X2 4400+ stock cooler - with pipes

[RoosterKooster]

I was pleasantly surprised last week when I opened my new x2 4400+ box and saw the stock cooler. It looks nice and has heat pipes. I did not give it a lot of thought over the weekend or earlier today, but I think this is a quite good cooler. The OC I have decided to continue using (despite vcore adjustments working properly) is ~2570MHz with tight ram timings.

With 2-prime95's I was averaging a cpu temp of 54c with the stock cooler. Idle, it was 35c.

Today, our all-around IT/network guy replaced the stock hsf with the XP-120 and Panaflo M1A.

With the same 2-Prime95 stress tests running, it is at 52c. Case temp is 35c. I have the top and rear fans on high (Antec P180). The xp-120 was installed with Arctic Silver 5. He meticuously spread it very thin on both cpu and mating surface on the xp-120. It has been stressing fine with Prime95 for almost 5 hours. I'll let it continue until tomorrow.

Has anyone seen a good comparison of the X2 stock HSF and the XP-120?

Thanks,

 

[imported_Kensai]

It's a pretty good stock heatsink.

Haven't seen anything yet.

 

[kirbymixmasta]

You could lower your temps alot if you could drop your case temps to 30c or lower. Push some wires out of the way.

 

[Bona Fide]

Do you have a front intake fan mounted? It helps.

 

[RoosterKooster]

I should probably order another 120mm fan for the front. I do have the drive cooling fan running at low speed - I should set it to high and see how it goes.
thanks,