I will soon have a 2500+ and might be over clocking slightly. What do you guys suggest for a heatsink/fan without spending a lot? What do you guys think of this one ? It's only $10 at newegg.com...
Most aluminum coolers aren't going to be up for the task of cooling that proc. Even the retail heatsink for the barton comes with a copper slug to increase thermal conductivity.
I'm using some odd/rare coolermaster copper cooler with a smart fan II slapped on it, using the fan speed adjustment as needed (runs fine at 30C+ ambient temps at 3200rpm overclocked). Copper is the key. Getting a SLK model heatsink would be best, especially if by 'slightly' overclock you mean 2200mhz or higher, as that seems to be the speed at which voltages past 1.70v are needed for most 2500+ overclocks.
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Mt_GoatHead Cheezy KnobPflugerville (north of Austin)Icrontian
edited October 2003
This is more along the line of what you really need. A Thermalright SLK-900(A). SVC has these on sale for $19.95. They are onsale for $29.95 but when you check out enter "thermalright" in the promo box on the same page as your payment info and get an extra $10.00 off. Then get a 92mm fan that pushes at least 56CFM and you are in buisness.
hmmm....I set my FSB to 200Mhz, clocking my 2500+ to a 3200+ with about a 1-2 deg. temp. increase....and that was using the stock HS/Fan that came with the CPU. I set it back though....untill I get a better HS/fan....just in case.
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Mt_GoatHead Cheezy KnobPflugerville (north of Austin)Icrontian
edited October 2003
Originally posted by cramstad hmmm....I set my FSB to 200Mhz, clocking my 2500+ to a 3200+ with about a 1-2 deg. temp. increase....and that was using the stock HS/Fan that came with the CPU. I set it back though....untill I get a better HS/fan....just in case.
Or more importantly, just booting at that speed doesn't mean you were actually stable. Run prime95 for 9 hours and if it survives (doesn't hang or reboot) it's likely fine.
Reason for stability testing is to determine whether you will need to raise the vltage for the cpu, if it's unstable you will need to and then the extra voltage will cause more heat generation and possibly push the stock heatsink past its usefulness.
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I'm using some odd/rare coolermaster copper cooler with a smart fan II slapped on it, using the fan speed adjustment as needed (runs fine at 30C+ ambient temps at 3200rpm overclocked). Copper is the key. Getting a SLK model heatsink would be best, especially if by 'slightly' overclock you mean 2200mhz or higher, as that seems to be the speed at which voltages past 1.70v are needed for most 2500+ overclocks.
Reason for stability testing is to determine whether you will need to raise the vltage for the cpu, if it's unstable you will need to and then the extra voltage will cause more heat generation and possibly push the stock heatsink past its usefulness.
Around 40 Deg. C. But, like Stoopid said...that's without really pushing it. That's just running a few office apps and surfing the web, etc...