Phenom 8750 and cooling requirements

I am going to be building my first AMD-based computer. I have settled
on the 8750--it will be used mainly in a business environment without
gaming, so it will not be very "stressed".

What kind of cooling apparatus is needed for this cpu? Is there a
cooler provided by AMD? Is it sufficient? Quiet? Reliable? If not, and
if I choose a 1 lb of copper-finned monster, will I need any additional
bolt-on parts to support a large cooler to the mb?

Thanks
Ken K

kenk writes:
I am going to be building my first AMD-based computer. I have settled
on the 8750--it will be used mainly in a business environment without
gaming, so it will not be very "stressed".

What kind of cooling apparatus is needed for this cpu? Is there a
cooler provided by AMD? Is it sufficient? Quiet? Reliable? If not, and
if I choose a 1 lb of copper-finned monster, will I need any additional
bolt-on parts to support a large cooler to the mb?

AMD provides quite decent stock coolers with the phenom line.

If you're not doing overclocking or whatever, I don't know why you'd
need anything else.

[Or even if you _are_ doing overclocking maybe:
http://hothardware.com/Articles/AMD-...cessor/?page=2
]

-Miles

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"kenk" wrote in message
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I am going to be building my first AMD-based computer. I have settled
on the 8750--it will be used mainly in a business environment without
gaming, so it will not be very "stressed".

What kind of cooling apparatus is needed for this cpu? Is there a
cooler provided by AMD? Is it sufficient? Quiet? Reliable? If not, and
if I choose a 1 lb of copper-finned monster, will I need any additional
bolt-on parts to support a large cooler to the mb?

Thanks
Ken K

as miles said the stock is good enough, but in order to get the cooler you
have to buy a boxed cpu tray cpus atre just the cpu and i believe the part
number will say boxed like
HD8750WCGHBOX where a tray might say HD8750WCJ3BGH. and you get just cpu

HTH

Pokeyman

pokey man wrote:
"kenk" wrote in message
...
I am going to be building my first AMD-based computer. I have settled
on the 8750--it will be used mainly in a business environment without
gaming, so it will not be very "stressed".

What kind of cooling apparatus is needed for this cpu? Is there a
cooler provided by AMD? Is it sufficient? Quiet? Reliable? If not, and
if I choose a 1 lb of copper-finned monster, will I need any additional
bolt-on parts to support a large cooler to the mb?

Thanks
Ken K

as miles said the stock is good enough, but in order to get the cooler you
have to buy a boxed cpu tray cpus atre just the cpu and i believe the part
number will say boxed like
HD8750WCGHBOX where a tray might say HD8750WCJ3BGH. and you get just cpu

HTH

Pokeyman


Thanks. I will stay with the stock cooler. I don't want to spend money
if it is not needed. Many thanks, Ken

On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:39:24 -0700, kenk wrote:

I am going to be building my first AMD-based computer. I have settled
on the 8750

Do yourself a favor-- pay the 6 bucks more and get this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103648

"Darren Garrison" wrote in message
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On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:39:24 -0700, kenk wrote:

I am going to be building my first AMD-based computer. I have settled
on the 8750

Do yourself a favor-- pay the 6 bucks more and get this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103648

Nice if you got a socket 3 mobo, but not necessary in a socket 2 mobo...it
will work, but it is a waste unless he plans on a socket 3 mobo in the near
future the six bucks could be the shipping charge or part of it.

Pokeyman

On Thu, 2 Apr 2009 10:43:26 -0400, "pokey man"
wrote:


"Darren Garrison" wrote in message
.. .
On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:39:24 -0700, kenk wrote:

I am going to be building my first AMD-based computer. I have settled
on the 8750

Do yourself a favor-- pay the 6 bucks more and get this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103648

Nice if you got a socket 3 mobo, but not necessary in a socket 2 mobo...it
will work, but it is a waste unless he plans on a socket 3 mobo in the near
future the six bucks could be the shipping charge or part of it.


Since he is building his first AMD system, I would assume that he doesn't have a
motherboard yet. It would be dumb to buy an AM2 only motherboard. The 710
works in AM2+ motherboards, not just AM2 ones. The 710 runs at a mildly faster
clock rate than the 8750, and has 6 MB of L3 as opposed to 2 MB. Going with the
710 is a no-brainer.