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AmEv
10-16-2012, 10:30 PM
Well, it's not that time of year anymore, but it's still unavoidable. Crashing due to overheating.

Well, my stock heatsink ain't cuttin' it anymore. I think I got enough cash for a better HS. It was designed for dual-core at business usage, not quad-3.8 cross-kernel-compiling.

Not that this is the main purpose of the thread, but I am open to suggestions.

PS:There wassome dust, but not that much. Good airflow didn't stop it hitting 65°c, though.
xr4man
10-17-2012, 08:37 AM
this is the cooler i have...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103084

i'm running a quad core phenom 2 oc'd at 3.6ghz. when letting it churn away at converting dvds into mkv files it would run all four cores at 100%. with that cooler it still never got above 45* or so. maybe as high as 47*.
Cale_Hagan
10-17-2012, 09:39 AM
this is the air cooler i have. i love it, and see no better substitute...
i have tried a few, and this one is my favorite :santa:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835106150&name=CPU-Fans-Heatsinks

maybe try some of the newer ones they have as well? they only had that first one when i bought it.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835106178&name=CPU-Fans-Heatsinks

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835106186&name=CPU-Fans-Heatsinks
AmEv
10-17-2012, 12:17 PM
I'm on a moderate budget right now (waiting for my hopeful-employer to return my call), so that CM Vortex seems promising....
diluzio91
10-17-2012, 09:51 PM
this runs an i7 950 at 4.2ghz with no problems

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065&name=CPU-Fans-Heatsinks
xr4man
10-18-2012, 08:55 AM
that one is definitely a nice cooler. i just installed one on a friend's pc. but it was actually too tall for the case and i had to modify the side panel so the heat pipes stuck out a little.
mDust
10-20-2012, 02:55 PM
What's your ambient temp AmEv? I lower my OC a bit in summer. In winter, I crank it up and crack a window when the room starts getting warm. Winter is one hell of a heat sink.
AmEv
10-20-2012, 06:07 PM
It was in the 80s, but Idaho cools super-quickly. Ain't that right, billygoat and D?
billygoat333
10-22-2012, 01:49 PM
Yes sir. Supposed to snow today. :P
AmEv
10-22-2012, 06:39 PM
I got rain.
billygoat333
10-23-2012, 12:02 AM
It rained here too, definitely snowed in the mountains though.
AmEv
10-23-2012, 02:59 PM
Yeah, my dad drove up to Stanley area for work.

First thng he said when he came home? "Slidng on the snow in an Isuzu is NOT fun!"

We need to throw a get-together some time.
OvRiDe
10-24-2012, 04:28 PM
For a little more money (in some cases) you might check into one of these:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181015

Its rated pretty high and I have heard it does quite well.

Might help out a bit more if you are doing alot of compiling over longer periods of time.
AmEv
10-24-2012, 05:17 PM
Ehh, Out of my budget right now. Going to go air for now, thwn give that HS to my mom's computer.
AmEv
10-26-2012, 07:36 PM
Went and got th CM Hyper 212+.


Thing barely fits inside my case.