**Official e8400/e8500 Retail OC Thread

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That ambient temp is a bit high, so getting 61-64c on that cooler sounds about right. I have a hyper 212 [not installed] and to my opinion they aren't that great. You should look into getting a heavy duty air cooler, like a Thermalright.

Cincyrob has a Hyper TX2 heatsink fan which is greatly different from the Hyper 212. I did a built for someone & used the Hyper TX2 which was adequate since there was no overclocking.

I have the Hyper 212 which cools my overclocked E8400 with low temps. When I do video encoding the temp will rise to 28c-32c. This is without the air conditioner running in my pc room. IMHO it's a great heatsink fan.
I'm in Honolulu, Hawaii with the temp today at 90 degrees F.

This is the Hyper TX2 hsf:
http://www.coolermaster.com/products...cate=1&id=2535


This is the Hyper 212 hsf:
http://www.coolermaster.com/products...cate=1&id=3096