Stock cooler isn't enough for the Q8400

[Ozz1]

ok , prob better if someone else chimed in here on this one

 

[JLK03F150]

So you are back up running. Do you still have CPU heat problems?

Is the CPU fan 3 or 4 wire? Is the CPU fan header 3 or 4 pin?

 

[trents]

Is this the OEM cooler that ships with the Q8400? Intel supplied different coolers for different CPUs. If you are using the cooler that was intended for a lesser CPU then it may be inadequate.

 

[M@rk]

So you are back up running. Do you still have CPU heat problems?

Is the CPU fan 3 or 4 wire? Is the CPU fan header 3 or 4 pin?

4 Pins.

Is this the OEM cooler that ships with the Q8400? Intel supplied different coolers for different CPUs. If you are using the cooler that was intended for a lesser CPU then it may be inadequate.

Im not sure since i found this PC in the street, But it looks like the stock cooler for this CPU, Its the fat aluminium heatsink with copper bottom

 

[trents]

Yes, but even those stock Intel coolers differed from one another in the mass and height of the heat sink itself and the power of the fan.

 

[Ozz1]

id certainly be choosing a copper bottom cooler stock cooler over a all aluminium stock cooler,

 

[M@rk]

Yes, but even those stock Intel coolers differed from one another in the mass and height of the heat sink itself and the power of the fan.

Sadly i dont know if its the stock one for this :/, But i will try to ghetto-mount the aftermarket cooler i found.
EDIT : I found this cooler model and im dying from the annimation on the top of the page http://www.evercool.com.tw/products/hpf.htm

 

[Ozz1]

a simple coolermaster evo 212 or 212x will leave it for dead

 

[EarthDog]

Yes, but even those stock Intel coolers differed from one another in the mass and height of the heat sink itself and the power of the fan.

They did? I thought there was only one care type intel cooler... well two.. one with the copper slug, one without. The fan also differrs?

 

[M@rk]

They did? I thought there was only one care type intel cooler... well two.. one with the copper slug, one without. The fan also differrs?

From what i know there's 3, slim one, fat one, and a fat one with copper buttom.

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a simple coolermaster evo 212 or 212x will leave it for dead

No budget at all.

 

[EarthDog]

Im talking about the circular cooler only, not the tower from a couple years back. There is the all aluminum and the one with the copper slug in the middle. But AFAIK, all fans are the same.

There is a larger one, the TS15A, but it doesn't come with processors. It is a separate purchase.

 

[trents]

They did? I thought there was only one care type intel cooler... well two.. one with the copper slug, one without. The fan also differrs?

I've got a box full of Intel OEM coolers. One is much larger and heavier than the others but it appears to be a socket 775 model and the others are probably for the later Intel sockets.