Do the Core 2 Duo's come with a heatsink & fan?

[kurtwills]

I can't find anything on the site to suggest they do, so I'm hoping someone who has brought one can tell me.

I know if they're OEM they don't normally, but it doesn't say if they are OEM or Retail.

Need 100% correct answer, otherwise I'll order one for my new system and then have to wait another week to get a fan for it.

link to exact one I want:
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/spec ... -e6300&P=0 (http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?il-e6300&P=0)

Thanks
Kurt

[JDowdall]

yes if they show a box it is a retail box with the processor and heatsink/fan

[kurtwills]

Ok thanks for that.

Will probably buy a 'better' fan in the future but the standard one will do for now.

Cheers for the quick reply!

Kurt

[Nox]

the standard fans that come with the retail cpu's on the conroes aren't actually too bad.

Nox

[JDowdall]

mine was! well i think it was it could have been me generally being stupid and breaking it :D

[Nox]

not had a problem with em and installed hmmm 6 in total, & one of those about 4 times before i got round to water cooling. Atleast they are flat, unlike a % of cpu's. (

Nox

[teknokid]

there from the p4's which run a lot hotter!

[Lustral]

Zalman 9500 Series are good coolers for the Conroe , i have been using mine for over 4 months and have been ace at cooling my overclocked CPU

[djgandy]

the standard fans that come with the retail*cpu ('http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/products/a561x1y0z1p0s0n0m0')'s on the conroes aren't actually too bad.

Nox

Yep, a lot of reviews said this. For the price they make excellent value.

[g7rpo]

|Have read a lot of reviews saying that the boxed intel processor fans are not too good and you might be worth getting a replacement if you can.

[JDowdall]

I'd reccomend the artic cooling freezer pro 7 it brought my temps right down by about 10 degrees from the stock intel cooler it only costs £15 or so its a bit big tho :lol: