Need help chosing a Heatsink for my CPU

[Redchicago]

A friend just installed a new motherboard in my computer (Asus P5N32-E Sli 680i) after I had been experiencing a ton of problems with my GA-P35-DSR3. Since the installation 2 days ago, I've had very high CPU temperatures. High 40s-50s at idle and 70-80 when gaming (WoW).

Perhaps I didn't seat my stock heatsink (e6600) correctly, so I plan to redo it tonight after I buy some more thermal grease.

Since I have to stop off at MicroCenter to get some thermal grease, I thought perhaps I would invest in a heatsink better than the stock intel one that comes with my CPU.

For the moment, I am stuck with the poor offering at MicroCenter (want to get back up and running asap and don't want to wait a week to get one from Newegg).

MicroCenter


I don't want to have to redo the the entire installation of my motherboard, so could someone recommend a decent cooling system under $75 that will fit on my motherboard and not require me to take out the board to do the installation (ie. back brackets like in the Zalman models).


Thanks!

 

[MarcVenice]

http://www.microcenter.com/sin...tml?product_id=0253412

You are nuts not wanting to save 15$ though 😛 http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16835186134
Your temps are high, but if it aint throttling, it isn't to high. If newegg ships within 3 days, I'd simply buy from newegg. You are buying mx-1 or as5 thermal grease, right?

You could just buy the thermal grease from micro center, reapply your current HSF and wait for the arctic cooler 7 pro to arrive, which comes with mx1 preapplied, so you just click it onto your CPU/Mobo and voila, you're done.