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- May 15, 2009
i ordered a pentium dual core e5200 yesterday and was wanting some opinions on cooling (among a few other things)
i have heard that the stock hsf the e5200 comes with is a joke. (just what i have heard)
i plan on doing a minor (for this chip) overclock to maybe 3.0 or 3.2 GHz.
i was wondering if i should use the stock hsf that the cpu comes with or if i should use a stock pentium 4 prescott cooler i have (which is giant btw)
the p4 one is very quiet and because it was for a 3GHz prescott that leads me to believe it has some good cooling potential.
though i am not sure about the e5200's cooler, the p4's is all aluminum (no copper contact) and very large.
also, the p4 has screw instead of push pins (which is what i think the e5200 has)
also, what should i expect with the e5200?
the mobo i am buying is not very good and apparently cannot change vcore at all.
i have heard people say that they can get these chips up to 3.2GHz on stock vcore and stock cooler.
and one last question (which is sort of unrelated):
i am buying 4 GB of ram and was wondering if i should look into 64 bit XP or if i should stick with my 32 bit XP (i hate vista) and live with the 3.25 GB that it limits me to.
so to recap:
1.) stock hsf or p4 hsf?
2.) what should i expect?
3.) 64-bit or 32-bit?
thanks
i have heard that the stock hsf the e5200 comes with is a joke. (just what i have heard)
i plan on doing a minor (for this chip) overclock to maybe 3.0 or 3.2 GHz.
i was wondering if i should use the stock hsf that the cpu comes with or if i should use a stock pentium 4 prescott cooler i have (which is giant btw)
the p4 one is very quiet and because it was for a 3GHz prescott that leads me to believe it has some good cooling potential.
though i am not sure about the e5200's cooler, the p4's is all aluminum (no copper contact) and very large.
also, the p4 has screw instead of push pins (which is what i think the e5200 has)
also, what should i expect with the e5200?
the mobo i am buying is not very good and apparently cannot change vcore at all.
i have heard people say that they can get these chips up to 3.2GHz on stock vcore and stock cooler.
and one last question (which is sort of unrelated):
i am buying 4 GB of ram and was wondering if i should look into 64 bit XP or if i should stick with my 32 bit XP (i hate vista) and live with the 3.25 GB that it limits me to.
so to recap:
1.) stock hsf or p4 hsf?
2.) what should i expect?
3.) 64-bit or 32-bit?
thanks
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