- Joined
- Nov 20, 2003
- Location
- Rochester, NY
My motherboard recently died, so i bought a new one and took it to a repair shop to have them install it for me. I thought while i'm at it i'll get a new heatsink/fan and thermal compound since my cpu was overheating. I have the Athlon XP 1800+ and it was idleing at 55-60C and would even hit 70C during games. I had a Volcano 7 on it with a generic fan with no compound.
So i did some research and found that the SLK900A was a good heatsink.
So i bought this: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=35-109-011&depa=0
This: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=35-999-113&depa=1
and some artic silver.
The guy who was fixing my comp said that it mounted on my cpu fine but there was no way to connect it or something. I dont really have alot of experience installing hardware so i took his word for it. I have an Abit-NF7 nForce motherboard. Is this true? does it not go with my motherboard? or did he just not know how to put it on?
if so, are there any kind of instructions for installation on the web anywhere? none came with it. Just the heatsink and a bag with some sort of metal pieces.
As of right now, i have my old heatsink(Volcano 7) on, but with th new case fan on it. I also have the artic silver in there. The cpu now idles around 48-49C and hits around 55C while playing games. Will the other heatsink make that much of a difference?
So i did some research and found that the SLK900A was a good heatsink.
So i bought this: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=35-109-011&depa=0
This: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=35-999-113&depa=1
and some artic silver.
The guy who was fixing my comp said that it mounted on my cpu fine but there was no way to connect it or something. I dont really have alot of experience installing hardware so i took his word for it. I have an Abit-NF7 nForce motherboard. Is this true? does it not go with my motherboard? or did he just not know how to put it on?
if so, are there any kind of instructions for installation on the web anywhere? none came with it. Just the heatsink and a bag with some sort of metal pieces.
As of right now, i have my old heatsink(Volcano 7) on, but with th new case fan on it. I also have the artic silver in there. The cpu now idles around 48-49C and hits around 55C while playing games. Will the other heatsink make that much of a difference?
