Heatsink & Fan recommendations?

[F1]

Im going to buy a P4 2.4c Cpu and plan to OC it. What do people recommmend in the way of heatsink and fan or will the stock on do?

thanks.

 

[Katanaman]

Depends on how seriously you wish to overclock really. You can only go so far with a good heatsink and fan. Air-cooling has real limits. Water-cooling has fewer limits. Another plus with water-cooling is that you can use larger fans (at low speed) that do not make too much anoying noise. If you really want to overclock to the maximum then you will need to consider something better still than water-cooling such as using Peltier(s) with water-cooling like I do, or a phase-change cooling system such as the Vaporchill or Prometia. Please see my website which details my water and Peltier cooled system if you like.

 

[F1]

Nah im not looking for an extreme OC. Just a nice stable air cooled one.

thanks

 

[bgeh]

then i'd go with stock, but i'll replace the thermal pad with thermal paste

 

[F1]

Originally posted by: bgeh
then i'd go with stock, but i'll replace the thermal pad with thermal paste

Thanks, thats what i was thinking.

 

[Corporate Thug]

i use stok to oc 1.6 to 2.4

 

[squidman]

EVEN BETTER!!! (what i use)

1. Purchase cheapo hs+fan (or just fan), same size as your stock, but that runs at higher rpm and blows more CFM. 5500 rpm would do.
2. Unscrew your stock fan, replace with faster one
3. remove the thermal pad, add arctic silver instead.
4. put it on
5. Enjoy another creation of imagination!


P.S my stats:

(I got an amd 2600+ with 333 bus)

1. Stock fan+stock sink+stock pad ran at: 44idle, 50 busy.
2. Stock sink+arctic silver3+6500 rpm fan - 40 idle, 44busy.

Same room temp, location, etc.

 

[CraigRT]

good idea Squidman!!

if you want an aftermarket cooler I recommend the vantec aeroflows. they are nice.

 

[bluntman]

I just ordered a Zalman CNPS 7000 Cu because my Thermaltake Volcano 7+ was making too much noise to cool my OC'ed 2.4B (running at 2.7). Zalman also makes a copper/aluminum version that is lighter and cheaper than the all copper version but is slightly less efficient in cooling than its all copper counterpart. There's a video review of the both Zalman coolers over at 3DGameman.com.