Replacing a stock HS

[Anaxogoras]

I'd like to overclock my dual core but still have the stock HS/fan. Right now it idles at 44C and gets up to 65C full load with prime95. That exhaust fan on the left is 120mm for size reference. You can see there's only about 3cm between the current HS and the 600W psu above. FYI, it is a 775 socket.

Thanks for your HS/fan suggestions.

[Masherbrum]

This HS/Cooler is tops and this is getting tougher to find.   This company is trustworthy Anax.

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10008593&prodlist=froogle

EDIT:  If you don't think the OCZ will work, these two ARE "Low Profile"

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/9353/cpu-scy-26/Scythe_Big_SHURIKEN_Low_Profile_4-Heatpipe_Universal_CPU_Cooler_SCBSK-1000_Socket_775_1156_1366_478_AM2_AM2_AM3_939_940_754_.html 120mm fan

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/7047/cpu-scy-16/Scythe_SHURIKEN_Rev_B_3-Heatpipe_Universal_CPU_Cooler_.html  100mm fan

[Spikes]

OCZ is great. I have the Gladiator MAX and it works great. Don't think it'd fit in your casethough.

[BaldEagl]

I use an Arctic Cooler Freezer 7 Pro.  It works great for around $30.  It dropped my temps by 10-15C vs. the stock Intel fan but it's tall and I had to remove the side duct (the part inside the case panal).

[cattb]

I use a freezer pro on one PC  and a mini typhoon on another computer. If I were to get another, I would buy a freezer pro. The typhoon is not as tall but wider and covers part of the memory slots. The freezer pro is not as wide and leaves the motherboard free of obstuction.

The freezer pro pushes the air to the back of the case(towards exhaust fan) where the typoon pushed the air towards the motherboard. I would rather have the air move pretty much in 1 direction through the pc.
On Newegg I think about 4000 freezer pros have been sold, so I guess they can't be to bad.

[Anaxogoras]

Thanks for the tips, the one with the 100mm fan is close to what I have in mind, Karaya.  It's not so much the height that concerns me as width (toward the psu).  I'm more or less certain that a 120mm fan would not work, but a 100mm probably would.  When I find my metric ruler I'll take some better measurements and be able to say for sure.

[BaldEagl]

Just FYI here's a couple of pics of the Freezer 7 Pro installed in my machine:

[Anaxogoras]

That's a very helpful pic, bald.  I found my metric ruler, and I could fit one of those in my box with room to spare.

[Anaxogoras]

One more question bald:  Did you use the AMX-2 that arrives on the HS, or did you reapply something else?

[Denholm]

I'd get some Arctic Silver 5. If you haven't messed with thermal compound before, read the directions! The first time I ever used that stuff I unloaded half the tube onto my heatsink. Stuck that baby onto the processor, clamped it in, watched the thermal compound squirt all over the place.

As they say, we learn by our mistakes.

[cattb]

I'd get some Arctic Silver 5. If you haven't messed with thermal compound before, read the directions! The first time I ever used that stuff I unloaded half the tube onto my heatsink. Stuck that baby onto the processor, clamped it in, watched the thermal compound squirt all over the place.

As they say, we learn by our mistakes.

thats funny
I bought a couple bottle set cleaning solution from newegg. One is a cleaner the other is a purifier. Nice stuff when cleaning a CPU. What I don't know and have never looked into is if nail polisher remover or a thinner would work to remove the compound without damaging the CPU.

[Anaxogoras]

I applied antec ceramic paste before and had a heck of a time getting the right amount on the HS.  So many people had warned me "Not too much!" that I was not putting enough on at first.  I would turn on the computer and immediately go to the bios screen to check the temperature, and it would be steadily climbing.  I had to power off each time and try again.  Finally I decided to be a little more liberal with the paste and voila, it worked.

I've watched videos of people apply arctic silver 5, and I'm not intimidated by it.  Yes, I know not to let it contact any other components.

[cattb]

I watched a video myself and read on the topic. I imagine I am little more liberal with the artic 5 then I should be. I don't think the HS or the CPU are perfectly flat either, unless of course they are lapped which I don't lap either of them. A tech told me once take your time and be thorough and make sure no air bubbles.

[BaldEagl]

One more question bald:  Did you use the AMX-2 that arrives on the HS, or did you reapply something else?

I used Arctic Silver 5.  Just a thin strip down the center of the HS contact patch should do it.  There's a "how to" on the Arctic Silver web-site.  When I mounted mine I set the HS in place then rotated it slightly in each direction to help spread the thermal paste before clamping the whole thing down.

You can use rubbing alchohol to carefully clean the old stuff off the CPU before you start.

BTW, if you do get a Freezer 7 Pro here's a mounting tip:  Remove the fan before mounting then put it back on after the HS is installed.

[Bino]

I put an all-copper Zalman CNPS7700 on my old Prescott 3.2 and it runs at about 55 C. at 3.7 GHz.  Which is actually cool, for a "Presc-hot".

According to several online versions of the Periodic Table, Copper has about twice the thermal conductivity of Aluminum.