athlon 1.4 retail hs/fan really THAT bad?

[new99]

hi.

quick question. is the retail heatsink and fan for the 1.4athlon (266) really THAT bad? i've been reading everywhere that it is.. even if you dont o/c? which doesnt make sense... but anyway, in my case, i'm just planning on buying the ecs K7S5A board and gettin a 1.4 chip. i'm in NO way planning to overclock (i've read you can't with that board anyway). my question is.. is it safe to go ahead and buy the retail processor that comes with fan/hs or do i have to go ahead and buy the thermalright sk-6 with a oem processor ($30 more)?

ty!

 

[spamboy]

I have a couple retail 1.4's that will go in a system soon. The heatsinks are the biggest heatsinks I have ever seen in person, period. I wouldn't worry about them.

 

[Rand]

If your not overclocking then the retail HSF is definitely perfectly reliable and you should have absolutely no problems.

AMD warranties the processor will run perfectly at rated clockspeed for 3 years with that very same HSF, that's your guarnatee that it is definitely enough to cool the processor.
I sincerely doubt AMD is in the habit of guaranteeing their HSF units to run the processor eliably for 3 years if they cannot.

I wouldnt advise it for overclocking, and the temperatures will be slightly on the high side... but when run within specifications it is without a doubt perfectly fine.
I've built many systems with AMD's retail fans.

 

[volfan]

You could also go here since the question is the same. You ought to be able to get the same type answers.

 

[new99]

hmmm..thats what i thought....

well... if anyone has any experiences with the retail 1.4 chip and hs/fan (and did/is not oc).. please post before i order it tomorrow. thanks again..

 

[CTho9305]

look at it this way. thousands of people bought retail 1.4s and we dont see any slashdot posts about athlons catching fire

 

[new99]

vol.. ha, i was looking all over for that before. oh well too late now.. thanks.

ctho: if they catch fire.. water right?

 

[TheNewGuy]

I would think that if AMD is packaging the hsf with their processor and offering a 3 year warranty, the hsf would be able to handle the processor. At least common sense would dictate that...

Dave

 

[kauffmbe]

I have the retail HSF and it is fine. I even left the thermal pad on b/c I am lazy. I idle around 46- reach 52/53 under full load. I even bumped the FSB up to 142.7 for a while w/ CPUcool and it was perfectly stable. Temps only increased a couple of degrees. So I wouldn't worry at all