3800 X2 OEM @ OcUK

BruceLee · 23 Feb 2006 at 14:40

After reading Gibbos post yesterday I have noticed that there is now a 3800 X2 OEM chip for £193 on OcUK.

Whats the best cooler on the market for this for around £20? Has to be near silent and better cooling than standard HSF. Maybe the Arctic Freezer?

Roll on payday!

Explicit · 23 Feb 2006 at 15:18

Yeah, the arctic freezer for £18. If you can stretch your budget by £5, you can pickup the Big Typhoon beast

BruceLee · 23 Feb 2006 at 15:24

Is that any better though? It needs to be quiet, would rather spend a bit more and get good cooling/silence.

Explicit · 23 Feb 2006 at 15:35

It's very quiet and does a brilliant job of cooling. Just be warned about its size, it really is big!

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=6428822&postcount=33
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=6341293&postcount=47
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=6341325&postcount=48

general read:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17525475&page=1&pp=30

trojan698 · 23 Feb 2006 at 16:30

Big typhoon ***!

BruceLee · 23 Feb 2006 at 16:32

LOL, that thing looks like it will snap off its so heavy, but it looks like it would do the job.

Gibbo · 23 Feb 2006 at 16:43

Hi there

Told you that I'd get a good price on them.

easyrider · 23 Feb 2006 at 16:44

SI 120 and nice fan like a panaflo or akasa amber

Mr Mister · 23 Feb 2006 at 17:04

gibbo any chance you can be more competitive with the retail ones too? £208inc is good

BruceLee · 23 Feb 2006 at 17:28

Gibbo said:
Hi there

Told you that I'd get a good price on them.

Yes, its nice to be able to get a good cooler over the stock one for the same price (ish) as the retail.

If I remember correctly the OEM's are only 1 year warranty?

afraser2k · 23 Feb 2006 at 18:43

Is the AMD64 retail cooler on the 3000+ the same as the 3800+ x2? I'm thinking of ordering the OEM version as I already have that one and I'm not sure if cooling requirements will be different.

loltim · 23 Feb 2006 at 19:08

It'll be very similar, the fan will almost certainly be identical on both coolers. AMD seem to like the 70mm Delta.

MikeTimbers · 23 Feb 2006 at 19:30

Awaiting first results of overclocking with interest.

BruceLee · 23 Feb 2006 at 19:41

Well if all goes to plan I will be getting one next week or after. Hoping for around 2.5

sablabra · 23 Feb 2006 at 21:50

BruceLee said:
Well if all goes to plan I will be getting one next week or after. Hoping for around 2.5

You'll propably hit that with stock Vcore

. At least I did with ease.

Mr Mister · 23 Feb 2006 at 22:29

sablabra what stepping have you got?

BruceLee · 23 Feb 2006 at 22:31

sablabra said:
You'll propably hit that with stock Vcore . At least I did with ease.

Hoping so, as my current setup doesnt clock well really. Would like something free for a change!

What RAM have you got.

sablabra · 23 Feb 2006 at 22:45

BruceLee said:
Hoping so, as my current setup doesnt clock well really. Would like something free for a change!

What RAM have you got.

I don't know what stepping I got, since I didn't write it down before I mounted the cooler. I bought it about 3 weeks ago or so. I have ocz 2x1gb pc3200 platinum edition(2-3-2-5). But my 24/7 clock is [email protected], so I have to use divider so it runs at 221mhz.

Chris19 · 24 Feb 2006 at 10:53

Heres a post of 3800 overclocks

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17497478

BruceLee · 24 Feb 2006 at 14:20

Yeah I looked at that a while ago, thats why I will get one, no point trying to find a 165 these days, not worth the premium, also only a 9x multi.