Will a chrome orb work with a P3 700 Socket 370?

[Sparky Anderson]

I went to pick up a gold orb to cool my P3 a bit, i get home open the box and it's a chrome orb for socket 462...#@%^@^@^&...so I called the guy up and he's like "Oh it's fine, it works we tested it." So....basically, is he full of crap? or will it be ok to use it?

 

[Sparky Anderson]

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[AmazonRasta]

I'm not sure whether it'll work or not, but if you paid for a Golden Orb, take the Chrome Orb back and get a Golden Orb.

Socket 462 (Socket A Athlons) chips, for which the Chrome Orb was designed for, run at much higher temperatures than Socket 370 (FC-PGA P!!!/Celeron) chips. My guess is that it would work, but why not get what you paid for, unless you are and then some.

 

[bacillus]

the clip tension is also supposed to be greater with the chrome orb(AMD specs) than a gorb so your more likely to do harm to your socket attachment points. best to get it exchanged!

 

[Sparky Anderson]

Yeah crap...it's a pain in the ass to go there, and he said they don't have any golden orbs...guess i should just return it then probably...

 

[Howard]

Technically the Pentium IIIs come in FC-PGA form.

If I were you I would consider getting a better heatsink like the Globalwin FOP32, or if you don't mind a lot of noise, the Globalwin WBK38.