i just got a 1ghz athlon with a blue core, but how good is the HS?

[kewl]

i just got a 1ghz athlon with a blue core, but how good is the HS? Do i need to buy a better heatsink? And what is so special with this blue core i have??? The part of the chip that is blue is the center part of the chip

[moleman]

go for the pep66 and then set it to 1.2 ghz : ).

[AZZKICKER]

get a Orfieo

and get 1200+

[Colin]

Stay away from the PEP66, it killed my 800 mHz Bird. My 1 gHz Bird is happy and forsty at 1210 mHz with a FOP 32. It's cheap, reasonably quiet and it just plain works.

Colin

[scotty2hottie]

the blue part of your chip is your die

[kat]

buy a hedgehog or a swiftech 462 too best fans on the market

[Ferg]

First off the blue core is special cause it is made in Dresden, Germany with Copper interconects instead of aluminum interconects like the ones in Austin, Texas. And dont listen to all of the them. Go to the Overclockerz Store and get an OCZ Dualie. It is cheap, quiet, and cold. My Duron 600@952 is running at 41 idle and 46 under load. there is a link to the overclockerz store from www.athlonoc.com/

I'm using

Abit KT7 (non-raid) - 128 megs Kingmax PC-150 - Duron 600@952 Mhz

[scotty2hottie]

sorry i was miss informed i just read that article too

[Nagorak]

Colin (Dec 31, 2000 09:18 p.m.):
Stay away from the PEP66, it killed my 800 mHz Bird. My 1 gHz Bird is happy and forsty at 1210 mHz with a FOP 32. It's cheap, reasonably quiet and it just plain works.

Colin

How? I would think the PEP66 would be one of the safest heatsinks. It has such a wide base that sits equally on all the pads, I really don't see how you can go wrong with it?

I crushed one of my CPUs with an Agilent Arcticooler, but I've never had any trouble at all with my PEP 66.

[Colin]

The clip for my PEP66 obviously was not tempered correctly. It failed to hold it’s shape and the heatsink separated from the processor enough to allow the chip to overheat and die. Since the failure, I have tried bending the clip back to it’s original shape and attaching it to the socket. After a little time it sags again. Unfortunately the selling dealer would not respond to my email about the problem or about the disgusting Iced Copper he sold me.

Despite the complaints I have heard about the FOP 32 clip, I find it easy to use and very stable. It does help to have the motherboard out of the PC and flat on a bench when installing the FOP 32.