Zalman 9500..........

[EdzAviator]

My Gigabyte mobo will arrived tomorrow, paired with a E6300........
I want to OC it.......

I know Scythe are better but its too huge for my Case......

Will the Zalman 9500 offers good cooling for OC'ing???

How far can the 9500 handle????

Any users out there??? pls help.............

 

[n7]

 

[Vegitto]

EdzAviator, it depends. If you've got a crappy chip, none. If you've got a kick-ass chip, 42 GHz. :laugh:

n7, chill .

 

[Corporate Thug]

wow, i just did a search. Two many threads about freakin ram and cooling...

 

[myocardia]

Originally posted by: Corporate Thug
wow, i just did a search. Two many threads about freakin ram and cooling...

But, he's only posted 42 threads, in the cpu/processors forum, in the last 90 days. At least a couple of them have been ignored, just like this one should have been.

 

[phile]

In my case, the CNPS9500 will keep my E6600 full-load temps (measured with CoreTemp) below 70C up until 1.475 vcore. This is with the fan running at max rpm (~2300 rpm), in a well ventilated case (2 x 80mm intake and 2 x 80mm exhaust fans, all running at ~2500 rpm). How high you can push the FSB at or below 1.475v will depend on your CPU. My E6600 will do 400 FSB stable at 1.475v.

In other words, the CNPS9500 will do a great job at stock speed, or with a modest overclock. If you're planning an extreme overclock, go for something like a Thermalright Ultra 120, Tuniq Tower, etc.

-phil