Questions regarding installing Atlhon 64 CPU

[btacular]

Hello I'm new to your forums.

I have some questions about the Athlon 64.

1) Where does one apply thermal compound? I've seen pictures of this chip and it looks very different from the athlon xp I used to build my current system.

2) I'm looking to buy an Athlon 64 3500 socket 939 chip and mobo. Can socket 939 mobos use socket 940 heatsinks? I haven't seen a lot of heatsinks adversised for the socket 939 platform

3) How do I find out if the MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum nForce3 is capable of using a SATA HD and PATA drive in the same computer configuration? (I want to upgrade my boot HDD to a WD Raptor and use a 160GB Parallel ATA drive in the same system for storage if possible)

 

[InlineFive]

1. Right on top of the heatsink on the chip.

2. In general heatsinks built for either Socket 754, 939 or 940 will work on any of those. It's good to double check though.

3. This is absolutely possible. Just set the motherboard to boot from either SATA or PATA.

 

[btacular]

thank you very much

 

[InlineFive]

How horrible!

I forgot to say hello! :shocked::shocked::shocked:

So here it is!

Welcome to the forums! We're glad to have you!

 

[blodhi74]

Originally posted by: PorBleemo
How horrible!

I forgot to say hello! :shocked::shocked::shocked:

So here it is!

Welcome to the forums! We're glad to have you!

 

[Lyfer]

AMD retail heatsinks for the Athlon 64's are prolly the easiest to install compared to P4's/older socket A coolers. Another reason Athlon 64 owns.