Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ retail box fan

perplex26 · 16 Mar 2006 at 08:51

hello,

i am purchasing an athlon 64x2 retail box with fan. I dont intend to overclock as i dont know how, and i will probably melt the chip instantly. Will the fan in the box be sufficient? (I take it it will be very noisy!).

thanks

perplex

lee87 · 16 Mar 2006 at 08:57

The stock fan is fine, even for overclocking. It is quite loud though, when mine is at load it spins at 4700rpm. When at idle it's at 3300rpm.

I would go for the OEM X2 3800+ and get a freezer 64 pro cooler. This would work out about the same price as the retail cpu. This would be quieter and would let you overclock better if you wanted to.

perplex26 · 16 Mar 2006 at 09:15

hi lee87,

thanks for the advice. ill purchase chip on its own, as well as that fan. As long as it works on stock 3800+ ill use it. I am quite ignorant at the moment to overclocking - the standard 3800+ will be fine for me. I havent read any of the guides for overclocking - All i have is from word of mouth with is that if you make one mistake overclocking your cpu, it melts and youve wasted 200 quid!

Regards,

Perplex

kevpuk · 16 Mar 2006 at 10:32

perplex26 said:
hi lee87,

thanks for the advice. ill purchase chip on its own, as well as that fan. As long as it works on stock 3800+ ill use it. I am quite ignorant at the moment to overclocking - the standard 3800+ will be fine for me. I havent read any of the guides for overclocking - All i have is from word of mouth with is that if you make one mistake overclocking your cpu, it melts and youve wasted 200 quid!

Regards,

Perplex

Agreed you need to be sensible with overclocking, but I am not sure you can melt it too easily......have a look at the excellent guides on this forum.....before my Venice 3000+ (previous CPU) I had never tried overclocking for much the same reason, but am now a convert ! For me, the risk is minmal if you don't change any voltage settings

PARUK · 16 Mar 2006 at 11:46

You do realise that if you get an A64 of any description and fail to overclock it, you're breaking AMD's acceptable use policy?

It'd be like owning a Mercedes and not driving two inches from the car in front

Cyanide · 16 Mar 2006 at 17:31

I've got a 4200+ at the moment, I've overclocked by 25% and it still gives great cooling (less than 50C under load). It's not even very loud... I certainly can't hear it over my case fans and graphics cards!

ajgoodfellow · 16 Mar 2006 at 19:56

PARUK said:
You do realise that if you get an A64 of any description and fail to overclock it, you're breaking AMD's acceptable use policy?

It'd be like owning a Mercedes and not driving two inches from the car in front

Surely you mean a BMW?

vanandjuanunited · 17 Mar 2006 at 07:59

Also bear in mind the retail box caries a 3year warranty over the oem's 1 year.

marcus_667 · 17 Mar 2006 at 10:47

williamw11 said:
Also bear in mind the retail box caries a 3year warranty over the oem's 1 year.

if youre overclocking it dont matter about the warranty because its gone as soon as u oc. im getting an athlon x2 3800 and a freezer 64 pro next week cant wait cos my sempron sucks :rolleyes: