For overclocking? running the Zalman CNPS 9500 on a E6600 @ 3.2GHz and im getting temps well over 60 degrees, looks like the chip has a lot more in it so I want to improve the cooling without adding more noise
As long as its a "Plus" model, the one that comes with it is pretty good, but before you buy, you should remember that the Ninja is designed as a passive / quiet heatsink. Although it performs well with highly overclock CPUs, there are others that will do better.
Thermalrite & Noctuna spring to mind, but I'm not an overclocker really.
Tuniq tower with a nexus fan would be your best bet or maybe cheap external water cooling, Zalman and Corsair both do decent kits for just under £100 if you have a bit to spend. If you have time and a dremel you could probably do a simple internal loop for not to much more, depending on space.
You wont go far wrong with a scythe ninja either. I have the bigger zalman, which performs pretty well, but when it spins up it's pretty loud.
I found the simplest solution was to drop back to 3ghz and undervolt the chip. I'm running at 1.28v perfectly stable, but I need to jump all the way to 1.45v to go to 3.2 and above. It all depends if all this hassle is worth 4-500mhz to you.
Scythe infinity.
So big it could be passive. Mine has a motherboard controlled 120 on it though. But tbh, I don' think the finish on scythes is as good as nexus.
I was getting the same temps with my e6600 and 9500 on as5, my ihs in the cpu was concave so i lapped it and i got an 6-8 degree drop on load temps. As for a new cooler i would hang on if you can as hexus are finishing up on a huge round-up review on a load of 775 coolers. If you cant wait though a thermalright ultra-120 or the tuniq tower should do the job.
Im holding out for the coolermaster GeminII personally.
Apparently its not great as the older Scythe Ninja in being passive,
I bought the infinity on the weekend, and its pretty quiet at low speed, and the cooling is very good. And you can attacj 2 fans to it, run both at slow speed, and get good cooling, quiet and good OC's
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