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Heatsinks & thermal paste

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Jjoshua2

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I have a si-120 right now.

I'm planning on getting a e6600 and gigabyte ds3 and overclocking. Will my si-120 work?
What cooler should I get otherwise, or if the si-120 works would it likely help me overclock better?

If my si-120 doesn't work, what one should I get?

I have a yate loon right now, and I would probably use that same fan on the heatsink, so it will be using a quite low rpm fan. I would be open to a slightly noiser option, but only slightly.
From what I've read heatsinks are ranked differently depending on the rpm.

I have some AS5 paste. Is that still the best? I found out that thermalright and zalman now make paste, but how does it compare to as5? Do the best clockers still use as5?

So recommendations please?
 
bump. Maybe its not exactly low airflow since i think my yate loon gets something like 45 cfm, which is not exactly that close to passive. I am not going for absolute silence, just quiet.
 
Any of those will yield excellent results.

Be sure to apply AS5 carefully and mount the heatsink correctly and you're all set.
 
Your SI-120 will cool within 2-3 degrees of any other heatsink out there with a low RPM fan. I still use my XP-120 with a Nexus (yate loon@1000RPMs) fan and get 40 celsius load temps with my OC'd 3200+.

The only way to see a big difference is to put some horribly loud fan on it and thats not what you want! 😀



:thumbsup: Quiet PC :thumbsup:
 
The problem is i'm not sure my si-120 will work, and I might need a shim. It didn't seem like LG775 was supported according to thermalright's website. Has anyone gotten some older Thermalright models to work? Do they need a shim?
 
Originally posted by: Jjoshua2
The problem is i'm not sure my si-120 will work, and I might need a shim. It didn't seem like LG775 was supported according to thermalright's website. Has anyone gotten some older Thermalright models to work? Do they need a shim?
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You won't need any shims. All you'll need is an LGA775 retention bracket.
The SI-120 is a great HS! :thumbsup::laugh:

 
Ok, so if I get the bracket everything will work fine it seems.
Do I need the retention bracket even to just test my mobo and cpu?
 
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