AMD heatpipe HSF

[luigionlsd]

I just got an Athlon 64 X2 4200+ (Socket 939, Manchester) CPU retail, and it came with the stock heatsink. I was under the impression that all dual core AMD chips came with the heatpipe heatsink, like the Opteron 165 and such. Is this only a certain speed and up, or what?

 

[acegazda]

I believe when you get a heatpipe hsf with an X2, it was a mistake by AMD. I had not heard very many reports of people getting them with the X2's. You can go out and buy them for like $25, they are about as good as an arctic cooling freezer 64 pro I think.

 

[Zap]

Yes, it is only a certain speed and up. I know for sure that the 3800+ does NOT have a heatpipe HSF and fairly certain the 4600+ and up DOES. I don't know where in between that it switches over.

 

[beemercer]

My friend got a S939 X2 4400+ that came with a heatpipe HSF.

 

[luigionlsd]

Dang... for $25 I'm almost inclined to go the extra mileage for a Zalman 9500 or something :/

 

[BlueWeasel]

I believe the 1MB X2 (4400+ and 4600+) come with the heatpipe. I've had 2 each of both the 3800+ and 4200+, and both came with the aluminium heatsink.

 

[Baked]

If you're gonna spend $25 on the retail heatsink, you should buy the Artic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro from provantage.com.

 

[Bobthelost]

I got a 4 pipe heatsink with my ADA 4400X2 (939), it's now sitting on my AM2 Semperon 3000+

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: Bobthelost
I got a 4 pipe heatsink with my ADA 4400X2 (939), it's now sitting on my AM2 Semperon 3000+

Nice trickle down.

 

[txtmstrjoe]

I have an ADV X2 4400+ (89W), and it didn't come with the heatpipe-equipped stock HSF.

I think that the heatpipe stock HSFs are for ADA X2 4400+ (110W) procs and up.

 

[gamefreakgcb]

Get the Freezer if you're thinking of spending money for a stock AMD HSF), I tried both on my X2 4200 at stock and the Freezer keeps my proc in the high 30's compared to the stock HSF which does mid 40's. I put my stock HSF on a NewCastle 3300+

 

[adairusmc]

All the 1mb cache X2 chips, from what I have heard, get them. I got one with my 4800+

 

[venomous35]

my fx-57 came with one. i'll take 20.00 for it.