Stock cooler good enough?

scoobyx13x

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Looking to OC a Athlon-XP from 1.7 to 2.0

Have it running stable so far, but was wondering if the stock cooler and HSF will be up to snuff for long term use. I have got 3 80mm case fans providing cooling (1 intake, 1 exhaust, 1 direct onto the MB), and all wires have been cleaned up out of the way.
 

F1shF4t

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Well check the temps by fully steressing the cpu, using prime 95 or another prog, (i donno what good temps are for athlon xp's :p) if its under like 60C or something it should be fine.
 

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So long as you don't have to use too much vcore, it'll be plenty. If it is a t-bred A, it will be more stressful, but most B's could do 2ghz on fairly moderate voltage no sweat, and ran cooler too.