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I'm getting back at the wonderful world of PC after a few years stuck with a laptop soon, I have the desire to have a very high end gaming rig and will buy next week an i5 6600k and a z170M/PLUS, the system will be installed on a Sharkoon ATX VG4-W

Which seems to offer a nice cooling, it has fans making the airs go in in front and out on the back, just to finish the build, it's a 700w PSU 8gb ram in dual channel and a GTX 560 Ti (Yeah I ran out of money for this go but I plan a gtx1060 futurely, as for I plan going with a 2560x1080 monitor); I accept any suggestions about this stuff but let's go to the real matter here:

I really ran out of money with the stuff bought and I couldn't make it to a proper heatsink for the cpu, all I have is a given to me Intel Core 2 Duo Stock Heatsinker, and I got like a 3 dollars thermal paste. I would like to know if this considerably old heat-sink (It is however completely clean, well cared) be enough for the i5 6600k for like a month or two, not planning on OC it before I can buy a proper heat-sink, also I accept suggestions on possible ones, I prefer Air ones, water seems too much trouble to me.

This is my first post ever so if I made some mistake please let me know.

Personal Desktop":

CPU: Intel Core i7 10700K @5ghz |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock Pro 4 |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Z490UD ATX|~| RAM: 16gb DDR4 3333mhzCL16 G.Skill Trident Z |~| GPU: RX 6900XT Sapphire Nitro+ |~| PSU: Corsair TX650M 80Plus Gold |~| Boot:  SSD WD Green M.2 2280 240GB |~| Storage: 1x3TB HDD 7200rpm Seagate Barracuda + SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB |~| Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini |~| Display: Toshiba UL7A 4K/60hz |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro.

Luna, the temporary Desktop:

CPU: AMD R9 7950XT  |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock 4 Pro |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Aorus Master |~| RAM: 32G Kingston HyperX |~| GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX (Reference) |~| PSU: Corsair HX1000 80+ Platinum |~| Windows Boot Drive: 2x 512GB (1TB total) Plextor SATA SSD (RAID0 volume) |~| Linux Boot Drive: 500GB Kingston A2000 |~| Storage: 4TB WD Black HDD |~| Case: Cooler Master Silencio S600 |~| Display 1 (leftmost): Eizo (unknown model) 1920x1080 IPS @ 60Hz|~| Display 2 (center): BenQ ZOWIE XL2540 1920x1080 TN @ 240Hz |~| Display 3 (rightmost): Wacom Cintiq Pro 24 3840x2160 IPS @ 60Hz 10-bit |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro (games / art) + Linux (distro: NixOS; programming and daily driver)
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7 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

Core 2 Duo Stock Heatsink

from memory; there was a huge difference between the dual and quad core heatsinks; the quad was twice the size. The 2-core core2duo was 65W TDP, your i5 is 91W TDP. Also i dont know if the heatsink will fit on the socket/motherboard

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2 minutes ago, SCHISCHKA said:

from memory; there was a huge difference between the dual and quad core heatsinks; the quad was twice the size. The 2-core core2duo was 65W TDP, your i5 is 91W TDP. Also i dont know if the heatsink will fit on the socket/motherboard

c2de6600_cpuhsk.jpgIt looks fairly closer to a nowadays i7 stock cooler than the i5 one, its bottom is made of copper.

Personal Desktop":

CPU: Intel Core i7 10700K @5ghz |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock Pro 4 |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Z490UD ATX|~| RAM: 16gb DDR4 3333mhzCL16 G.Skill Trident Z |~| GPU: RX 6900XT Sapphire Nitro+ |~| PSU: Corsair TX650M 80Plus Gold |~| Boot:  SSD WD Green M.2 2280 240GB |~| Storage: 1x3TB HDD 7200rpm Seagate Barracuda + SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB |~| Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini |~| Display: Toshiba UL7A 4K/60hz |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro.

