Need a Fan?

[hdave2]

Hi Everyone -
I've pulled the trigger on parts for a new PC with the following specs.

Antec P180 +
Corsair CMPSU-620HX +
GeForce 8600 GTS +
q6600 +
Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6

I already have a monitor, power cords, and am looking for disk and optical drives. Other than those things, I'm not sure what else I need. Do I need a CPU fan? Or is the one on the MB sufficient for someone probably not overclocking.
And if I did OC, let's say up to 3.0 GHz, would I need a fan then?
So the two questions are,
do I have everything I need?
(when) do I need a new fan?

Thanks,
David

 

[Anonissimus]

mobo, check
memory, check
cpu, check
gfx, check
harddisk, ???

on the fan, if you are going to overclock it to 3gHz then you might use something else than teh stock fan that'll come with your cpu, so yeah, you need a fan

 

[Conumdrum]

OMG, YES you must have a fan on the CPU. If you buy a retail version of the CPU it has a fan/heatsink combo already. Even with a stock fan setup and no overclocking a Q6600 is VERY hot. Get one. Get a Thermalright 120 xtreme for the best one by all reviews.

 

[night_wolf_in]

Hi Everyone -
I've pulled the trigger on parts for a new PC with the following specs.

Antec P180 +
Corsair CMPSU-620HX +
GeForce 8600 GTS +
q6600 +
Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6

I already have a monitor, power cords, and am looking for disk and optical drives. Other than those things, I'm not sure what else I need. Do I need a CPU fan? Or is the one on the MB sufficient for someone probably not overclocking.
And if I did OC, let's say up to 3.0 GHz, would I need a fan then?
So the two questions are,
do I have everything I need?
(when) do I need a new fan?

Thanks,
David

get gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L. it is cheaper. and the money u save, go spend it on ur graphics card. try either 8800GT, or 3870 depending on avilability/price/ur pocket.

u need a fan in all cases. get either the Thermalright 120 xtrem or zalman 9700LED/NT if u intend to over clock.

 

[gwolfman]

get gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L. it is cheaper. and the money u save, go spend it on ur graphics card. try either 8800GT, or 3870 depending on avilability/price/ur pocket.

u need a fan in all cases. get either the Thermalright 120 xtrem or zalman 9700LED/NT if u intend to over clock.

I agree with the above. Spend the money on the graphics card not the motherboard. You'd be way better performance with a nVidia 8800GT or ATi 3850/3870 than with the 8600GTS.

 

[Kraynor]

I have a Q6600 overclocked to 3 GHz (it has B3 stepping as opposed to G0 so couldn't go higher) hooked up to a Scythe Ninja cooler with Arctic Silver 5 thermal paste, and it runs idle at 35 degrees, peaks at 55, that said my room's really warm all year round.

Make sure you get a tube of thermal paste because the stuff you get with CPUs in general isn't great. AS5 is my recomendation on that