Is generic cooler good enough???

[Guest]

I plan to buy a Tbird 1.2 and i dont want to overclock it so my question is is the generic heatsink-fan combo good enough?

 

[Grizely1]

You should get a DECENT fan/heatsink combo.. not the piece of crap normal things.

 

[Bubba]

If you have to ask, then I think you know the answer.
No, get a good one.

 

[Guest]

What's a good target temp? I'm new to over clocking and don't know when it's too hot. Haven't started because of this. I'm looking at working with an AMD Thunderbird 1.1 if that matters.

 

[Bubba]

If you have an A7V mobo, keep it in the low 50s.
Any other board, keep it in the low 40s.
But as always, lower is better.

 

[mpjesse]

If you have a crapo generic HSF I wouldn't OC more than 50mhz. Unless you like smoke and sparks =)

-MP Jesse