Cooling and Xp 3200

hamd01

hamd01

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I currently have a 939NF4G motherboard with 3200+ CPU. I wanted to get the system running a little faster, so have ordered an identical stick of 1GB memory, to take advantage of dual channel.

I have read the newbie guide to overclocking, and figure that before doing so I should probably look at replacing the CPU, and perhaps the north/south bridge heatsinks?

Can anyone suggest a decent heatsink and fan for this processor, bearing in mind that the noise level is extreamly important to me.I guess there should be quite a few fans which run better and quieter than the one that came in the AMD retail box.

I also have a 6800GS 256Mb Graphics Card puchased from overclockers. Is there anything I can do to reduce the noise level of the onboard fans?

Thanks guys.
 
yer buy a artic cooler for ure graphics card and maybe get a fan controller for ure system fans for the cpu perhaps a freezer 64 pro or a zalman CNPS 9500 led
 
A freezer64 pro isnt suitable for an XP3200+ as its a socket A chip. Artic silencer would be good for the graphics card, they are very quiet.

Can you confirm whether this is a Athlon64 3200+ or an AthlonXP 3200 as in the thread title?

Chris
 
It is an Athlon 64 3200.

I have now decided to go for the Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro due to the low noise and outstanding reviews.

I have also gone for two Scythe S-FLEX 1200RPM Ultra Quiet 120mm Fans, again due to the low noise and great reviews.

Hopefull I will have a much cooler system, and much quieter than at the moment. I have a Tsunami Dream case, and the two 120mm fans are quite noisy, not to mention the stock AMD fan.

I'll post results here.

David.
 
celliott said:
A freezer64 pro isnt suitable for an XP3200+ as its a socket A chip. Artic silencer would be good for the graphics card, they are very quiet.

Can you confirm whether this is a Athlon64 3200+ or an AthlonXP 3200 as in the thread title?

Chris
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lol i ws confused at first then i saw his mobo model
 
A probably should have mentioned ASRock in front of the model.

On another note....I've been trying to get hold of some isopropyl with which to clean my CPU when changing the fan. I read various articles online which said this was the best stuff to us...99% alcohol. Apparantly its easy to get hold of....well.....Dr Brown in Back to the future thought that plutonium was easy to get hold of!!

I went to Boots (Chemist), and they said they arnt allowed to sell it, as its 99% proof...to which I asked "well why do you stock it!?"

Then THREE further chemist didnt have it in, and wouldnt order less than 2 Ltr at a time.....like I really want to spend £100 cleaning the gunk off my CPU.

In the end I got it off eBay for £5 inc postage. What a joke.

What does everyone else here use for removing the glue from your CPU & Fan??
 
isopropanol luckily i have a dad who works in a place where they use it failing tht akasa's TIM-clean is damn gd stuff and gives u a citrus fresh cpu
 
Well ill probably get moaned at for saying this but I have never used any fancy cleaner when I reseat a HSF/Change mobo and have done it quite a lot in the past year. I just clean up the base well with a cloth and reapply the AS5. Temperatures have been absolutly fine, 49c full load for my 4000+ at 3Ghz.
 
I did wonder about trying it without any cleaner, but the expert advice seem to suggest that it was best to use some removal fluid. I do wonder about the practicality of putting a highly flamable substance such as alcohol all over my soon to be red hot CPU.
 
hamd01 said:
I did wonder about trying it without any cleaner, but the expert advice seem to suggest that it was best to use some removal fluid. I do wonder about the practicality of putting a highly flamable substance such as alcohol all over my soon to be red hot CPU.
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Entirley upto you. I agree there are benefits of using that stuff (maybe 1 or 2c :p) but I must have rebuilt systems at least 10 times or so without using any cleaning fluid and have yet to come across any temperature problems. Just ensure both surfaces are well cleaned before you reapply the thermal compound.
 
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