Best hsf for e8400 !?

[Soultribunal]

Originally Posted by rjbarker

Hm...that is odd as that case has exceptional cooling! Perhaps it all comes down to the "chip", but I always thought that was more to do with Voltages required for OC'ability as apposed to Temps. but perhaps thats the case.
Now 3.83 Ghz to 4.05 Ghz is another story, however, I stil don't have to turn up my Zalman fan at all!
I know from what I have read these Zalmans do not perform well with Quad Cores........

Yeah I think I read the same article as you Rj, they do well with an OC'd Core 2 but getting into the quad core starts to really tax what they can cool.

I still stand by my FZ120. A few reviews have shown it to be a champ. I even thing Frosty Tech Tested it out, and for $30 less it was one degree hotter than Zero's Nirvana.
Make it Push/Pull FTW then.

ST

[CraigHf]

Originally Posted by rjbarker

I know from what I have read these Zalmans do not perform well with Quad Cores........

You got that right. I had a 9700 before my coolit system, and I couldn't go over 3.4Ghz without busting 68 degrees... now 3.7 Ghz ( not a big increase considering the price of a freezone elite, but still, I'm happy with it...and temps won't go over 60 ).

[rjbarker]

You got that right. I had a 9700 before my coolit system, and I couldn't go over 3.4Ghz without busting 68 degrees... now 3.7 Ghz ( not a big increase considering the price of a freezone elite, but still, I'm happy with it...and temps won't go over 60 ).

Thats what I thought based upon reads anyhow, I was going to replace my E8400 w Quad Core Q9550 (naw I don't "need" it but would like it for Benchmarking), but didn't feel like buying another HSF as well, particularly with I7 in the future plans, I'll evetually simply take the entire MOBO out w Zalman and install in my spare case and purchase the I7 920, X58 Board, HSF and Memory.