Best Heatsink for an Athlon XP 3200

What's the best heatsink for an Athlon XP 3200. Not looking to spend a
fortune but my idle temps of around 55 degrees C are a little on the high
side and I'd like to bring em down a bit.

Thanks,
Steve

I have one and it works very good.
http://www.short-media.com/review.php?r=260

Courseyauto wrote:
I have one and it works very good.
http://www.short-media.com/review.php?r=260

What are your idle, under load and case temps please

Thanks,
Steve

"Steve" wrote in message
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What's the best heatsink for an Athlon XP 3200. Not looking to spend a
fortune but my idle temps of around 55 degrees C are a little on the high
side and I'd like to bring em down a bit.

You can't go wrong with Thermalright. The SLK900A is a gem of a heatsink,
paired up with any fan you like. Simply choose your trade off between noise
and cooling and pick a fan to suit. Lots of manufacturers come and go with
the latest fad. But the Thermalright products are consistently the best.

Chip

Courseyauto wrote:
I have one and it works very good.
http://www.short-media.com/review.php?r=260

What are your idle, under load and case temps please

Thanks,
Steve

Idle is 38 C and after just runnig 3 D MARK 2001 the temp wa 44 C. The case
temp is 25 C.

My Zalman 7000A Cu, cools very very well and silent , cpu now at
36c, and thats a mobile barton 2500 overcloked to 2.4ghz, a 2.2ghz cpu
like the 3200 shoudl be even cooler.

2.2 right ?



On Sun, 10 Oct 2004 19:05:06 +0100, "Chip"
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"Steve" wrote in message
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What's the best heatsink for an Athlon XP 3200. Not looking to spend a
fortune but my idle temps of around 55 degrees C are a little on the high
side and I'd like to bring em down a bit.

You can't go wrong with Thermalright. The SLK900A is a gem of a heatsink,
paired up with any fan you like. Simply choose your trade off between noise
and cooling and pick a fan to suit. Lots of manufacturers come and go with
the latest fad. But the Thermalright products are consistently the best.

Chip

"Steve" wrote in message
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What's the best heatsink for an Athlon XP 3200. Not looking to spend a
fortune but my idle temps of around 55 degrees C are a little on the high
side and I'd like to bring em down a bit.

Thanks,
Steve

I recently purchased a Thermalright ALX-800 (as recommended by Wes). The HS
lowered my temp as much as 10 degrees. The HS doesn't come with fan. I
added a Thermaltake smart fan......Very happy with results. Boot up 37 load
45

nc
http://www.overclockercafe.com/Revie...Right_ALX-800/

"Avid Gamer" wrote in message
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My Zalman 7000A Cu, cools very very well and silent , cpu now at
36c, and thats a mobile barton 2500 overcloked to 2.4ghz, a 2.2ghz cpu
like the 3200 shoudl be even cooler.

2.2 right ?


Good point. The Zalman 7000A Cu is a fine device too. Unfortunately it
doesn't fit all motherboards nor cases because its so big. It wouldn't fit
on my old Abit nf7-s and many people find the PSU gets in the way with
smaller PC cases.

Chip

On Sun, 10 Oct 2004 17:39:39 +0100, Steve wrote:

What's the best heatsink for an Athlon XP 3200. Not looking to spend a
fortune but my idle temps of around 55 degrees C are a little on the high
side and I'd like to bring em down a bit.

About $10 TR2-M1 (or -M3). Cheap, good performance and very quiet.

About $20 ALX-800, Should be better with proper fan (not included)

Either will do a better job than the stock cooler.

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