P4 3.0ghz Northwood question

[Vintage86]

Hello, i just got a 3.0ghz Northwood from ebay and I don't have a heatsink for it. I'm wondering, will it be ok to run it with my P4 2.4 533fsb stock heatsink?

[Leonardo]

As long as that's a Socket 478 heatsink it should be no problem. Just monitor the CPU core temperature to make sure. Don't even think about overclocking with that heatsink.

[Jengo]

it should be fine, just make sure you put thermal paste on it.

also, i wouldn't recommend OC'ing on a stock HSF, but if you arent, then dont even worry.