which heatsink for my 2.8 Prescott?

[JohnAn2112]

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?

 

[o1die]

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.

 

[MegaWorks]

the SP94 is a very good choice with a 92mm panaflo

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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

 

[clarkey01]

Prescott heatsinks


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[LTC8K6]

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.

 

[JohnAn2112]

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.

 

[LTC8K6]

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?

 

[JohnAn2112]

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.

 

[Blurry]

Of course I didn't use arctic silver.

ROFL