Need suggestion for cooling e6600

boozie · Post by **boozie** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 11:30 am

Ok, I've never built a computer before but after looking into things for awhile I've picked out a few things I want and still have some up in the air.

I'm planning on purchasing a e6600 with an asus p5b deluxe. Going to put it in either thermaltake armor or antec sonata II. What I don't know is what type of fan or fan/heatsink to get for the cpu and I know next to nothing about them. (i've read the stock one isn't very good and I may get around to overclocking in a year or 2 so may as well get the fan on now).

Ease of installation is really important to me since I don't want to mess everything up. Any suggestions or help is greatly appreciated.

Post by **dicecca112** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 2:47 pm

well I'm not really up on air cooling, but if your not OCing the stock cooler will be fine. But what is your budget for the Ocing heatsink.

Pengwin · Post by **Pengwin** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 3:44 pm

Scythe Infinity!

boozie · Post by **boozie** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 7:14 am

well I'm not going to OC it just yet cuz I don't think I'll need it but in a few years the boost might be more appreciated. I heard the stock fan was hard to install so I figured if it's going to be a rough go anyways I may as well just replace it now so I don't have to take everything out later. Money doesn't really matter, I'm just worried I'll break something. (I dont' see myself spending more than 60 bucks I guess for something). Doesn't have to be extremely top of the line, simple = better for me.

Post by **Apoptosis** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 8:43 am

once quad-cores come out here in the next couple months you'll want one or you'll OC that one ;) Any nice heat pipe cooler should work fine if you want air. I've used the Zalman ones and they work great.

boozie · Post by **boozie** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 9:02 am

not to be a pain, but is it possible you could link me something in particular off of newegg or w/e is handy. Should I look to buy a fan that will stick out the side(and fit right) of my thermaltake armor tower?