Quote: Originally Posted by
fieseler 
may as well go for a q9550 then. My only concern now is what the temps would be like
Very similar to what you're getting now and all within the 'good enough' range
Quote: Originally Posted by
H2SO4 even the stock cooler should be perfectly adequate on any of these processors. That's what they're designed for
....unless your overclocking the chip (and the q9xx series overclocks nicely as well). But stock speeds+stock cooler=fine.