T520 what is the best heatsink that will work well with an i7 2960xm and fit in a T520 integrated graphics.

[OCKing]

I have had this laptop for a few months now. I am planning to upgrade the processor. I'm really just looking for a fan/heatsink to combat it's insane heat. Is there even a powerful enough fan, if so will it withstand OC for longer amounts of time. Even 24 hours. Help.

[TPFanatic]

The T520 dedicated heatink has a thicker CPU heatpipe and once modded to fit would be superior to your current heatsink.

If possible to fit, a W-series heatsink would give you two CPU heatpipes. However the W-series heatsinks also have a huge Quadro graphics heatpipe that will do nothing for an integrated T520.

There's also a T530 DGPU heatsink with two CPU heatpipes and a smaller DGPU heatpipe, looking like this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-FOR-IBM-Len ... 2144958554

I would advise getting something with two CPU pipes.

[OCKing]

Thank You You answered so fast and gave good advice too.

[TPFanatic]

I think for the T530 or W series heatsinks you would need to cut off parts that go for the dedicated graphics, so only proceed if you're comfortable modifying them. Otherwise it may be best to stick with a lower power processor.