• We’re currently investigating an issue related to the forum theme and styling that is impacting page layout and visual formatting. The problem has been identified, and we are actively working on a resolution. There is no impact to user data or functionality, this is strictly a front-end display issue. We’ll post an update once the fix has been deployed. Thanks for your patience while we get this sorted.

which heatsink for my 2.8 Prescott?

JohnAn2112

Diamond Member
Title says it all. My CPU is running too hot (over 65C when I'm playing FarCry) on stock HS and fan. What do you guys recommend. I was looking into the SP94 but I don't want to disassemble everything to install it. Any alternatives?
 
If you have the Intel heatsink that comes with the retail boxed cpus, I would stick with it, unless you want to get the thermalright, or a water cooled setup. My cpu also runs warm, up to 73c under load, when gaming. I don't worry about it, as long as the system is stable, and air circulation inside the case is good. Many boards don't report the correct temps. I also switched to a sparkle 12cm 300 watt power supply, and my cpu temps dropped about 6-8 degrees celcius. It's very quiet, heavy duty, and only $28 at newegg. I also use the stock Intel copper heatsink, and a zalman fan mate 1 rpm adjuster. My fan rpms are 2500 for a quiet running system. The temps only rose 2-3 degrees by lowering the rpms.
 
the SP94 is a very good choice with a 92mm panaflo 🙂

------------------------------------------------------
AMD Athlon XP T-Bred B DLT3C 1700+ @ 2.3GHZ (1.775v) 400FSB = 3200+
Abit NF7-S V.2 (nForce2-U400)
Corsair TwinX XMS 3200LL 512MB @ 2-3-2-6 (2.6v)
Sapphire Radeon 9500 Pro Platinum Edition 128MB (380/600)
Antec TrueBlue 480W
Thermalright SLK-947U with 92mm Vantec Tornado @2800RPM
Antec PlusView 1000AMG
Cambridge SoundWorks MegaWorks THX 550 5.1
 
Is that the one that you have overclocked to 3.2?

If so, of course it's a bit hot and you need a better heatsink.
 
Actually, there's only a few degrees difference (maybe about 2 - 3) between 2.8 and 3.2 so it's running pretty hot on stock settings.
 
Just out of curiousity, are you using the stock Intel TIM pad on the HS, or did you remove it and apply a thermal compound like arctic silver?
 
Of course I didn't use arctic silver.

<---noob.

I'm planning on getting some this weekend to see if that'll help my temps.
 
Back
Top