advice for heatsink and fan

[jonnyu]

I'm upgrading my system - nothing too special, but I'll prolly need a new heat sink and fan. Any suggestions?

Gigabyte GA-8ISXT-FS mobo
P4 2.4B (Northwood core, 533 bus)
Crucial 184 Pin 512MB DDR PC-3200 8T - OEM (x 2)
western digital 120 gb
coolmax 400W CX-400B taurus psu
powercolor 9600 Pro

 

[jonnyu]

For the record, my cpu is definitely stuck to my heatsink. As I was trying to remove the heatsink, the whole thing popped off (cpu still attached) Naturally I freaked when it first happened, but apparently other forum users have had this happen... Its stock, so I imagine I should pry it off and replace it with new parts when for the new mobo... Any tips for removing a cpu from a heatsink? I've read to use computer for 10 minutes before trying to slide a razor between them.

As for the new comp, I don't plan on overclocking it although it might not be bad to have the option. I'd like to spend under 40.

 

[Crashman]

The board doesn't support overclocking because it was produced for an OEM. These are surplus boards. I recomended it to him because it's about half the price of the Abit IS7 with similar quality and features.

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