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Is this sufficient for a P4 1.5GHz?

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I plan to get a P4 1.5 or 1.6 (s478) soon. No overclocking involved. Will be running 2 7200 hard drives. Is it sufficient to use the stock fan that comes with the chip? If not, can anyone suggestion an alternative. It has to be quiet, really quiet! Also will a 300W do the job?Thanks.
 
The standard HSF combo that comes with the chip does work quite well no need to upgrade unless you want the HUGE overclocks.
 
I suggest you get a 1.6A over the older 1.5 and 1.6 Williamette's(all are S478). The 1.6A has 512KB of L2 cache vs. 256KB on the older core, which really makes a difference in CPU intensive tasks. It is also cooler running due to being .13 micron. Cost is the same as the older core(~$135 for a retail chip).

The stock heatsink for S478 P4's is really really good for a retail unit. I'm currently running it and have my 1.6A overclocked to 2.4Ghz and hit 50C full load. It hits about 43C at stock speed, so it is definitely more than adequate.

Hope you like your new rig, I know I definitely like my P4 rig(never thought I'd be saying that either😉).

Defster
 
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