EggXpert

im kinda running at like 65ish on idle. its a stock heatsink (the core 2 heatsink, as i got it from a friend) im thinking about the thermalright ultra 120 but ive heard that fanless isnt good if you dont have good air movement. can anyone help  me out with what i should do?

Even a fanless heatsink will do better than the stock heatsink simply because it can transfer and spread the heat better.  The heat will dissipate into the air regardless.  YES, it does work better if you have good airflow, but I wouldn't fret if you don't. 

BUT, if you think you would do better with a heatsink with a fan, I highly recommend the Zalman brand coolers. You'll spend about the same amount on one of these as you would on that Thermalright ultra 120....just a thought. 

well i looked at some reviews and the thermalright did pretty well. i think it was on toms or something

You would want the 120extreme heatsink with a 120mm fan heres a review:

http://www.anandtech.com/casecoolingpsus/showdoc.aspx?i=2981

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coolers/display/thermalright-ultra120ex.html

umm i saw in the review that there was a fan with it...ii know i have to buy it seperately but it looks like there is a seperate bracket

I've never been a  fan of the passive (no fan) cooling design.  If I went with one of these, I'd probably feel better if I had a fan on it or nearby.  Possibly an Antec SpotCool Fan which you can attach pretty much anywhere in your case (usually to a motherboard screw) and bend the neck of it to blow directly on the heatsink....just a thought.

What about the stock Pentium 4 heatsink? You say you're running a C2D heatsink, maybe that's the problem. Just a thought, I'm not an expert by any means here...

Wire clips come with the thermalright U120 for attatching a fan

Whatever you do, dont go fanless, imho its not a good idea, and indeed it could dimenish the lifespan of the chip. I use ArcticSilver 5 heatsink, its expensive for a heatsink at 10 buckeroos US a tube but its really great. Never failed me.

Agreed

hmm did not think about the c2d heatsink being a problem..they do run cooler and maybe intel made a heatsink that didnt have to work as hard....will look into that....

I've found stock heatsinks suck. I wouldn't be suprised if the heatsink lost its heatsinknesss :-p

J172:

I've found stock heatsinks suck. I wouldn't be suprised if the heatsink lost its heatsinknesss :-p

Thats freaking hilarious! LOL 

jalexhrovat:

J172:

I've found stock heatsinks suck. I wouldn't be suprised if the heatsink lost its heatsinknesss :-p

Thats freaking hilarious! LOL 

lol thanks but it probably did pick up some heatstinkyness and lost its hotsinkyness so there for its a GUI (pronounce it :p) mess, so I'd better stop befor I lay an egg ;) lol

had me cracking up with the above post. If you lay an egg will it be golden?

off course a golden newegg :p lol

wow i thought u guys were sposed to be helping me lol jk...that post was hilarious...btw it was a never used c2d heatsink (my buddy has oodles of parts he keeps around) but i think ill just get a new 6750 first and they run cooler so maybe i wont have to worry about it and my ambient temp isnt that high really

Sounds like a plan.

Yeowch. I have a stock C2D heat sink running on a E6420, and it keeps the idle temps right around 48C. Something's up, did you use any thermal compound to mount the HSF? Does it have a good solid seat on the CPU?

Now you see where the nickname Preshott came from. I've got one, a 551 3.4 clocked to 4.0 on water in my living room. The AC comes on early in the season and last winter saved a bunch on heat!

I've actually seen this done, its really cool, and works. http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1104341 I'm serious too. test it out and if it works I'll give ya some of my golden neweggs to fry up :-D

Thermalright Ultra-120 is not so bad; http://xtreview.com/addcomment-id-2778-view-Thermalright-Ultra-120-eXtreme-vs-other-cooler-review.html

however, IMO, water cooling system is the best for CPU...

i dont want to deal with the hassle of looking for leaks...im too lazy to check it regularly so all my crap would be fried and id be screwed lol

srbarcena:

i dont want to deal with the hassle of looking for leaks...im too lazy to check it regularly so all my crap would be fried and id be screwed lol

LOL

Yeah, the looking for leaks thing is regularly would probably be my down fall if I got a LC system as well....as well as the fact that I really don't need one. 

jalexhrovat:

srbarcena:

i dont want to deal with the hassle of looking for leaks...im too lazy to check it regularly so all my crap would be fried and id be screwed lol

LOL

Yeah, the looking for leaks thing is regularly would probably be my down fall if I got a LC system as well....as well as the fact that I really don't need one. 

Nobody actually NEEDS a water cooling system, its a money maker for people who think they built a computer that pwns all others lol except Craw owners lol :-p