Athlon 64 cpu installation

[songoku]

I just bought an Athlon 64 3200 and the GIGABYTE GA-K8NS PRO. I know that with the a64 their is new way to install the cpu heatsink. I think its called a retention bracket or something similar. Does the retail version of either of these products come with what I need to install my heat sink or do I need to get something else? Anyone know of any tutorials?

Supporting AMD with your breakable stuff.<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by songoku on 05/18/04 01:04 AM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[scottchen]

The retail CPU comes with the little clip thing, i admit it's sh*tty and breaks pretty easily. YOu don't need to buy anything, it's really easy, you don't need a tutorial.

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[scottchen]

The retail CPU heatsink comes with the little clip thing, i admit it's sh*tty and breaks pretty easily. YOu don't need to buy anything, it's really easy, you don't need a tutorial.

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[songoku]

what about a better cooling solution then? Any ideas?

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[scottchen]

Well I bought the OEM CPU, so i had to get my own heatsink, and i went with the Thermaltake Venus 12 since it was pretty cheap. The stock cooler is very nice for the Athlon64(except retention mechanism) It'll handle moderate overclock ~1.65Vcore.

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[songoku]

nice, thanks. And the differences between the oem and boxed cpus were like $9. Not bad.

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[scottchen]

For me was 74CAD.

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[songoku]

how hot are these supposed to run? Mine runs at 54 idle and 58 load with artic silver 5! thats over twice as hot as my previous chip.

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[scottchen]

What?! Check your Vcore!! My chip at stock runs at 28 idle at 33 load!!

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[songoku]

1.5 or 1.525 to get it stable

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[scottchen]

They should run at rated frequency @ 1.5Vcore, update your bios, gigabyte has a tendency of undervolting, and reporting higher temp than it really is, just a safety thing.

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[songoku]

there is not a bios update. I am going to send this board back. Its the k8ns pro. It has big problems.

thanks.

Supporting AMD with your breakable stuff.<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by songoku on 05/20/04 08:56 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[songoku]

What is the best why to apply arctic silver 5 to my a64 cpu? I have tried the method they say to use on their site, but it doesn’t work that well.

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[scottchen]

2 rice drops, then use a credit card.

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[songoku]

could it be the board reporting the temp incorrectly?

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[scottchen]

gigabyte has a tendency of undervolting, and reporting higher temp than it really is, just a safety thing.

I said that in one of my previous posts...

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