Recommended heatsink for overclocking e6300

[alan888]

hi all im planning to purchase a upgrade for my rig at the moment.

Im planning to get a Gigabyte GA-965P-DS4 with a e6300.

can anyone recommend a good heatsink/fan for this. I do want to overclock it however i need the heatsink/fan to be quiet also.

Thanks

[Sprite]

Depends how much money you have, a few ideas would be:

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro - £15
or
Scythe Inifinity £30ish
or
Thermaltake Ultra 120 £quite expensive + a fan

[alan888]

well im prepared to pay max about £40 for a quality heatsink

[Clunk]

Get a Scythe if it will fit in your case

[alan888]

Will i still be able to overclock with this heatsink yet maintain a okish temp like say 50 degrees?

I had a look at this, it has no fan?

[Clunk]

Will i still be able to overclock with this heatsink yet maintain a okish temp like say 50 degrees?

I had a look at this, it has no fan?

Impossible to say. It depends on the CPU and how much extra voltage it needs to hit the required overclock.

Buy a fan

[Sprite]

lol yeah i'd go for a fan, the Scythe infinity and Arctic Cooling 7 are both pretty quite.

[DecomposingStar]

For around £10, the AC7 is absolutely brilliant. You can't go wrong...

[IntaCepta]

Definately go with the scythe infinity or ninja revB (£28-30).
You'll need a 120mm fan if overclocking though.

Fans: Sharkoon Golf Ball 1000 120mm fans or Nexus/Yate Loon 120mm fans. (£7-£9)

[abeacock]

I have an Arctic Freezer 7 Pro cooler on my E6300 and have been very happy with it.

[EtheAv8r]

Another vote for the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro - cannot be touched for the money.

Check out the current Custom PC they have a LAB test of 22 different HSFs and the Sythe Infinity does very well - but the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro does better in their tests and for less money.

[sswats]

I bought the Scythe infinity over the weekend.

Using it on my overclocked E4300 (@2.7Ghz), and its bought temps down 15c from the standard intel cooler, under load.

And the fan it comes with reasonably quiet too.
got it for £28.

[Defenestration]

Tuniq Tower 120, altohugh AC 7 Pro is pretty good for the price.

[Marcvs]

tuniq with a silverstone FN121 fan in @ 8V its silent anddelivers tenps on my E4300 @ 1.3V bios (1.24V load) under 40C, plus can turn fans up high for more cooling (even the stock tuniq fan is good)

[moogle]

Thermalright Ultra 120 is the best cpu cooler you can get, providing you get a fan with it.

[Clunk]

Thermalright Ultra 120 is the best cpu cooler you can get, providing you get a fan with it.

Awaiting the wrath of supershanks