Heatsinks

[AznDanBSU]

Ok, so i'm looking for a good HS/Fan combo for my Athlon 2800+ XP(Barton). Its on an A7N8X Board. Looking for something that's extremely Reliable. wanna keep it cheap as possible too. Under 30 hopefully. But not willing to sacrifice and buy crap just to stay under 30.

Also, CPU is running at around 90C after being on for a few days. At startup, it boots at 54deg C. I know this is high, but how high is this? Unnaturally high, or am i just paranoid.

Thanks, sorry for the Noob questions....

[johan851]

Unaturally high...kill your CPU high. :eek: Seriously...cores die at 90C. You need to shut down and try reapplying TIM and reseating. If you don't have a decent heatsink, get one before using your computer again!

[9mmCensor]

This HEatsink (http://www.svc.com/thslcl.html) (there is a deal 4 it somewhere???) a fan (depending on your noise preferance) and AS5.

[NinjaZX6R]

Yep, I scored on that heatsink deal and it was great. I use it with a thermaltake smart fan II and have my barton at 2350 mhz and it never breaks 40 c. This is with 1.85 vcore too. Great heatsink.

-Collin-