Anyone using a Cooler Master on your Duron/Tbird?

[Stephen24]

The only heatsink avliable at the store in which I want to buy my Duron 700 and Abit KT7 is the Cooler Master. They have the one that is rated up to 1.2ghz and is on AMD's recomended list. Just wondering if anyone has one and how it works for them. OF course I am planning on overclocking my Duron. I cannot seem to find any reviews of the Cooler Master either.

 

[CalebTG]

It came on mine, and it did seem to run a little hot, but I have replaced it with a chrome orb and have noticed only slight temperature drops (1-2 degrees C when running 100% cpu)

The orb however, would allow my duron 600 to run at 1 Ghz @ 1.85 volts, with some stability, where the cooler master would boot windows then generally crash quickly.

It is fairly quite though. and its a real pain if you need to take your hs/f off frequiently, because you literally need a screwdriver because there is no finger tab.

Both ran my Duron 600 @ 950 @ 1.8v just fine though

 

[Stephen24]

Which version was it? I am getting the newer model that is rated to run a Tbird at 1.2ghz.

 

[CalebTG]

Well, I ordered it as a package, so I was never sure, but judging by the pictures, it looks like the one rated at 1.2 ghz, except it only has a 50x50 fan on it, so its a little thinner, so it may only be a 1 ghz rated one.