Q6600 Silent Cooling?

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MarkS2
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Q6600 Silent Cooling?

Post by MarkS2 » Sun May 20, 2007 7:50 am

I'm about to buy a Intel Q6600 but I'm not entirely sure which cooler to buy to replace the stock cooling, possibly one of the two...

'Scythe Ninja Plus Rev.B Heatpipe CPU Cooler' or
'Scythe Infinity Heatpipe CPU Cooler'

Thing is... I've not had any experience with building pcs/changing components and I've heard both of those coolers can be pretty difficult to install on a 775 socket.

Any suggestions? Preferably easy-ish to install, if possible.

Thanks in advance!

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Post by dnoiz » Sun May 20, 2007 8:16 am

Any good socket 775 cooler will surely do. Like the Ninja. Concerning replacing the cooler, if you have no experience, can't you ask the shop where you got the PC ?

R.

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Post by ayjay » Sun May 20, 2007 8:58 am

I'll be fitting a Thermalright Ultra120 when I get my q6600 this week. I'll let you know how I get on ;)

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Post by lion1750 » Sun May 20, 2007 11:17 am

I'm going to get a q6600 later this summer. I was thinking of getting this cooler, it's supposed to be really good.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6835106102

Do you think this would be quiet?

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Post by ck8-04 » Sun May 20, 2007 7:35 pm

Doesn't seem very quiet to me and you can't replace the fan should something go wrong.

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Post by Felger Carbon » Sun May 20, 2007 9:08 pm

ck8-04 wrote:Doesn't seem very quiet to me and you can't replace the fan should something go wrong.
Um. That might not be right. The fan spec reads exactly the same as the fan on the MaxOrb, which was released at the same time as the V1. And the fan on the MaxOrb is easily replaceable. I got a posting on SPCR about that, with pics.

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