Is a larger Chipset Cooler worth using?

[Tectron]

Is it worth the hassle to install a large HSF (classic pentium) on the chip of my KT7 Raid? Or would I be just as well off just using AS3 with the stock HSF, since I dont beleive there is any compound between the chip and sink right now anyways. I would like to try to squeeze out a few more mhz of bus speed. I dont mind it looking ridiculous with the huge monstrosity hsf as long as its being utilized.


Thanks

 

[J3anyus]

If you're trying to clock your FSB up as high as it will go, then you should go for a lot of cooling on your northbridge (meaning you should remove the stock cooling and put something better on). I'd recommend using a Crystal Orb, but if you have an old Pentium 1 HSF, that'd probably also work really well. Definitely use Arctic Silver though, as that'll help a lot with the heat transfer.

 

[Tectron]

Is there a chipset cooler comparison anywhere on the net? Since most likely I will decide to permenantly fuse the heatsink to the chip rather than drilling holes in the heatsink. So this will be a one time shot. I would have to think a socket 7 would be overkill compared to the stock HSF, But you never know.