I am building a new rig, and I plan on using this board w/ a Q6600 which I plan to OC to only 3.0ghz using air.
Initially I was going to go with the Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme HS, but after reading Anandtech's review on this board I think I am going to use a CM GeminII HS w/ 2 fan's because of this quote from Anandtech:
based upon our initial overclocking tests, if a vertical mounted fan in an air cooling unit such as the Tuniq 120 or water-cooling is utilized then additional air cooling will be required on the MCH and PWM areas. In other words, the heat pipe system works best with a downward blowing CPU HSF fan in mind.
Based upon this I would be better off with the GeminII and 2 down facing fans vs. the Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme... correct?
Any/All feedback appreciated.