Looking to take the 940 to 4.0 24/7 on air, which mobo?

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I'm assuming you cant wait? the asus seems like a solid performer especially for fine tuning. From what i hear with the same equipment it gets better performance #rs at same settings.

No I cant wait because the only reason im upgrading is because my parents need a computer now ( PSU on their crappy dell took the board with it to hell ). What would I be waiting for?

Best air cooler would be the Sunbeam Core Contact, Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme, OCZ Vendetta 2. The core contact is the the best performance per $. It is equal to and sometimes beats the TRUE, and costs less. Put a good fan on it though, dont use the stock one. Buy a high RPM delta or soemthing.

Also, the Gladiator cooler from OCZ is worse than the Vendetta 2. It has larger heatpipes and costs more, but somehow it performs worse.

I have the Tuniq 120. Im not getting another cooler, if anything I will get another fan for it.

I'm using a true 120 Black and it definitely kicks hiney, I don't think theres a cooler out ther that can beat it if you use a push pull setup.....save the TRUE copper. I'm right now about 10 hours into prime with a Q6600 @3.6 gig running small FFT's to generate the most heat to cure some thermal paste quicker and hottest core is 61C, I would imagine AMD's would run far cooler at 45nm process....MY OCZ vindicator was breaking 80C for reference at same clocks, volts, fans etc etc.

Bang for buck wise though the xigamatex 1284EE or 1283 are both excellent coolers for AMD, for intel they need the add on backplate kit..........which makes them cost like $15 less than a TRUE.

Yeah a friend of mine on my recommendation got the Tuniq for his Q6600 and is sitting nicely at 3.6ghz.