I ordered up and installed a AMD Athlon 6400+ 3.21GHz Black Edition CPU. I had the option of getting a recommended fan included in the deal from Newegg. I bit. Well as it turns out the HSF would not fit unless I removed two sticks of my DDR2. Ouch. I went from 4GB to 2GB. I have Windows Vista Basic 32 bit, so in reality I have only lost 1.5GB of ram but still, I want all the ram I can cram in my box...know what I mean? So my rig is running great with the new CPU and only 2GB of ram. For principals sake, I want all that ram back so...
Can anyone recommend a great HSF that will fit? &
Has anyone experienced the same?
I have the DIMMS on one side and then some transistors on the other so I am restricted to the stock HSF dementions which is very similar to this Rosewell RCX-Z1. Currently I have the Rosewill RCX-Z2-EX installed. As you can tell from the specs and the picture, it is a very nice looking and well performing HSF. I have been running the processor now with it installed for about three hours and its been clocking at under spec temperatures 60c - around 48c lazy. Nice HSF huh? I wish that I could keep it, but it simply does not fit. I am thinking the Rosewill RCX-Z1 (pictures showing the general shape and size I need to make this work) will do just fine, but I could use some expert advice just to be sure before I return it and get one that fits between the DDR2 and te transistors on the other side of the ram.
Thanks in advance for your assistance...
Can anyone recommend a great HSF that will fit? &
Has anyone experienced the same?
I have the DIMMS on one side and then some transistors on the other so I am restricted to the stock HSF dementions which is very similar to this Rosewell RCX-Z1. Currently I have the Rosewill RCX-Z2-EX installed. As you can tell from the specs and the picture, it is a very nice looking and well performing HSF. I have been running the processor now with it installed for about three hours and its been clocking at under spec temperatures 60c - around 48c lazy. Nice HSF huh? I wish that I could keep it, but it simply does not fit. I am thinking the Rosewill RCX-Z1 (pictures showing the general shape and size I need to make this work) will do just fine, but I could use some expert advice just to be sure before I return it and get one that fits between the DDR2 and te transistors on the other side of the ram.
Thanks in advance for your assistance...