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GreenfeetNick   04-22-2006 at 05:53:57 AM

If I am not overclocking, is it true that the box cooler and heatsink will be enough to keep my CPU cool?

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shawnlizzle =]   04-22-2006 at 08:10:26 AM
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yes, its plenty, depending on what box cooler you have, most can support minor OC too

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vimka   04-22-2006 at 09:24:29 AM
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In fact, in some cases the box cooler is actually more effective than a lot of after-market coolers (mainly the cheap ones, though). The Opterons and X2's from AMD, for instance, come with very good heat-pipe coolers. The P4 box coolers are quite effective as well.

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chuckshissle   04-22-2006 at 10:47:22 AM
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I've in reviews and they are using the stock heat sink/fan cooler and overclocked the cpu to 10%. So yes it is an adaquate cooler for normal or mild overclocking on the cpu.Make sure you have a good thermal paste and don't use that crappy thermal grease that comes with the stock cpu cooler.

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GreenfeetNick   04-22-2006 at 01:08:16 PM
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Thanks for all the help! Looks like I just need some arctic silver and I'm all set!

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