Quote: Originally Posted by
fieseler 
well ive got a zalman 9700-nt, with the nzxt lexa case so i shouldnt have much problems then.
Yep, you should be fine. You'll probably get roughly the same temps as your current chip.
Like moirae, my Q9550 is also at 3.8 and gets very similar temps to his at idle and load with a noctua nh-u12p. However my cooler needs to be reseated as my core 1 can get about 8-9 hotter than the rest of the cores at load.
Current idle temps: (ignore core 1,3,4 - stuck sensors
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