Alpha 8045 on a Xp2600+ Tbred?

[HiTek21]

I'm upgrading my CPU soon and I've decided to get a Xp 2600+ Tbred processor, but will my Alpha 8045 cut it with this CPU? Currently I'm getting 47c at nights and about 52 during the day with warm weather on my Xp 1900+ I'm trying to cut down the noise so I don't want to put a Vantec Tornado or other high rpm fan on it. I'm considering a SLK 800U because I heard you fan fit a 92mm fan onto it. Anybody have any suggestions?

 

[NYHoustonman]

I would wait and see if your temps are bad, which they certainly may be. For noise reduction I, personally, like the PCToys Quiet Maxx series (I have the 6000-essentially a Zalmann flower heatsink with 92mm speed-adjustable fan). At 2400 RPM it keeps my 2400+ below 50 C most of the time.

 

[Jeff7]

I'd think it should be ok; I've got a Tbred 2100@2600 speeds (2.264GHz actually) with an 8045 installed, and my temps range from 37C to 49C. That's with one of these fans.
As you said, maybe the SLK-800 or SLK-900 would be better; I know that the 900 did pull ahead of the 8045 by a few degrees C in the reviews I saw.

 

[SuperPickle]

If that 1900+ is the Palomino core and you are upgrading to a T-bred core, albeit a faster one, I'd bet that your temps aren't going to be much different than the ones you have now. That Alpha should handle it just fine.

 

[mechBgon]

The Alpha is excellent. Compare it to a stock 2600+ heatsink visually, and I don't think you'll be questioning whether it can get the job done The 2600+ puts out less heat than a 1.2GHz Athlon Thunderbird, and we were cooling those with the relatively-small Alpha PAL6035's back in the day. A Panaflo L1A 80mm fan is going to get the job done with a pleasant noise level.

I see you have an Abit board, the KR7A-133R. Looking at ABIT's info, it doesn't look like it supports the 2600+, not even the 266MHz-fsb model. Are you getting a new board too, or have you confirmed that it works despite ABIT not saying it does?

 

[HiTek21]

Originally posted by: mechBgon
The Alpha is excellent. Compare it to a stock 2600+ heatsink visually, and I don't think you'll be questioning whether it can get the job done The 2600+ puts out less heat than a 1.2GHz Athlon Thunderbird, and we were cooling those with the relatively-small Alpha PAL6035's back in the day. A Panaflo L1A 80mm fan is going to get the job done with a pleasant noise level.

I see you have an Abit board, the KR7A-133R. Looking at ABIT's info, it doesn't look like it supports the 2600+, not even the 266MHz-fsb model. Are you getting a new board too, or have you confirmed that it works despite ABIT not saying it does?

Yup i'm getting the Asus A7N8X Deluxe mobo along with the 2600+ i'm also thinking of ordering a YS Tech Adjustable fan just in case it starts running a little warm.

 

[beatle]

No problemo for the 8045. I have one cooling my 1700+ @ 2266 MHz, 1.8v.