I just put together a system with a Q6600, GA-P35C-DS3R, 4Gig 4-4-4-12 DDR2/800, 8800GTS 640MB, and Raptor HD, stock Antec P180B fans (3), 720W power.
I first put an Asus Artic Square in it, and just by looking at the bios reported CPU temperature, it said 55C at first boot. I didn't let it run too long at that temperature. I figured I probably either didn't seat the cooler on the CPU properly, didn't apply thermal paste properly (Artic Silver 5), didn't use completely lint free cloth to wipe the surfaces, or all three.
So rather than remove and reseat, I figure I might as well protect my investment and get a better cooler, the one I like is the Zalman CNPS9700 NT.
So, will this cooler work with a non-nvidia chipset MB? Will it work with a C2Q processor, since it is only rated for C2D? Has anyone used this with a C2Q processor and if so what are the idle and load temperatures? The C2Q retail box manual says the internal temperature should not go above 38C, which seems pretty low!
thanks for the feedback!
I first put an Asus Artic Square in it, and just by looking at the bios reported CPU temperature, it said 55C at first boot. I didn't let it run too long at that temperature. I figured I probably either didn't seat the cooler on the CPU properly, didn't apply thermal paste properly (Artic Silver 5), didn't use completely lint free cloth to wipe the surfaces, or all three.
So rather than remove and reseat, I figure I might as well protect my investment and get a better cooler, the one I like is the Zalman CNPS9700 NT.
So, will this cooler work with a non-nvidia chipset MB? Will it work with a C2Q processor, since it is only rated for C2D? Has anyone used this with a C2Q processor and if so what are the idle and load temperatures? The C2Q retail box manual says the internal temperature should not go above 38C, which seems pretty low!
thanks for the feedback!