Luna, the temporary Desktop:

CPU: AMD R9 7950XT  |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock 4 Pro |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Aorus Master |~| RAM: 32G Kingston HyperX |~| GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX (Reference) |~| PSU: Corsair HX1000 80+ Platinum |~| Windows Boot Drive: 2x 512GB (1TB total) Plextor SATA SSD (RAID0 volume) |~| Linux Boot Drive: 500GB Kingston A2000 |~| Storage: 4TB WD Black HDD |~| Case: Cooler Master Silencio S600 |~| Display 1 (leftmost): Eizo (unknown model) 1920x1080 IPS @ 60Hz|~| Display 2 (center): BenQ ZOWIE XL2540 1920x1080 TN @ 240Hz |~| Display 3 (rightmost): Wacom Cintiq Pro 24 3840x2160 IPS @ 60Hz 10-bit |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro (games / art) + Linux (distro: NixOS; programming and daily driver)
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1 minute ago, Princess Cadence said:

It looks fairly closer to a nowadays i7 stock cooler than the i5 one, its bottom is made of copper.

Thats looks like the quad core cooler. the dual core one was tiny.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/2658/3

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From left to right: 45nm Core 2 Duo cooler, 45nm Core 2 Quad cooler, 45nm Core i7 Coole

 

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You should be good if the pins fit?

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they probably do or so it seems from the picture of the motherboard, so perhaps this is a quad core one, it's strange because it was working for a core 2 duo, regardless lucky me, and running this heatsink for 2 months won't stress out the CPU then? This is good news, Also @Abyssal, I looks at the fan it seems like the natural high end choice, though I'll admit I was considering something flat for looks like the spoiler down there, for a "safe overcloacking" maybe a 4,3ghz on this 6600k would it make too much of a difference between picking something like this HTPC-200 instead?

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Personal Desktop":

CPU: Intel Core i7 10700K @5ghz |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock Pro 4 |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Z490UD ATX|~| RAM: 16gb DDR4 3333mhzCL16 G.Skill Trident Z |~| GPU: RX 6900XT Sapphire Nitro+ |~| PSU: Corsair TX650M 80Plus Gold |~| Boot:  SSD WD Green M.2 2280 240GB |~| Storage: 1x3TB HDD 7200rpm Seagate Barracuda + SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB |~| Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini |~| Display: Toshiba UL7A 4K/60hz |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro.

Luna, the temporary Desktop:

CPU: AMD R9 7950XT  |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock 4 Pro |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Aorus Master |~| RAM: 32G Kingston HyperX |~| GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX (Reference) |~| PSU: Corsair HX1000 80+ Platinum |~| Windows Boot Drive: 2x 512GB (1TB total) Plextor SATA SSD (RAID0 volume) |~| Linux Boot Drive: 500GB Kingston A2000 |~| Storage: 4TB WD Black HDD |~| Case: Cooler Master Silencio S600 |~| Display 1 (leftmost): Eizo (unknown model) 1920x1080 IPS @ 60Hz|~| Display 2 (center): BenQ ZOWIE XL2540 1920x1080 TN @ 240Hz |~| Display 3 (rightmost): Wacom Cintiq Pro 24 3840x2160 IPS @ 60Hz 10-bit |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro (games / art) + Linux (distro: NixOS; programming and daily driver)
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If your core 2 duo heatsink fits the holes on the skylake board, it'll do fine. Might be slightly louder and warmer, but definitely won't burn anything.

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PC 1: Pinky (Yes that is her name) Here's the build

Xeon E5-1680V3 — 64GB G.Skill Ripjaws 4 @2400Mhz — MSi X99A Godlike Gaming — GTX 980Ti SLI (2-WAY) — Hardline Loop — Samsung 950Pro 512GB — Seagate 2TB HDD — Corsair RM1000 — Thermaltake Core P5

 

PC 1.1: Pinky (Mom Edition) Here's the build

i7-5960X — 64GB G.Skill Ripjaws 4 @2400Mhz — MSi X99A Godlike Gaming — GTX 980Ti SLI (2-WAY) — Hardline Loop — Sabrent Rocket 3 1TB — Samsung Q 870 Evo 4TB — Corsair HX850i — InWin S-Frame #190

