AMD bundled cooling

[TWills]

Who else is satisfied with AMD's bundled heatsink/fan? Nobody I seem to talk to has high regard for them, so I ask everyone to give them to me instead of dumping them for somthin else. May just be the fact that I have a Sempron...

 

[itrfuzzylogic]

I've built a bunch of rigs with the bundled amd heatsink/fan and they have no problems if you're running them at their normal speeds 🙂

 

[cyberknight]

that's cuz most ppl who buy AMD are computer enthusiasts and will never accept stock cooling.

 

[superkdogg]

I've read some reviews that included them and they're really not bad. I haven't heard about AMD having hot chips since AXP, so they must not suck too bad. I know that I'm pleased with mine-temps in mid 50's (100% load) @ 2.7 with stock voltage.

 

[imported_fatal]

For a stock rig they get the job done just fine

 

[imported_llama]

yeah, i dont think they are too bad, i got an OEM chip though, or else i would of put £20 to water cooler 🙂

 

[Promethply]

They're actually OK -- overclocked my Newcastle cored Athlon64 +3500 to 2585MHz (235FSB) using the stock heatsink and fan at default voltage (1.5V)

 

[Insomniak]

OC in my sig is on stock cooling.

 

[BW86]

I have my Newcastle 3200 at 2550mhz on stock cooling. They are pretty good imo.

 

[Demo24]

mine works rather well 🙂

 

[Nessism]

There's nothing wrong with the stock cooler per say; they are intended to cool a stock running system and keep it at reasonable temperatures. Some people over cool there systems for no good reason other than some preceived improvement that the componets don't care about 😉

One area where the stock cooler falls down is in terms of noise. I replaced my 3200+ cooler with a Zalman 7000 series, and later an XP-120, and both of these aftermarket coolers are significantly quieter than stock. That's where the benifit really lies in my opinon.

Ed

 

[Slaimus]

Switching from the stock cooler to a XP-90 did not do anything dramatic for me, so I would have to say the stock cooler is more than adequet for the cool running 90nm AMD chips. I would just advise you to not use the stock thermal pad, but good grease like ceramique.

 

[Dough1397]

the stocker's come with 70mm fans right? would a 80 mm fit on it?

 

[imported_Kensai]

For stock, they're all right. But if you're overclocking like a mofo (Kinda sounds like me! 😱) You'll need something better. (Think Zalman 7700Cu or Thermalright XP-120.)

 

[MDE]

They're perfectly fine, even for some moderate overclocking. If you're doing some major OCing or demand silence while your CPU is chugging at 100% load, then aftermarket is for you.

 

[akugami]

When a stock HSF can keep a CPU at decent temperatures after a 30% or higher overclock (1.8ghz to 2.5ghz) then it's pretty darn good.

 

[The Pentium Guy]

Originally posted by: akugami
When a stock HSF can keep a CPU at decent temperatures after a 30% or higher overclock (1.8ghz to 2.5ghz) then it's pretty darn good.

I agree. My Intel P4C (Northwood) stock cooler came with a 40mm fan - pretty damn small if you ask me.

The *noise* wasn't bothering me - it was the pitch of the noise that was seriously pissing me off. It sounded like a teacher scratching the chalkboard - really high pitched.

If it had a more masculine grunt, I woudln't have minded - as my computer is generally on load when I play games, and the speakers drone out the sound... but the high pitched noise cut through ths speaker noise, so I ended up getting a 7700-AlCu. Good stuff.

-The Pentium Guy

 

[eplebnista]

Originally posted by: fatal
For a stock rig they get the job done just fine

 

[ssvegeta1010]

Originally posted by: The Pentium Guy

The *noise* wasn't bothering me - it was the pitch of the noise that was seriously pissing me off. It sounded like a teacher scratching the chalkboard - really high pitched.

Yes, amazingly the 40~60mm fan in my laptop makes a rather low pitch noise. I really can hardly hear it 6 inches away from my face, at least not over my TV.
High pitched noises just really bug me. >_<

 

[Lysawy]

stock cooling is good enough kinda noisy for me so i switched to zelman 7700alcu and after that to sonic tower ...

 

[IntegraGSR]

Originally posted by: Dough1397
the stocker's come with 70mm fans right? would a 80 mm fit on it?

xp-90 came with fan clips (1 set for 80mm and 1 for 92mm).. if you remove the stock fan and the little thingy at the top of the hs.. the 80mm clip for the xp-90 fits perfectly in the screw holes 😉

like pretty much everyone has said.. stock hsf is perfectly fine for more people.. if you live in a particularly warm climate you may feel more comfortable with aftermarket cooling.. i plan on sticking the stock hs with an 80mm fan to my video card 🙂