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Simpleton   12-19-2004 at 10:18:53 PM

I am buying an AMD ATHLON XP 3200+ Barton 400 Mhz and I wonder if I should buy the OEM version and buy a separate brand heatsink or I should buy Retail Verison that comes with its own heatsink and fan.

The CPU is goin on an ABIT NF7-S mobo and will work in conjuction with either a Radeon 9800Pro or an NVIDIAGe Force 6600GT video card.

Thanks for the opnions

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Cybercraig   12-19-2004 at 10:40:37 PM
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Get the retail for the better warranty. Get a Mobile OEM 2500+ for overclocking. Not overclocking, stick with stock as it will run fine with either video card you have speced.

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sobelizard   12-19-2004 at 11:09:28 PM
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The extra 5-12 bucks are always worth the 3 year warranty. OC or not, retail warranty cannot be beat.

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sobelizard   12-19-2004 at 11:11:00 PM
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Retail hsf is not too shabby as of late. Lots of great aftermarket hsf's, but you can use the retail one.

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tweebel   12-19-2004 at 11:13:41 PM
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Also, if you decide to buy the retail version, check what kind of cooler comes with it. I was very disappointed when I installed my "boxed" CPU, AMD had shipped it with a 5000rpm Chinamade very noisy fan and a low quality heatsink. Anyway, for about $ 10 you can buy a quiet heatsink+fan with a better cooling performance (of course not for OCing).

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o1die   12-20-2004 at 04:42:42 AM
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The stock amd cooler works fine. If noise is a concern, get a $5 zalman "fan mate 1" and set the rpm to 2500-3000 at idle.

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endyen   12-20-2004 at 05:45:58 AM
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Amd has used several different fans with the xp3200+. If you get the AVC unit consider yourself lucky. I used one for an xp2500+ system, for an OCer. He loved it.

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Simpleton   12-20-2004 at 06:21:32 PM
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WUZY...wow...those pictures of your video card...I figure you had to take out the existing heatsink and fan assembly and did you use the same holes to install the one from the CPU ?...and that fancy soldering on the back of the card is yours?...why?

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Simpleton   12-20-2004 at 06:31:03 PM
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OK...how about this idea in case the CPU I order comes with a heatsink and fan other than the AVC brand as Endyen sugests...

I can ad the Thermaltake Silent Boost,,,will that be better
than the original?

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endyen   12-21-2004 at 01:24:30 AM
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The silent boost really is more for quiet, than for cooling. If you want better cooling, the vantec aeroflow is good, or any of the zalmans that are rated for your chip. Wait till you get the chip though, and see how it runs.

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