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nyydmb12   04-26-2009 at 04:51:15 AM

My girl friends brother's computer is broken. It needs a new motherboard or CPU I'm not sure. Anyways its an Intel based system but I figure I have a older amd mobo around and so far only a single core processor, but I want to hook him up with a dual core, however i don't want to spend to much. So I have the stock cpu cooler that came with my phenom II 940 and I want to buy a 33 dollar x2 of ebay. My only concern is the cooler wasn't designed to handle the heat put off by the older larger manufacturing process or should it be fine.

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bige420   04-26-2009 at 05:06:29 AM
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Yes, any am2 cpu cooler would work.

Edit: the stock hsf that comes with the X2's are really bad, you would probably see alot cooler temps from the Phenom II hsf.


Message edited by bige420 on 04-26-2009 at 05:08:21 AM
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megamanx00   04-26-2009 at 07:34:40 AM
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The Phenom II cooler is superior to the stock coolers on the old Athlon X2s. For most of the 95W and below models all they pretty much got was a big aluminum heatsink. I think only the 125W models even got a copper base. The Phenom II cooler will do alot better.

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logainofhades   04-27-2009 at 07:30:04 PM
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The heatpipe cooler that comes with the Phenom II has changed little since the the first dual core Opterons so it will work just fine.


Message edited by logainofhades on 04-27-2009 at 07:30:19 PM
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