Socket A Cooling

[ndee]

Which Coolers can I use for a Socket A Thunderbird? The same as for the Pentium III Coppermine?

Thanx

 

[Prodigy^]

sheeesh don't people read the main AnandTech site?

check Anand's recent round-up of coolers:

http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1279

then buy the one you think is right for you at

http://www.2cooltek.com/

 

[ndee]

alrighty, I just clicked on the Forum, and THAN read the Main page.

 

[ccc]

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=27&threadid=199604

 

[jpprod]

I use a standard (no brand name) FCPGA Celeron S370 cooler on my Socket Athlon 800. It's rather small, but manages to keep the CPU around 45 Celsius even while ray-tracing app runs on the background. So you don't need a huge and loud Alpha-class fan + sink on Thunderbird, almost any cooler should be sufficent keep the temp at tolerateable levels. Assuming your case is well ventilated that is.