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Seems like a pretty anemic cooler. 2 heatpipes and an 80mm fan? Are there any coolers that use a 92mm fan and 3 heatpipes? That would be a better solution.
Otherwise, re-applying thermal paste and cleaning any dust out of the stock heatsink could/should get your temps back to normal.
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Mon Mar 18, 2013 3:22 pm
Thanks for the fast reply DPete! Yea, i can get a TX3 EVO (just one store sells it... =/) but it costs 40 bucks more (local currency) its kinda on the height limit of the case (136mm, case supports till 137mm) and dunno if there's enough room to it with all memory banks filled and the chipset heatsinks. Yeah, i know its anemic compared with the whole plethora of enthusiastic cooler out there, but i'm not planning on overclock the CPU and the T2 mini shouldn't be better than the stock cooler? If I could, I would get a TX3 EVO or a Hyper 212 EVO (non-existent over here anymore...), but a lots of things prevent me from doing it, sadly.
Thanks for your reply
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Mon Mar 18, 2013 3:28 pm
The stock cooler for your CPU is just one of those aluminum blocks with a 60mm fan sitting on it, right? The T2 mini should be considerably better than that. An 80mm fan with a tower design and a couple heat pipes has to be better than what you currently have. Probably won't live up to the Blizzard name, and not as good as the TX3, but still a step up and if you're not OC'ing you're probably OK.
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Posts: 33 Joined: Sun Oct 31, 2010 7:17 am Location: Brazil
Mon Mar 18, 2013 4:02 pm
Thanks derFunk!
Yeah it's this guy that came with the CPU: picture of stock cooler I guess no one on the forums have ever used this model on any build before... I'll prolly get this one and hopefully can tell how it fares under Rio's summer temps (no air conditioning involved!). Maybe I can manage to keep my case closed! XD
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Mon Mar 18, 2013 6:24 pm
hakron wrote: ...TX3 EVO... costs 40 bucks more (local currency) its kinda on the height limit of the case (136mm, case supports till 137mm) and dunno if there's enough room to it with all memory banks filled and the chipset heatsinks.
Oooph, I don't know what "40 bucks" ends up being as a percentage of the cost of the T2, but 40 bucks is way more than it costs in the US. Clearance-wise, since you're buying it at a physical store, you should be able to take one home, set it on the CPU w/o thermal paste and see if everything clears. I will agree with derFunkenstein that the T2 is probably a step up from your stock heatsink. I just worry about the fact that it's only got a 3-pin connector. Maybe your mobo will be able to vary it's speed...maybe not. Only one way to find out.
Again, are you sure your stock HSF is free of dust? If that's the problem, then there's little reason to spend money on an aftermarket HSF.
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