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Probably a different cooler then as the hottest 6600's are 105W TDP (before OC)...
Of related interest/note - proper TIM application on these newfangled exposed heatpipe heatsinks was a new trick I had to learn - the slight air gaps between the otherwise flat copper/aluminum contact surfaces require some "pre-filling."
Great illustrations of some different attempts here:
http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.p...ask=view&id=170&Itemid=1&limit=1&limitstart=5
Nope, not had. Florida still have CompUSAs. Some merger between an independent proprieter and tiger direct or something like that.
pik4chu - you may have gotten a heatsink with defective heatpipes. It's very rare but it does happen.
I guess that could be it, I have no real idea where it came from, I was just overhauling all my folding rigs and was noticing some pretty incredible heat coming from one box so I checked temps and got very concerned. After fidling with it for a good while and still unable to get reasonable temps I just threw it out and slapped on a stock cooler until I find a reasonable solution as I have more pressing issues to deal with first. Its louder than it was but at least im not concerned about the cpu melting into the slot anymore.