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| Dud - Jan 24, 2004 |
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Curtis | Jan 24, 2004 | |
| Yes a new heatsink would be required oto get it running stable. Either a SLK900U or a Zalman 7000A-Cu or 7000A-AlCu would be ideal. | |||
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Dud | Jan 24, 2004 | |
| You mean one of these...? | |||
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Gallstaff | Jan 24, 2004 | |
| What about the thermaltake volcano 11? | |||
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Gallstaff | Jan 24, 2004 | |
| Yes they are but you arent pushing your processor THAT far. Unless it's only a question of a few bucks more than sure, why the hell not | |||
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Dud | Jan 24, 2004 | ||
I think it's like 12 bucks more so I'll get the cheaper one. | ||||
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Gallstaff | Jan 24, 2004 | |
| Aw come on man just shell out the extra 12. All copper really is helpuful in the longrun | |||
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Scared0o0Rabbit | Jan 24, 2004 | |
| ugh, Tt. THeir volcano's are pieces of crap. On my sk7 with an 80mm panaflo (two steps below the slk900) I get better temps and half the volume of my mom's cpu which has a volcano 11 in it. | |||
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Dud | Jan 25, 2004 | ||
meh, alright. <!--QuoteBegin-S cared0o0Rabbit@Jan 25, 2004 @ 12:47 AM ugh, Tt. THeir volcano's are pieces of crap. On my sk7 with an 80mm panaflo (two steps below the slk900) I get better temps and half the volume of my mom's cpu which has a volcano 11 in it. [/quote] I wouldn't expect a product that's called Volcano to cool a CPU very well. That wasn't a very good name choice if you ask me (I know nobody is). There was one other product that someone suggested for overclocking called sapphire. Does anyone know what that is; a heatsink/fan or a oc program? | ||||
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Scared0o0Rabbit | Jan 25, 2004 | |
| I know sapphire is a type of video card... but other than that no. I'm not into the whole overclocking thing. | |||
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Dud | Jan 25, 2004 | ||
Yeah, that's all I could think of, I have no idea what he was talking about. What about the actual process of overclocking? | ||||
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Curtis | Jan 25, 2004 | |
| You do that in the BIOS. You don't usually need any special tools, although some extreme overclocks may require you to cut some tracks on your motherboard and/or CPU. General practice is to overclock in small increments until the machine becomes unstable and then back it off by a bit. This way you ensure you get the maximum clock. Don't forget to raise the vcore voltage by a little as you go. Also, you can potentially kill your CPU and motherboard if you don't do it right. Checkout some overclocking websites/articles before you start. | |||
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Dud | Jan 25, 2004 | ||
OK Will the A7N8X Deluxe take one of those Zalman Coolers? I do not see the mounting holes next to the processor slot. | ||||
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Curtis | Jan 25, 2004 | |
| Mine does...same motherboard. Any idea what revision number the boards is (ie 1.05, 2.0)? The thing you have to watch out for with the Zalman is also the clearance from the powersupply. If you have 2-3CM between the top of the MB and the PSU, you should be fine. | |||
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Gallstaff | Jan 25, 2004 | |
| Hm My processors been running a bit hot latley at stock speeds. 119 degrees F. Are there any other processor hsf combos or seperate heatsinks and fans you could reccomend? | |||
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Scared0o0Rabbit | Jan 25, 2004 | |
| Zalman and thermalright seem to be the two you want to get. Stay away from thermaltake. | |||
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Dud | Jan 25, 2004 | |
| I do have two holes on each side of the processor, but they don't look like they are threaded, are they? So then those two holes on each side get clips screwed into them and then the fan gets fastened onto the clips? | |||
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Scared0o0Rabbit | Jan 25, 2004 | |
| the holes around the cpu for attaching a heatsink to are never threaded AFAIK. Usually you use like a bolt and a nut on each hole, atleast from what I've seen. | |||
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Dud | Jan 25, 2004 | ||
I see, so you're saying I'm going to have to take off the motherboard to get those bolts underneath? | ||||
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