Stock heatsinks

[OmegaZero_Alpha]

What in the fuck is wrong with them, seriously. You pay 300$ for a processor and they give you some 12$ piece of shit that is designed to look cool over being functional?! Who do they think they are?

Now I have always been a fan of aftermarket heat-sinks, but I have never actually switched to one after using a stock. I overclocked my Q6600 enough that it was pushing 85°c, which is alright, a bit hard on it, but acceptable. I have had this Zalman sitting around for a few years and never really used it in the last couple years, because I didn't have the bracket to use it on my LGA775 socket. Anyway, my freind was rebuilding a computer out of a dell rig and needed a heatsink so I sold him my stock one for the price of the bracket I needed (zalman is nice enough to sell these aftermarket). I get the thing all gelled up, clamp it on and checked my temp.

23°c!!!!! AND THIS IS AT 1300 RPM!!! THIS FUCKER WILL PUSH 2200!!!

What is that shit?! You use a 40$ heatsink and increase proficiency by almost 400%!?!? Why don't they ship with these? They can call the processors something like SUPER INTEL EXTREME QUAD DUO and ship it overclocked to shit, and up-charge the processor like 800$

What do they make the stock heatsinks out of, Aerogel?

TLDR: If you are using a stock heatsink, throw it in the fucking garbage and buy a zalman.

[Kou]

If you are using a stock heatsink, throw it in the fucking garbage and buy a zalman.

Thought everyone already did this.

[OmegaZero_Alpha]

yeah, I really had no clue it made this much of a difference

[Hell-met]

why don't you suicide instead of complaining about everything

[Versed]

I'm not saying you didn't, but did you take into account that when you changed over the fans you did in fact re-gel it? I have no idea how often you do this but it does decrease the CPU temp initially.

Obviously the gel's not the whole reason but a contributor. The fan of course does make the biggest difference in your case; I was just wondering.

[OmegaZero_Alpha]

why don't you suicide instead of complaining about everything

So... do you actually contribute anything, or do you just bitch about me?

I'm not saying you didn't, but did you take into account that when you changed over the fans you did in fact re-gel it? I have no idea how often you do this but it does decrease the CPU temp initially.

Obviously the gel's not the whole reason but a contributor. The fan of course does make the biggest difference in your case; I was just wondering.

Yeah, I re-seated the original heatsink about 5 times thinking the same thing, each time using more or less thermal compound, made a very negligible difference (it actually did worse in the times where I used too much)