To cool or not to cool (a few questions)

[BobReily]

Has anyone ever experienced having a PC without cooling? Did you overclock? Is it necessary to buy a cooling fan for the CPU if you're in the 2.4 GHz range?

 

[AtomicDude512]

The only PC you can have without active cooling is the VIA Eden series. A Pentium4 2.4GHz will definanlty require active cooling, even if your dont overclock. Because it runs at such high frequencies that to give it passive cooling it would burn up. You can buy quieter fans though...

 

[BG4533]

You could probably underclock it to 1GHz or so to passively cool it.

 

[BobReily]

Originally posted by: BG4533
You could probably underclock it to 1GHz or so to passively cool it.

Hehe, man that would be the way to go right there!

Originally posted by: AtomicDude512
The only PC you can have without active cooling is the VIA Eden series. A Pentium4 2.4GHz will definanlty require active cooling, even if your dont overclock. Because it runs at such high frequencies that to give it passive cooling it would burn up. You can buy quieter fans though...

Wow, I'm glad I asked before advancing any further..What kind of cooling (type, brand..) would yall suggest for a P4 2.4 GHz?

 

[OulOat]

Originally posted by: BobReily

Originally posted by: BG4533
You could probably underclock it to 1GHz or so to passively cool it.

Hehe, man that would be the way to go right there!

Originally posted by: AtomicDude512
The only PC you can have without active cooling is the VIA Eden series. A Pentium4 2.4GHz will definanlty require active cooling, even if your dont overclock. Because it runs at such high frequencies that to give it passive cooling it would burn up. You can buy quieter fans though...

Wow, I'm glad I asked before advancing any further..What kind of cooling (type, brand..) would yall suggest for a P4 2.4 GHz?

The stock hsf.