What's the best modestly priced heatsink for 1366 socket?
I was doing some work inside my PC yesterday - and hadn't put it in it's resting place yet. Tonight - I kicked it over and it thunked on the side that snapped off a fastener for my core i7 OEM heatsink.
I took out the heatsink - and fixed the fastener ( I think ) - cleaned the thermal compound off - and applied some thermal silver 5 - and all of my core temps are up about 10 degrees at idle. I'm keeping an eye on the processor temp - but if I can't resolve the issue, I may need an aftermarket heatsink.
I'd rather not spend 70 bucks on this right now. I have other things I'd rather spend my discretionary money on. But I'm open to suggestions. I may at a much later time - toy with overclocking - but at the current point in time - the PC is plenty fast for me right now - so there's nothing calling me to overclock right now.
Thanks
I was doing some work inside my PC yesterday - and hadn't put it in it's resting place yet. Tonight - I kicked it over and it thunked on the side that snapped off a fastener for my core i7 OEM heatsink.
I took out the heatsink - and fixed the fastener ( I think ) - cleaned the thermal compound off - and applied some thermal silver 5 - and all of my core temps are up about 10 degrees at idle. I'm keeping an eye on the processor temp - but if I can't resolve the issue, I may need an aftermarket heatsink.
I'd rather not spend 70 bucks on this right now. I have other things I'd rather spend my discretionary money on. But I'm open to suggestions. I may at a much later time - toy with overclocking - but at the current point in time - the PC is plenty fast for me right now - so there's nothing calling me to overclock right now.
Thanks
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