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- Aug 12, 2002
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- Gettysburg, PA
Well I think I am finally gonna break down and buy a new heatsink to see if I can get my P4 2.4 up to 3 ghz. I am currently running it at 2.8ghz and it is in the high 40's full load with my stock heatsink and stock fan. I was really impressed with this going from AMD's before.
However when I got to look for recommended heatsink and fan combos all I ever hear is the Thermalright SLK series. So I recommended that heatsink to my friend and he got it we put it on and he is getting temps in the high 40's with his barton 2500+. This was not what I was expecting seeing that his old stock heatsink with a thermal pad was doing that temp on full load but overclocked to 2ghz. I dont know if the fan on it is a problem (it is one of those really slow 80mm ones from chieftec cases) or if something else could be the problem. OK so there was question 1.
Now back to P4 heatsink, what do you guys recommend. I dont want anything louder than my current stock heatsink, but what do you say for a good heatsink and fan combo. I am looking to go air on this, I definately want to try water, but not until the next system that I build.
However when I got to look for recommended heatsink and fan combos all I ever hear is the Thermalright SLK series. So I recommended that heatsink to my friend and he got it we put it on and he is getting temps in the high 40's with his barton 2500+. This was not what I was expecting seeing that his old stock heatsink with a thermal pad was doing that temp on full load but overclocked to 2ghz. I dont know if the fan on it is a problem (it is one of those really slow 80mm ones from chieftec cases) or if something else could be the problem. OK so there was question 1.
Now back to P4 heatsink, what do you guys recommend. I dont want anything louder than my current stock heatsink, but what do you say for a good heatsink and fan combo. I am looking to go air on this, I definately want to try water, but not until the next system that I build.