Can anyone recommend the best socket A cooler on the market on a realistic price (like under $40).... I am thinking that with a bit of extra cooling I may get my barton 2800 to run at 2.5GHz, it runs ATM but crashed after 10 mins....
I am writing this with the chip running at 2500MHz..... Downloading that speedfan thing to check temps...
All on the stock crummy cooler!
That cooler does not fit socket A.
The SI-97a should work well for your set-up from http://www.thermalright.com/
That cooler does not fit socket A.
The SI-97a should work well for your set-up from http://www.thermalright.com/
My bad wrong one meant this one CNPS7000A-AlCu. 77c!! whats your case temp? Do you have any case fans and is the side on or off the case. stock vcore is 1.65 I think. Your going to need more then a good hsf, air flow is a most. The SI-97a looks better than the zalman. Did you pick 2.5g as a goal? You may never get there even with low temps, every chip has it's limit. Start low and move up slow.
Did you pick 2.5g as a goal? You may never get there even with low temps, every chip has it's limit. Start low and move up slow.
What are your ambiant temps?
nice ! did you run prim95 yet? I was looking online, the best I seen was 2.4gh on air. There's alot of apps that will let OC in windows and fine tune your fsb.
My 2400+ @2.3 runs 46c load with 30c ambiant. It still sounds like you are running a bit warm.
I use a Thermaltake Polo...
edit: Voltage is 1.68 according to speedfan @ 2.3 full load
both, but mostly used for testing. It runs ram and cpu at 100% and checks for errors in the calculations. Run torture test for 24 hours if it passes your stable. Keep eye on temps for the first half hour, it will heat up more than running any other app. Most thermal paste take a few days to set[the good ones] so temps may still fall a few.
I would call over night stable, now on to the gfx card! I realy like that Thermalright SI-97.