replacing retail heatsink

[ixzenxi]

i have an a64 3000 and im planning on overclocking it and im wondering if its a good idea to replace the retail heatsink that came with or just leave it and get more fans

 

[Dough1397]

its gotten alot of people to 2.5ghz unless you need lower temps or want less noise you should be ok with he stock cooler

 

[imported_Kensai]

I never like to use retail heatsinks unless I have to. (Eww..) I'd suggest something made fully of copper or something really big (like the XP-120) made of aluminium.

 

[fireontheway]

Originally posted by: ixzenxi
i have an a64 3000 and im planning on overclocking it and im wondering if its a good idea to replace the retail heatsink that came with or just leave it and get more fans

I'd only replace the retail hsf with a XP-120,XP-90 or Zalman CNPS7700.Unless you have WC in mind, but thats a different story.

 

[Zepper]

The Speeze or Spire Falcon Rock (oops, sorry, that's for the Socket A procs - there must be similar for the A-64 though) is a good step up from stock for not much money. But I'd just go ahead and try OCing to see if the temps get too high to suit you. I like to try to keep my CPUs below 50 deg.C even though I know they can easily handle higher.

.bh.

 

[slash196]

See my topic on the XP-90. To summarize: Stock HSF sucks, get the XP-90 with a Panaflo M1A (or L1BX).

 

[fireontheway]

Originally posted by: slash196
See my topic on the XP-90. To summarize: Stock HSF sucks, get the XP-90 with a Panaflo M1A (or L1BX).

There is no comparison between those two.The stock HSF is,well stock and does a great job cooling even at overclocked speeds(2.6+ghz) .The XP-90 is an aftermarket cooler regularly priced around $40 that is expected to exceed the retail cooler's performance.So the stock HSF is a good cooler,it gets the job done but it is no thermalright killer.

 

[Hurricane Andrew]

Oh man, go with the Arctic Cooling Freezer 64. I got mine for $39 bucks from Frozencpu.com, and the thing cools like a champ and is so darn quiet I can hardly believe it!

 

[EXman]

Originally posted by: Hurricane Andrew
Oh man, go with the Arctic Cooling Freezer 64. I got mine for $39 bucks from Frozencpu.com, and the thing cools like a champ and is so darn quiet I can hardly believe it!

Jab-tech has that for $29 last I checked.

I went with a XP120 even though it was twice as much as the XP 90

bestbyte.net had the XP120 cheapest $43

 

[steamnputer]

be warned the xp120 does not fit on all boards and you have to buy seperate fan(s), gigabyte rocket works for me, its quieter then stock HSF(not as a zalman) and cools real good if you turn it up all the way(which you really don't need to). Not as spread out as the Zalman either, I would either buy another giagbyte or get the xp-90.

 

[AristoV300]

Originally posted by: fireontheway

Originally posted by: ixzenxi
i have an a64 3000 and im planning on overclocking it and im wondering if its a good idea to replace the retail heatsink that came with or just leave it and get more fans

I'd only replace the retail hsf with a XP-120,XP-90 or Zalman CNPS7700.Unless you have WC in mind, but thats a different story.

:thumbsup:

 

[akugami]

I know some of you people disdain stock cooling but seriously, the stock cooling on the Winchester A64's are damned good. Most people reach 2.5ghz (assuming their cpu can do 2.5ghz+) at roughly 50C or lower. It's winter time and my room is only heated to 70F and my idle temps are 36C and load is 51C. Well within acceptable temperature ranges even for summer when I cool my room to roughly 75F. So unless you want a quieter HSF or are doing extreme overclocking, my recommendation for the Winchester A64's is to keep the stock HSF.

 

[Amplifier]

I OC'ed my winchester 3000+ to over 2.5 ghz. No idea why I'd replace the stock heat sink and fan.

 

[Hurricane Andrew]

Originally posted by: EXman

Originally posted by: Hurricane Andrew
Oh man, go with the Arctic Cooling Freezer 64. I got mine for $39 bucks from Frozencpu.com, and the thing cools like a champ and is so darn quiet I can hardly believe it!

Jab-tech has that for $29 last I checked.

Thanks a lot. Where were you last month

 

[imported_Kane]

Originally posted by: Hurricane Andrew
Oh man, go with the Arctic Cooling Freezer 64. I got mine for $39 bucks from Frozencpu.com, and the thing cools like a champ and is so darn quiet I can hardly believe it!

I liked the design of this little tower but doesn't it exceed the weight specs for a HSF. It may crack your motherboard even with that backplane installed.

 

[Hurricane Andrew]

Originally posted by: Kane

Originally posted by: Hurricane Andrew
Oh man, go with the Arctic Cooling Freezer 64. I got mine for $39 bucks from Frozencpu.com, and the thing cools like a champ and is so darn quiet I can hardly believe it!

I liked the design of this little tower but doesn't it exceed the weight specs for a HSF. It may crack your motherboard even with that backplane installed.

I'm not 100% sure, but it's a lot lighter than you'd expect. The open fan saves some weight. Total weight of the Freezer 64 is 460 grams, which is only a few paper clips heavier than the Thermaltake Venus 7, which ticks in at 437 grams, or the Coolermaster KK8-7152A, which tips the scale at 450 grams. Both of those are on AMD's recommended HS list from their site. Also, the latter two have far higher fan RPM's (2 to 3 times the 2300 RPM of the Freezer) so even though the Freezer is 10-20 grams heavier, I think a case could be made that there is actually less stress on the socket/MOBO given the lower fan speed.