Overclocking E6300...Cooler Suggestion

[F1N3ST]

Ok, im buying stuff for my new build and i already bought a Motherboard, w/ P965 Chipset, and 2GB pqi TURBO RAM. I am going to buy the rest of the stuff soon, but i need to know which is bes for overclocking out of the following stuff.

Scythe Ninja HSF
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835185038 and I can buy 4 120mm fans, because it supports 4, if it would help.

Or one of the following cheap watercoolers
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835119070
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835192012
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835192005
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835124005
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835103165
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835124007

Lol, or suggest something else, thanks!
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813135022
Is the mobo i bought.

 

[chrone]

here's the best overclocking guide (heatsinkfan included) i ever found, posted by wuzy:

http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardware/Core2Duo-Overclocking-Guide-ftopict197995.html

imho, the scythe infinity and thermalright ultra 120 (all with additional 1x 120mm fan)
are the best air cooling solution for now, but all top 7 air cooling solution mentioned at wuzy's c2d overclocking guide are monster heatsink, very huge one, be sure it will fit your cassis & motherboard, and i'm not quite sure if the motherboard can stand the pressure when the motherboard is put vertically in the cassis.

 

[F1N3ST]

I saw that topic, but im wondering whether to get that or one of these cheap water coolers.

 

[chrone]

i have no experience at all at watercooling. someone told me that e6300 is more limited by its fsb. from recent article at tomshardware.com there's a review about e6400 overclocked to 3.3ghz by gigabyte watercooling (there's also zalman air cooling included in the test bed but could not stable at 3.3ghz), perhaps you should read it for further reference of buying cooler.

actually in what clock speed are you planning to overclock your e6300? if it's more than 3ghz perhaps you should considering watercooling and good chipset such the one in abit aw9d-max.

goodluck!

 

[F1N3ST]

I dont know what im trying to acheive, but ~3Ghz would be great

 

[Granite3]

You do not have a case listed, space is a limiting factor on a lot of the big air coolers you mentioned. Be sure you either choose case first and get a HS to fit, or choose HS first and a case to allow headroom.

Same for watercooling, modding the case to run the waterlines needs room.

For a smaller case, the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 pro does a good job on Air in a smaller space.

 

[F1N3ST]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811208008 is my case, has good airflow too, 2x120mm and 1 80mm fans. Looks pretty big.

 

[rwaritsdario]

The Antec P180 has a great reputation of having great cooling due to the dual exaust fans. The Lian Li cases are also quite good.

A Scythe Inifinity paired with two Silverstone FM121 (in a push&pull setup) is simply the best air cooling you can have right now. Itll run circles around those low-end water cooling solutions (any pratically any other HSF hehe)

If you want to really get into water cooling one of the custom kits from dangerden.com or swiftech.com will be better than any all-in-one kits you can buy.

 

[peetul83]

I have a Scythe Mine and I'm sitting at (450x7=3150). My idle is 42 while my load hovers around 53.

 

[alcatraz678]

Scythe Ninja HSF
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835185038 and I can buy 4 120mm fans, because it supports 4, if it would help.

so what are you going to do on your 4 120mm fans? YOu can only possibly put 2 on that cooler. and be sure you have a spacious casing

 

[wiz83]

I'm using Stock HSF for my E6300, at 430MHz x 7.0 (3.01GHz).
Temperature: 39C (Idle) to 55C (Full Load)

I can definitely go higher. I'll try to figure out a way to get my case temperature lower, I currently have 4x 8cm, 1x 12cm fans blowing all over my case.

Oh yeah, just in case if you guys are interested in the Big Typhoon, NewEgg.com has them selling for $24 with free shipping, but it's open box OEM. I'm dirt poor for now, as I just built my system 2 days ago, will have to wait till end of month before I get more money to buy it. Hope the deal would still be around.