im trying to find a good heat sink for a e8400 to go on my x48 lt t2r motherboard i just want to know that it will fit on the board with the stock north bridge heat sink installed i was thinking of getting a tuniq 120 but looks like it wont fit any recommendation would be great thanks for any help

crazy8s846 this is pretty good: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835186134 you have a dfi mobo it a socket 775.hope this helps,akso zalman make good fans and hetsinks.also use artic silver 5,it also matter about case and space!

yes i was going to use artic silver have some left from my last build ive got plenty of room in my case ive got a mini typhoon on my other board right now im just going to up grade to the x48 im just worried about the cpu heat sink because if you look at the dfi factory north bridge heat sink in is pretty tall and might get in the way of some of the larger coolers but i would like to get the best one i can id like to get the zalman 9700 but i know you cant mount it blowing front to back because of the heat pipes interfer with the north bridge heat sink i dont really want it blowing bottom to top thanks for the info

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835106102

Good one here.

http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/0 [...] arts_2008/

Loved this article and have been waiting for more of them. Look at the benchmarks on the Thermalright!….

http://www.thermalright.com/new_a_ [...] ooler.html

http://www.thermalright.com/new_a_ [...] 14-mcl.htm

Doesn’t have the x48 DFI board listed on there sight but says it works on the x38.

http://us.dfi.com.tw/Upload/Produc [...] 48-T2R.jpg

Heh, they show the board naked, hard to tell.

x38 x48 there isnt any differance there the same board thanks for all the info the toms hardware reviews were very interesting thanks for all the links if you look at the x38 its the same north bridge heat sink its the same board thanks marzzes i might have to try that thermalright looks good the ut x48 t3r is going to have heat sinks that match the one you gave me the link to

crazy 8s846 :
CPU Cooler Charts 2008, Part 2

http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/0 [...] age13.html

this is the one I have and it those a great job.

A couple people I know are using a Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme on their X38s. I ordered one myself to use on a X48 mobo, which I have on order. The Thermalright does a better job than the Tuniq, depending on how much overclock you use.

I just went with the ocz vendetta its got a smaller foot print. The reviews seem pretty good. I want to use the stock north bridge heat sink. Most of the 120mm heat sinks interfere with the north bridge heat sink have not found one that didnt unless you turn them. I wanted mine to exshust out the back not out the power supply. thanks for all the links.

the zalman 9700 fits forsure with dfi x48 t2r, im staring at it right now, there is no room for a fan on the northbridge and it is going from front to rear of the case