for that case and watercooling setup later on. And yes, you can overclock with the stock cooler.

[DaJe]

The stock just isn't cool enough for me.

[isunktheship]

You could use the stock cooler that came with the Core 2 Duo if you really wanted to save money for that case and watercooling setup later on. And yes, you can overclock with the stock cooler.

So.. you're going to spend money on a heatsink, and then upgrade to watercooling anyway?

I OC'ed my 1.86 to over 2.1 on the stock cooler... it was over 10% faster, and I didn't have cooling problems.

Overclocking a little is... meh. But if you get watercooling, that's when you can really show your color. Just depends on what you want.

Personally; it's a waste of money, especially if you are going to upgrade soon anyway, not to mention that $50 is basically this.
(Doesn't have to be that big of a rad, you could get a 1*120 or 2*120)

Just trying to save you some cash!

[Ronyx]

Yeah but I don't want one with a light, and I don't have the money to buy a fan controller or feel like getting one anyway.

Zalman CNPS9500AT

that's a model without the led fan but with a slightly smaller fan. 92mm instead of the 110mm on the 9700's

and the fan controller isn't necessary, just a nice touch when you want to slow it down a bit.

[Silenced_Coyote]

So.. you're going to spend money on a heatsink, and then upgrade to watercooling anyway?

I OC'ed my 1.86 to over 2.1 on the stock cooler... it was over 10% faster, and I didn't have cooling problems.

Overclocking a little is... meh. But if you get watercooling, that's when you can really show your color. Just depends on what you want.

Personally; it's a waste of money, especially if you are going to upgrade soon anyway, not to mention that $50 is basically this.
(Doesn't have to be that big of a rad, you could get a 1*120 or 2*120)

Just trying to save you some cash!

I'm agreeing with isunktheship here. Not only that, but your CPU is 2.66GHz. That is more than plenty. OC a bit now if you must and then push it to the limit once you go watercooling. $50 for a temporary heatsink does sound wasteful. The new Swiftech Apogee GT is a little over $50.

[Zephik]

The new Swiftech Apogee GT is a little over $50.

:drools:

Check this out, you can see the difference between the Apogee and the GT.

Crazy stuff... My favorite part of the GT is all those little pin type deals. They aren't just round lil pins, they are many many tiny irregular shaped little buggers for crazy effective cooling.

REVIEW

[DaJe]

I guess I could reapply the thermal compound and the heatsink, then just clock it to like 3ghz for now. And I have a program constantly running that I allow to use up to 60% of my CPU power, and I guess I could shut that off when I do other things.

[azminisk8r]

personally i use this one over the zalman because, A. it has more surface area B fon pushes more air with less sound, 45 cfm w .9 sone C. i have oc'd my 6400 and the top fin of the hs has never gotten hot at all