 

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Xeon E5-2687W x2 — 96GB Kingston DDR3 ECC REG @1333Mhz — EVGA Classified SR-X Dual CPU — GTX 1070 SLI (2-WAY) —Hardline Loop — Samsung 750 EVO 256GB — Seagate 2TB 2.5" HDD x3 — Self-Built Case

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9 hours ago, Princess Cadence said:

they probably do or so it seems from the picture of the motherboard, so perhaps this is a quad core one, it's strange because it was working for a core 2 duo, regardless lucky me, and running this heatsink for 2 months won't stress out the CPU then? This is good news, Also @Abyssal, I looks at the fan it seems like the natural high end choice, though I'll admit I was considering something flat for looks like the spoiler down there, for a "safe overcloacking" maybe a 4,3ghz on this 6600k would it make too much of a difference between picking something like this HTPC-200 instead?

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What is your budget for cooler and sites you will be looking at? Budget with same currency as sites, if you can. I think you are good with any LGA115x stock cooler for now and you can downclock or set manual voltage to limit temps. For cooler I would go for something bit better than cooler you've linked. Its for non-OC builds and really limited spaces like HTPCs. Your case can fit 160mm coolers. If you still want downdraft style, there are good options from Cryorig, Phanteks and Noctua.

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1 hour ago, LoGiCalDrm said:
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What is your budget for cooler and sites you will be looking at? Budget with same currency as sites, if you can. I think you are good with any LGA115x stock cooler for now and you can downclock or set manual voltage to limit temps. For cooler I would go for something bit better than cooler you've linked. Its for non-OC builds and really limited spaces like HTPCs. Your case can fit 160mm coolers. If you still want downdraft style, there are good options from Cryorig, Phanteks and Noctua.

I don't have much trouble with budget, here in my country(Brazil, currency BRL) payment of salary is made monthly that's why I might have to wait a month or two with the stock cooler, but after that I really want a cooler capable of a decent but not exaggerated OC on the 6600k, I do prefer the flat style but I won't let aesthetic get over performance, I gave some looks and the CoolerMaster Hyper T4 RR-T4-18PK-R1 seems interesting for its price, any thoughts on it?

 

Personal Desktop":

CPU: Intel Core i7 10700K @5ghz |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock Pro 4 |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Z490UD ATX|~| RAM: 16gb DDR4 3333mhzCL16 G.Skill Trident Z |~| GPU: RX 6900XT Sapphire Nitro+ |~| PSU: Corsair TX650M 80Plus Gold |~| Boot:  SSD WD Green M.2 2280 240GB |~| Storage: 1x3TB HDD 7200rpm Seagate Barracuda + SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB |~| Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini |~| Display: Toshiba UL7A 4K/60hz |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro.

Luna, the temporary Desktop:

CPU: AMD R9 7950XT  |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock 4 Pro |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Aorus Master |~| RAM: 32G Kingston HyperX |~| GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX (Reference) |~| PSU: Corsair HX1000 80+ Platinum |~| Windows Boot Drive: 2x 512GB (1TB total) Plextor SATA SSD (RAID0 volume) |~| Linux Boot Drive: 500GB Kingston A2000 |~| Storage: 4TB WD Black HDD |~| Case: Cooler Master Silencio S600 |~| Display 1 (leftmost): Eizo (unknown model) 1920x1080 IPS @ 60Hz|~| Display 2 (center): BenQ ZOWIE XL2540 1920x1080 TN @ 240Hz |~| Display 3 (rightmost): Wacom Cintiq Pro 24 3840x2160 IPS @ 60Hz 10-bit |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro (games / art) + Linux (distro: NixOS; programming and daily driver)
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5 hours ago, Princess Cadence said:

 

T4 is good basic cooler. There are better ones, like Cryorig H7 and M9i. But it will do the job and let you OC a bit.

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