Cooling for E6300

[gRaps]

Will a Zalman 9500 be a good choice for the motherboard, P965 DS3 and the processor E6300?

 

[coolingoff]

I have the Zalman with my e6400, and the temps are really cool.

@2.8ghz, I'm getting 22C idle and around 28C load

 

[Skott]

Yes, its a good choice. There are other good choices as well. Comes down to budget I think more than anything else assuming all the choices fit together nicely.

 

[Baked]

Are you gonna overclock? What's your budget?

 

[gRaps]

i already built my conroe system. however right now it is only running on stock cooling.

so i'm planning to get a zalman for overclocking.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: Baked
Are you gonna overclock? What's your budget?

 

[cmdrdredd]

How much of an overclock do you want? You may do well with an ArcticCooling Freezer 7 Pro for under $30. Not everyone needs $60 invested in a CPU HSF.

 

[gRaps]

newegg doesnt' ship to canada.
canadian sites have artic freezer for about 50 -60. might as well get a 70 $ cnd Zalman.

Can any 1 verify this IF Zalman 9500 is compatiable with the P955-DS3 Gigabyte board? As in does it fit nicely

 

[phile]

It's not a terribly imposing HSF. I would be very surprised if it had problems fitting in any board with a supported socket mount.

-phil