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yhlee

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I just bought a CPU "P4/2.4GHz 400M 478PIN/512K" to replace my old 1.8 ghz on my second? generation p4 on my 850i motherboard.

So this thing comes preinstalled with a grease and the concensus from searching this forum is that it is probably better to use arctic silver or whatever but it isn't necessary unless you're going to oc (which i'm not, plus my mobo i think said only supports up to 2.4ghz and i have 400mhz rdram, not 533). Having said this, someone told me that lower heat using the grease will increase performance. I find that hard to believe, is that the case?

Also, is the stock fan that comes with the p4-2.4 sufficient? Or good? Or sucky? I just want something quiet.

Thanks for your help 🙂

-young
 
AS3 will cool your cpu by a degree maybe, which could allow you to get that extra fsb if you were oc'ing, but since you aren't, there wouldn't be any real "performance" increase. It'd just help the heat transfer to the heat sink a little better. And yeah, the stock hsf is great. If you think it's too loud after you install it, just swap the fan out for a Panaflo or something. HTH! 🙂
 
Originally posted by: ChampionAtTufshop
yeah the stock cooler is ok no problems with it (its even good for some overclocking depending on your temps)
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Yeah, the stock hsf is good, and not only for some oc'ing, got my 1.6A to 2.6 (1Ghz oc 😀) with the stock hsf and tim. When I changed it for a PAL8924 and AS3 I only got 40Mhz more out of it.
 
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