Resolved Heat Sink for Intel Core 2 Quad

Looking at upgrading my CPU from a Intel Core 2 Duo (E6550) to a Quad (Q8400). I've seen CPUs on Amazon without heat sinks and fans and was wondering if the Core 2 Duo heat sink would work for the Quad?

I couldn't find any where on the Intel site that says it explicitly will.

But consider:
Both are LGA775 form factors.
Both are part of the Core 2 family
And both have similar heat characteristics according to this http://www.intel.com/support/processors/sb/CS-030615.htm

Has anyone done a similar upgrade?

Thanks

 

Not a bad cooler for this CPU

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/[primary-term]/cooler_master_hyper_212_evo_review

 

Hi , if your computer is a retail bought system and the proposed cpu is supported by the manufacturer for that model then the oem heatsink should be within spec (however might operate noisier)

 

The computer in question is a custom built desktop based on an ASUS P5B-E Plus motherboard (I had grand plans of overclocking, but never did). The ASUS site says the Q8400 will work on this motherboard.
But CPU heatsinks and fans are sold with the processor not the motherboard, so I'm not sure I follow your comment.

 

Personally, I've used the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro in numerous machines and found it cheap and very effective. It gets good reviews all over the place.

 

my reference to retail bought system meant computers distributed by ie Dell, HP etc in which case all cpu models specified should be supported by the oem heatsink fan assembly, however as your computer is now noted as a privately system built using retail bought components then will be a matter of consulting the specific cpu heat sink specs