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Blue Jakester
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 Will the stock CPU cooler be adequate? I'm building a machine with the following CPU in a Thermaltake micro ATX case: Quote: AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition Thuban 3.3GHz, 3.7GHz Turbo 6 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 125W Six-Core Desktop Processor Will the stock CPU cooler be sufficient? If I'm going to use an aftermarket cooler it will be much easier to install it during the initial build. Thanks, Jake
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Dave.Mishchenko
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Re: Will the stock CPU cooler be adequate? What sort of mix of VMs do you plan to run. On my test boxes the CPU tends to run low in terms of utilization. But if I were running production VMs and expecting higher utilization then I would consider putting in the better cooler.
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Blue Jakester
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Re: Will the stock CPU cooler be adequate? Thanks Dave. It won't be production, but I think I'll put in the aftermarket cooler anyway. They aren't that expensive and it would be a hassle to disassemble the machine and pull the motherboard if I decided to install one later.
Jake
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ToshiMass
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Re: Will the stock CPU cooler be adequate? Hey Jake... which aftermarket cooler did you go with for that chip?
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Blue Jakester
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Re: Will the stock CPU cooler be adequate? Update: The Cooler Master V8 is too tall for this case. It will be in the way of the PSU.
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Dave.Mishchenko
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Re: Will the stock CPU cooler be adequate? It looks like it does a great job on his MB. 1.91 lbs ?  - it weighs more that the MB. _________________Dave Mishchenko VMware vExpert 2009-2013 Now available - VMware ESXi: Planning, Implementation, and SecurityAlso available - vSphere Quick Start Guide
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Blue Jakester
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Re: Will the stock CPU cooler be adequate? Oh yeah, it's a heavy sun-of-a-gun  My machine will be stationary all or most of its life, so I'm not worried about the added weight.
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doctorx
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Re: Will the stock CPU cooler be adequate? CPU temperatures are not that much of a worry unless the computer's case has a bad ventilation design. It's rarely to make the CPU go 100% unless you do have some crunching VMs on it and some heavy workload. I'd say that a stock cooler is fine unless you plan to have that CPU on +80% load 24/7.
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Blue Jakester
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Re: Will the stock CPU cooler be adequate? Update: The Cooler Master V8 is too tall for this case. It will be in the way of the PSU.
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