AMD Retail HSF

Recently I was ordering some upgrade parts for my bro, and he decided on a new Barton 2500. Since the retail version was only $1 more, I decided to go ahead and order that one.

I already know the AMD retail sinks are crummy...that didn't matter, as I was already ordering him an SK7 with an enermax adjustable 80mm fan.

Well, last night I used that retail sink on an old 800mhz Duron, Spitfire core.

After installing Win, I popped back into the BIOS on my little Shuttle MK20N mATX board to see the temps at 42C.

Considering these were in-socket temps on an 800 Duron, not even at full load, that was quite hideous.

How can AMD expect these things to cool Bartons over the long term? It can barely handle an 800mhz Duron!

Was it that junky zinc plated copper one with the 60mm fan? On a friend of a friend's XP2600, it idled at 52C with that hsf.

It just isnt good enough for our standards.

Just sand it down to the copper, I went form 60c to 48c.

i guess a 1$ heatsink are crumby
as a saying goes "what you pay is what you get"

Nismo said:

i guess a 1$ heatsink are crumby
as a saying goes "what you pay is what you get"

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Maybe that is the saying in Canada, but here in the usa it is "You get what you pay for"

My friend was getting full load temps in mid to high 40's with his 2500+ OC to 2ghz.

yes retail is crummy - fan is substandard, machining and design is not up to par- AMD sells processors, i suppose this is their way of selling a few more!