heatsink Suggestion needed: Athlon

[Guest]

Hi,

Yup, thats right. I still go an athlon. Unfortunately it's temp must be like 80 degress celcius as I can't touch it for very long.

My CPU didn't come with a heatsink/fan when I bought it so i got a weird orb thing (no thermal grease)

I need suggestions on lowering the temp to like 30 - 40 degrees. This is a athlon 700Mhz with a K7V. ALso, are there any good temp probes that you recommend? My k7v didn't come with a probe which pissed me off.

Also, what Heatsink do you recommend. Do you recommend removing the casing or leaving it on.

Should I use artic silver thermal compound?

Thanks

p.S If you remove the casing, is it possible to put it back on?

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[peteb]

Slightly confused about a couple of points, but I'll jump in anyway.

If your heatsink were 80 degrees your PC would _probably_ lock up and your cpu would be toast.

Firstly, whatever heatsink you use, use a heat transfer compound. At best Arctic Silver or Radio Shack Thermal Grease, at worst the stick pad that migh come with you cooler. Go to <A HREF="http://www.arcticsilver.com" target="_new">http://www.arcticsilver.com</A> to find out about using it.

For best cooling, I'd say a swiftech 370 0A with delta fan, or Alpha or Thermosonic Thermoengine.

A lot of people have had problems with ORB coolers, and although some people swear by them, I think more swear at them - for poor cooling and damage to CPUs.

I'm not sure what you mean by leaving the casing on or taking it off. If you meat the outer PC case, then you should really leave it on. It stops dust, dirt, pens, clips, spills etc. entering and damaging your PC. If you feel that the case is not getting enough air though it (hint - if the only fan you have between the inside and outside of your case is the powersupply fan then you probably are not getting enough air through it) then you can add smoe more. I'd recommend at least 1 80mm intake fan and 1 80mm exhaust fan.

If your case does not have places to mount these then you are either going to have to get handy with the tin-snips and an angle grinder or look for a new case.

Also, confirm what the power rating of your PSU is - if you add a lot of fans, it may not have enough power to keep everything running stably. You ought to have a 300W psu really, although many people do run with less.


My personal philosophy is this. There are certain components that (if you plan to keep building PCs in the future) will always be current and a good investment.

A good case will always be good. Solid investment in good construction, design, cooling and layout will always be with you. A cheap case will piss you off, you'll fight installing and un-installing hardware, bad cooling, cuts from cheap pressed metal components etc. Consider the value of the case next time you pass through a store though. It may not be important to you just now - so I won't try and press you, but think about it....

Your board should have monitors in BIOS get a copy of motherboard monitor to check your temps properly!

Pete.

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[Guest]

Hi,

Thanks for the suggestion. About the casing, I ment the CPU casing, should I get a hsf that keeps it on or off.

I've already got a 300 psu so tha should be fine.

About the CPU being very hots, all I can say is that It is too hot to touch for more than like 10 seconds.

I've tried the bios thing before but it is totally wrong as it used to say my CPU was like 100 degress and my mother board was 70, etc.

So I wanted a proper temp probe to use.

Thanks for the case suggestions, thankfully, mine is a good quality case that can fit many fan in it.

-Peter

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