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The title says it all. We are talking 1GIG 133 FSB Pentium III's not overclocked...
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Does a Pentium III CPU have to have a heat sink and fan?
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Hey if the old 486 needed a HSF i assume that a HSF is a must for almost every CPU overclocked or not. I am 100% sure that the PIII needs a HSF.
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A Pentium III puts out from 25-30 watts of heat (give or take). So a heatsink fan is a neccesity.
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thought it would be, thanks for the input..I was going to put some on, was just wondering if I could do a setup with out them, think I will wait for them instead...
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Heastink Fan
I had a p3 600 mhz w/ 100 fsb and no heatsink. SO i assume that not all p3's need a hsf. You may want to monitor the temp and determine if you need a hsf.
I had a p3 600 mhz w/ 100 fsb and no heatsink. SO i assume that not all p3's need a hsf. You may want to monitor the temp and determine if you need a hsf.
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hsf stands for heatsinkfan just so u kno.. since p1 days u need a HS for sure.. and Fan is usually a good thing to have too
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When I first bought my PIII550 from a friend the hsf was dead, and I didn't notice it for about a month or two. Things ran just fine for me. Here at work I have a duron700 and for a long time the fan was dead on it, and things worked fine. I've ran tons of P1s and P2 without fans and everthing was fine also.
I think you might be able to get way with out using a fan, but the heat sink is a must. Just get a box fan, open up the side of your case and it'll stay supercool.
I think you might be able to get way with out using a fan, but the heat sink is a must. Just get a box fan, open up the side of your case and it'll stay supercool.
I wouldn't recommend it, but I'm sure you can have a PIII with just an AX-7 (or similar) heatsink. You'd have to have great case cooling, like ambient temp is almost equal to system temp, maybe even get a case with one of those fans already blowing onto the heatsink from the side of the case. That's if you absolutely can't have a fan on the heatsink.
Actually that may be overreacting, since like a few others said they ran their cpus without any fan for weeks and nothing happened, but I'd like to be safe
Actually that may be overreacting, since like a few others said they ran their cpus without any fan for weeks and nothing happened, but I'd like to be safe
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i guess it depends on the colling of your case.
if u got a couple of case fans, i guess runing a passive heatsink on a low speed procesor wouldnt be a great issue.
im almost sure that a 1.1ghz celeron will do great with a HS in a well cooled case.
if u got a couple of case fans, i guess runing a passive heatsink on a low speed procesor wouldnt be a great issue.
im almost sure that a 1.1ghz celeron will do great with a HS in a well cooled case.
I guess the main problem is noice, if not, use a fan...
If you use a big heatsink... like PEP66 (socket) or P3125 (slot) then you'll only need really slowspeed fans...
And if noice is a really huge factor, clock it down, and put even more silent fans on it...
If you use a big heatsink... like PEP66 (socket) or P3125 (slot) then you'll only need really slowspeed fans...
And if noice is a really huge factor, clock it down, and put even more silent fans on it...
