Hey guys! 
I recently purchased a new system to replace my old, smoking Celeron 400. I would have purchased the parts myself but my dad insisted that I buy it from a local store (something about business contract or whatever. None of my business). So what happened was that I specified as many major components as I could. ut as for small things like heatsinks and power supplies, I just didn't know enough about the models out there to specify. So the store ordered them, of course. I went to the AMD homepage afterward and noticed that both my power supply and heatsink for my Thunderbird 1.4 GHZ are not AMD certified. I am not sure if they will cause a problem or not.
My power supply is a Snake-Snake 350 W ATX (no one's probably heard of the company before. Quite popular in Taiwan but NOT AMD certified. In fact one interesting fact I noticed is that SevenTeam does not have a 350 W model; only 300W and 400W. Is there a specific reason for that?)
My heatsink is made of pure copper (not just the base, the entire thing), and the CPU fan, according to the system monitor, is spinning at 5600 rpm. The manufacturer (I am translating this directly from Chinese) of the fan is PolarWind. I don't know if the sme company manufactured the heatsink or not, though it's more likely the case. I also have no idea about its air flow capacity or heat resistance rate, etc. Again this heatsink model is widely seen in Taiwan but it's not AMD certified, either.
So... I kind of need you guys' thoughts on that. And if you think those two parts are inappropriate, may you suggest some brand and models (please include an estimated price if possible!) for me?
I recently purchased a new system to replace my old, smoking Celeron 400. I would have purchased the parts myself but my dad insisted that I buy it from a local store (something about business contract or whatever. None of my business). So what happened was that I specified as many major components as I could. ut as for small things like heatsinks and power supplies, I just didn't know enough about the models out there to specify. So the store ordered them, of course. I went to the AMD homepage afterward and noticed that both my power supply and heatsink for my Thunderbird 1.4 GHZ are not AMD certified. I am not sure if they will cause a problem or not.
My power supply is a Snake-Snake 350 W ATX (no one's probably heard of the company before. Quite popular in Taiwan but NOT AMD certified. In fact one interesting fact I noticed is that SevenTeam does not have a 350 W model; only 300W and 400W. Is there a specific reason for that?)
My heatsink is made of pure copper (not just the base, the entire thing), and the CPU fan, according to the system monitor, is spinning at 5600 rpm. The manufacturer (I am translating this directly from Chinese) of the fan is PolarWind. I don't know if the sme company manufactured the heatsink or not, though it's more likely the case. I also have no idea about its air flow capacity or heat resistance rate, etc. Again this heatsink model is widely seen in Taiwan but it's not AMD certified, either.
So... I kind of need you guys' thoughts on that. And if you think those two parts are inappropriate, may you suggest some brand and models (please include an estimated price if possible!) for me?
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