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A7N8X Deluxe + Barton 2500. Choice of HSF?
Hi, I recently bought a A7N8x Deluxe rev 2.0. I planning to use it with a Barton 2500 CPU and overclock it to 200 FSB and "whatever the appropriate multiplier is to take it up to 3 GHz). One choice is I can buy a retail AMD 2500, with its heat sink fan. Or, I can just buy the CPU. And say put a Volcano Thermaltake 7 on top of it... Would the combination work? Would it be noisy? Would it appropriately cool the system? As an additional information, the case is an Ahanix platinumxp case, with two 80mm fans (one front, one rear).. thx. |
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On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 14:49:58 GMT, "arch" wrote:
Hi, I recently bought a A7N8x Deluxe rev 2.0. I planning to use it with a Barton 2500 CPU and overclock it to 200 FSB and "whatever the appropriate multiplier is to take it up to 3 GHz). One choice is I can buy a retail AMD 2500, with its heat sink fan. Or, I can just buy the CPU. And say put a Volcano Thermaltake 7 on top of it... Would the combination work? Yes, I have it and it works. Would it be noisy? For many people yes. Would it appropriately cool the system? Yes anything is better than the retail fan. The retail heat sink is not that bad, just comes with a low CFM fan. As an additional information, the case is an Ahanix platinumxp case, with two 80mm fans (one front, one rear).. thx. The Vantec Tornado(85cfm) is for you. Use the 7v trick to reduce the noise to almost zero. Installing that fan on the retail HS keeps temps around 45C. I tested 3 fancy HSF units and all ran hotter and louder than that setup. plus cost a lot more. HSF compasion: http://tinyurl.com/x3e6 ------------ When your PC gives a little they give a lot. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/disco |
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"AJ" wrote in message ... On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 14:49:58 GMT, "arch" wrote: Hi, I recently bought a A7N8x Deluxe rev 2.0. I planning to use it with a Barton 2500 CPU and overclock it to 200 FSB and "whatever the appropriate multiplier is to take it up to 3 GHz). One choice is I can buy a retail AMD 2500, with its heat sink fan. Or, I can just buy the CPU. And say put a Volcano Thermaltake 7 on top of it... Would the combination work? Yes, I have it and it works. I read the thermaltake website, they have certified it up to AMD 2800+. if I overclock it above 3GHz, will it still be ok? Or would just go ahead and find somthing else, somethinger quieter (it is also important) and maybe a bit better cooler? Would it be noisy? For many people yes. Would it appropriately cool the system? Yes anything is better than the retail fan. The retail heat sink is not that bad, just comes with a low CFM fan. As an additional information, the case is an Ahanix platinumxp case, with two 80mm fans (one front, one rear).. thx. The Vantec Tornado(85cfm) is for you. Use the 7v trick to reduce the noise to almost zero. Installing that fan on the retail HS keeps temps around 45C. I tested 3 fancy HSF units and all ran hotter and louder than that setup. plus cost a lot more. HSF compasion: http://tinyurl.com/x3e6 ------------ When your PC gives a little they give a lot. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/disco |
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I read the thermaltake website, they have certified it up to AMD 2800+. if I overclock it above 3GHz, will it still be ok? Yes since it's much better than the retail HSF. 2500+, 2600+, 2800+. 3000+, 3200+, all run at similar temps. Actually they all run cooler than my TB 1400. ------------ When your PC gives a little they give a lot. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/disco |
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