1900+ Heatsink Question

vedin

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Mar 18, 2001
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Hey guys, I might end up getting a 1900+ Athlon this Christmas, (it's good to know your family knows how much you like computers), and I was wondering if you think that my Mini Super Orb should be able to keep it mildly cool. From what I hear, the old 1.4 Tbirds are still the hotest Athlons to date by far, and I don't see one exploding with "just" a mini super orb on it. Plus, we've got a system running at my tech school with a 1900+ and the Speeze cooler that came on it looked kinda wimpy, but it keeps it cool just dandy.

:: Note to crazy people, a.k.a serious overclockers :: Any OCing I would be doing with this thing would be VERY slight. Like making it run 2000+ speeds or so. No, I don't need a cooler to take me to 1.8 ghz and higher, just need it to run, so no telling me to get a (louda$$ed) Alpha. It ain't happening.
 

ChampionAtTufshop

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lol so i guess that warning goes to me
maybe just stick iwth the retail then

if not, that cooler would be enough if its working on a 1.4tbird (they were hot ones)
 

vedin

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Actually, it's currently working on a 1ght Athlon. Pretty well too. Only time it gets above 47C is when it gets really dirty....and that's for what my old toothbrush is.
 

TheCorm

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Heat Dissapation on the Athlon 1.4ghz is around 72.1W.

Palomino based XP 1900+ comes in at 68.0W and Thoroughbred based XP 1900+ at 52.5W (Source = Anandtech).

So no worries! In fact, if it's a Thoroughbred then it actually produces less heat than your Tbird 1ghz (55.1W).

Corm