Anyone using a stock HSF for AMD?

[MRGOOCH]

Are you using a stock HSF and not complaining about the results? Can I live with one?

 

[Magic Carpet]

The 125W AM3 stock HSF is decent (quiet) for a Thuban (they run extremely cool), unless you intend to overclock.

 

[MRGOOCH]

I won't be over clocking. The CPU I will be using is AMD Phenom ll X4 960T. It uses 95 watts.

 

[Magic Carpet]

I won't be over clocking. The CPU I will be using is AMD Phenom ll X4 960T. It uses 95 watts.

You will be fine, no need to change it.

2) You can always undervolt and get the temps further down while maintaining low RPMs (~1400). Inaudible at this level.

3) Just seat it perfectly and use a good TIM (MX-2, for example). The latter is not a must, however. Experiment with the temps and see if they are all right. You want to stay under 60C, basically.

4) Enable Smart FAN in bios, up the temp to 60C (that way fan spins at lowest RPM all the time)

The fan only spins up on system boot up, then cools down and remains quiet during normal operation. And then forget about it until the next upgrade.

 

[bbhaag]

I use the stock hsf on my Phenom II x4 965 and it can get pretty hot when I do encoding. It regularly hits 64-68c the entire time the encoding process is going.
No oc and stock settings in the bios on my Asus board. The 965 is a 125w chip though.

Edit: Didnt I buy a camera from you a couple years ago off here? A fujifilm S6000fd? If it was you I still use it and it takes beautiful pictures!

 

[ramj70]

For my previous 140W 965 the stock HSF was no problem. With my current 980 the stock HSF is no problem either.

 

[MRGOOCH]

I installed the stock HSF and the system is running fine.

 

[Skitzer]

I don't overclock anymore. I always use the stock heatsink/fan unless I buy OEM.

 

[LoneNinja]

I've used the stock heat sink on a variety of processors, only one I was happy with was an Athlon II X4 640. Most of the time I felt the fan was too noisy, I'd rather buy an aftermarket heatsink to keep the system near silent.