Has anyone tried the stock dual core heatpipe cooler on a single core cpu?

[CCityInstaller]

I was just curious to see how much better (if any) this cooler will perform compared to the stock A64 heatsink when used on a single core +3200. My 3200 is currently running @ 2.5Ghz, however my cpu temps are a little higher then I like when the ac is off due to my room temp. If anyone has one lying around they wanna sent me, I'll paypal some money for shipping.

 

[Unkno]

well, the stock on the X2 should be better by fairly a lot. But, it would be much better to just get a XP-90 when your overclocking. Most (good brand name only) after-market heatsinks are still better than the stock on the X2.

 

[CCityInstaller]

Unkno, I know that an XP-90 would be great, but I move my PC around a lot, and the weight of that heatsink scares me just a little. My system has more then sufficient cooling, I was just thinking about the heatsinks on the X2s and I know there are a lot of guys that arent using the retail heastinks, so I figured I would see if anyone had one they cared to donate.

 

[cronic]

the factory heatsink that came with my x2 looks just like the one that came with my fx-55.

 

[Lonyo]

Originally posted by: Unkno
well, the stock on the X2 should be better by fairly a lot. But, it would be much better to just get a XP-90 when your overclocking. Most (good brand name only) after-market heatsinks are still better than the stock on the X2.

Any particular reason you decided to say that?
Idle and load power

Surprisingly enough, it is. Clock for clock, the Athlon 64 X2 will consume less power than a 130nm Athlon 64, and less than 20% more power than a 90nm Athlon 64. Note that the Athlon 64 X2 4200+ compared here also consumes less power than all single core 90nm Intel Pentium 4 CPUs. Even the Athlon 64 X2 4800+ consumes less power than all single core 90nm Pentium 4 CPUs.

Since the 130nm chips consumed more power than the 90nm dual cores, I would assume they also produced more heat.
Hence there's no need to change the stock heatsink (assuming the 90nm single cores and 130nm single cores kept the same stock heatsink).