Hi lurchbourke,
Like you, I also built a rig with an Athlon 3200+.
Your intended Komplett.ie source offers limited selection. Must you buy there? Prices there look high too. Suggest you shop around at some other sources.
Buy the way, the page you linked is not right for your 3200+; instead you'd want their Socket 939 page
here.
Apparently you didn't receive the stock heatsink & fan combination that comes with the AMD Athlon RETAIL boxed cpu.
So you need (1) a fan, (2)heatsink, and (3) thermal paste to mount heatsink to cpu.
Sometimes all three can be bought packaged together for lower overall cost than a-la carte.
(1) fan :
The size fan is determined by what your particular cpu heatsink will accept.
Usually that will be 92 mm, or 120 mm diameter.
Suggest you not buy the heatsinks sized for 60mm or 80mm fans advertised on that site, due to questionable effectiveness & likely high noise.
Larger fans may be quieter, a good thing.
Cpu fan bearings usually are either sleeve or ball bearings. People argue which is superior. I use double ball bearing fans. (some chipset fans have magnetic flotation instead of physical bearings) Suggest you not make a big deal about expensive special fans.
(2) hs :
I happen to think the heatpipe style yields best cooling for the money, but Komplett.ie doesn't offer any choice.
Some heatsinks good for Socket 939, that you might
shop around elsewhere for (since Komplett.ie doesn't offer these) are:
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Thermalright XP-90 Aluminum heatpipe unit (accepts 92mm fan). This is what I use on an overclocked rig, with a double ball bearing fan aimed to blow downward onto the cpu, & together with other things, it reduced my 3200+ under load temp from approx. 52 deg C to 38 deg C.
Note: XP-90 is sold in all copper and aluminum versions. Although counter-intuitive, test results show the lighter weight Al about as effective as the heavy Cu version of this. Also, XP-90 is sold both a la carte, and also in a package together with a good 92mm double bb fan & thermal paste.
As a benchmark for your shopping over there, in the US, the complete XP-90 aluminum + fan + thermal paste package is sold for USD $32, shipping included.
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Thermalright SI-120 (accepts 120 mm fan) = really big, gigantic actually, but that can be good if it overhangs your RAM (as on DFI lanparty Ultra D mobo) and blows a bit of air onto the ram too. Also, 120 mm fan might be quieter. But make sure you have room to fit this into your case.
In US, SI-120 a la carte sells for $43.
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Thermaltake Big Typhoon (comes with 120 mm fan) = It stands up very high above your cpu, so, make sure you have sufficient room. Quiet.
In US, sells for $50, incl. shipping.
Last Resort :
If you absolutely must buy from what Komplett.ie offers, although prices look too high, then suggest you take a real good look at these 3, although I don't have personal experience with any of them:
NorthQ 3314BL Giant UFO, 92mm Fan, ?32 (but real heavy)
Thermaltake Golden Orb II, ?29
Akasa EVO33 Super heatpipe Cooler, ?45 (but only 80mm fan, might be high noise)
(3) TIC (thermal interface compound) :
If not overclocking, then use the thermal paste included with the heatsink.
Otherwise, some good thermal paste for overclocked rigs are:
Arctic Silver 5 (what I use),
Artic Ceramique,
Shin Etsu,
etc.
Conclusion: My recommendation for 3200+ Winchester or Venice core is to seek out the package which includes Thermalright XP-90 Aluminum heatpipe unit + 92mm fan + thermal paste, for approx. USD $32. If you're overclocking, then throw away the thermal paste in that package & also buy a tube of Arctic Silver 5.
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