Really Good/best/best value for Socket A/370 HSF?

[OfficeLinebacker]

I'm gonna OC a couple of Palomino 1700+ processors on air, and am not up on my HSF comparos. What's the equivalent of the XP-90/XP-90 C/XP 120 in the Socket A world?

 

[fireontheway]

Overclocking a Palomino is a waste of time. If you insist on overclocking though the current HSF installed is fine.

 

[Inappropriate4AT]

Socket A equivalent of the XP-90 would be the SI-97. There's currently no K7 counterpart for the XP-120.

 

[WobbleWobble]

Look at the Zalman 7000A, that'll fit socket A. Also, the TT Silent Boost may be good value. Similar design to the ThermalRight products and there's a version that comes with a Panaflo fan.

But I agree, overclocking Palominos isn't worth it.

 

[xbassman]

Be carefull overclocking a Palomino.
They run much hotter than later processors.

I have an 1800+ TBred running @ 2.3ghz that runs cooler than 1 1600+ Palomino does stock!

Make sure you have excellent case ventilation!

 

[OfficeLinebacker]

Well I got the things for free, mounted in ABIT KR7A RAID MoBos which appear to be pretty good for OCing, so I figured I might as well go for it, for shits and giggles if for no other reason.

Out of curiosity, will a 1700+ Palomino (1.47 stock GHz I believe) OC better than a 1.4GHz Tbred? (that's my main system righ now--I just cobble together what I can from spare parts and free stuff).

 

[OfficeLinebacker]

yeah I'm probably not going to spend $40 to overclock a $40 processor. Guess I'll see what I can get on the stock HSFs and go from there.

 

[fireontheway]

Leave it at stock speeds,it makes a good pr0n pc:laugh:

 

[OfficeLinebacker]

pr0n? what's that?

 

[fireontheway]

pr0n :laugh: