The thermalright and scythe flagships are considered the best overall - the fact they are so monsterous make them a favorite among silentPC enthusiasts because you can use relatively low noise/underpowered 120mm fans instead of stock. The cooling cababilities of the XP 120 and Ninja (now all copper) with stock fans and speeds, even on quad cores, is under-utilized at the moment.
> Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:20:09 -0600 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > Subject: [H] The best Socket 775 Heatsink/fan combo? > > Hi, > > I just wanted to get the collectives thoughts on heatsink/fan combo's > for a Q6600. > > I've been running it with the stock cooler for a while now but I'm > thinking of trying the 3Ghz overclock as most people seem to be able to > get there with no issues (this is the first system I have not > overclocked out the box). What would be the ultimate air cooling > solution? I'm not interested in liquid cooling. > > Thanks, > > Gary > If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail message, please notify > the sender > and delete all copies immediately. The sender believes this message and any > attachments > were sent free of any virus, worm, Trojan horse, and other forms of malicious > code. > This message and its attachments could have been infected during > transmission. The > recipient opens any attachments at the recipient's own risk, and in so doing, > the > recipient accepts full responsibility for such actions and agrees to take > protective > and remedial action relating to any malicious code. Travelport is not liable > for any > loss or damage arising from this message or its attachments. > > > _________________________________________________________________ Shed those extra pounds with MSN and The Biggest Loser! http://biggestloser.msn.com/