best p4 hsf?

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dud2k

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hey
what do you guys consider the best P4 HSF (particularly northwood). P4 doesnt seeem to have as big of a variety of HSF's as AMD does. is there a HSF similar to the alpha 8045 for the P4? i was looking for something similar to the alpha 8045+panaflo L1a combination, that cools really well, but at the same time is super quiet.

thx in advance
 
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wasnlos

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why not get a boxed cpu and use the stock HSF with a 7v-adapter, should do the trick.
at least, it does for me ;)
 
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Bovinicus

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Intel has always provided good heatsinks. I have never used one of the P4 heatsinks, but a lot of people recommend them.
 
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I still stick with the retail HSFs for Intels. Their stock P4 HSFs are very very nice. They're quiet, they get the job done, and they keep the core nice and cool.

Buy retail. HSF, 3 year warranty, plus the pretty orange and blue box. ;) You can't go wrong.
 
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jamesbond007

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My P4 1.7GHz hit 50C once at full load. That was at a LAN party when there were almost 10 systems heating the room up. The temp that article shows seems very very bogus. Although, after skimming the article, I did not find their ambient temp listed, which makes a world of difference.

Ask around what others' temps are. See what their ambient, idle, and load temps are along with their clock speed.
 
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FishTankX

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Dud2K, don't get the sunflower! There's one MUCH BETTER!!!!!!

The Swiftech MC462X is avaliable with a socket 478 mounting bracket! That thing will walk all over the intel stock cooler even with a 25CFM fan!

If you want cooling power, there is nothing better for the P4.
 
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thermite88

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<< where is the sunflower available? and who makes them? >>

AVC makes them. The best price is $19 shipped from PC Power and Cooling. They call it the CPU-Cool 478, not the SunFlower.

I OC a 1.5G Willematte to 1.86G @ 1.85Vcore. The Sunflower keep it at 52 deg C (24C ambient) at full loads and 44C idle. At 1.74G and default Vcore, the temperatures were 51C/35C respectively. I can't imagine that anyone would need more than the Sunflower. In fact, VR-Zone overclocked Northwoods to highest aircooled results using the Sunflower.

Before you spend 3 times more on something else, check out their result first. It is always fishy when someone said that so and so is much better without showing the actual temperatures. You probably have to go water cooling to do much better than the Sunflower.
 
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fkloster

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<< best p4 hsf? >>



LOOK no further than the Swiftech MCX 478

Check this sucker out! 80 bones & its yours :)


This is currently the finest air cooling on the planet for the P4 under $100

credit goes to Texmaster for diggin' it up...



<< The Swiftech MC462X is avaliable with a socket 478... there is nothing better for the P4 >>



hehe Fishtankx better go do his homework :)
 
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FishTankX

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Fkloster, I was under the impression that the Swiftech MC478X was no more than a 462X with a P4 mounting bracket, thus me and you are talking about the same thing? Proof:At http://www.overclockers.com/articles507/ the JPG for the Swiftech MC478X is labeled "Swiftech 462" + !PLUS! on several reviews i've seen if you have a swiftech MC462 you can order a mounting kit for the Socket 478 platform. Fkloster, I think you need to read more carefully next time!!! On the page you gave it says this

"For AMD Socket A users, the Swiftech MCX462 is the same as the MCX478 but without the special mounting hardware."
 
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thermite88

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For $80 vs. $19. How many degrees colder will the Swiftech MC462X with a socket 478 mounting bracket cool compared to the AVC Sunflower? How does it compare to water cooler at about the same price? How does it compare to the Sunflower noise wise?
 
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HeinekinMan

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Unless you plan to do some major o/c'ing, I'd stick to the retail stock HSF. My P4-1.9 idles at 32 C and gets to 47 C under full load all while being very, very quiet. That PC Power and Cooling HSF looks like the stock HSF in my opinion! Waste of money(if you buy a retail CPU)...now if you bought an OEM CPU then, yeah, it would be worth looking at but you wouldn't have a 3 year warranty.
 
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thermite88

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<< That PC Power and Cooling HSF looks like the stock HSF in my opinion! >>

The PC Power and Cooling HSF is a AVC Sunflower with a 5200 RPM fan. The retail Intel fan is lower RPM and quieter at 2700 RPM. It is your choice.

<< Waste of money(if you buy a retail CPU) >>

Shop around. You cannot find a better P-4 under $20. See the review at VR-ZONE.
 
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basic

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Why is it so much more expensive at that store than at the PC Power one, are you sure they're the same hsf's?
 
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thermite88

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There is only ONE AVC Sunflower, but it comes with different fans. The 5000 RPM fan is the highest speed one.

I am using one from PC Power and Cooling. It comes in a white box without the AVC logo on the outside. Inside, it has the same AVC installation instruction booklet.

The Sunflower is what Intel calls their P-4 "reference heatsink" design. The Sunflower pictures are used all Intel technical papers. Incidentally, Asus also uses the Sunflower picture for their MB manuals too.

The one sold for $35 plus shipping at Inflow Direct is the same as the PC Power and Cooling. Compared to their $74 Swiftech, it is still cheap. They probably cater to user who judges the performance of a HSF by its price. Anything for sale at <$20 cannot be good enough!!;)
 
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