Dragon Orb 3? Is it worth it?

[Scarface523]

I've got an athlon xp 1600. My cpu temperature is 55 degrees Celcius, and 61 degrees celcius when its been running for a few days. I want to buy the Dragon Orb 3. Do you think it will help? Also, it has pre applied thermal paste, so should I also put on some arctic silver 3 for extra protection?

 

[Guest]

Make sure you clean the thermal paste off your cpu. Then be sparing with thermal paste on new (or used) HSF. Don't use the pre-applied thermal paste that comes with some HSF's. Thin with an even seat is what you are looking for. Here is a more in depth discussion:
http://www.digit-life.com/articles/pentium4athlonxpthermalmanagement/index.html

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[Chooco]

isn't dragon orb that huge ass 1lb fan that would break your motherboard from all the weight?

i felt it and it's like at least 20x as heavy as my fan.

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[MeTaLrOcKeR]

No, that would be a SwifTech MCX462.....all copper base.....big sucker...REAL heavy......

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[Matisaro]

I've got an athlon xp 1600. My cpu temperature is 55 degrees Celcius, and 61 degrees celcius when its been running for a few days. I want to buy the Dragon Orb 3. Do you think it will help? Also, it has pre applied thermal paste, so should I also put on some arctic silver 3 for extra protection?

help what, you say it runs for days, it is NOT having heat stability issues, CLOSE YOUR THERMAL MONITOR AND ENJOY YOUR COMPUTER.


There is no reason to check tempratures if you are not having lockups, none what so ever.

Dont spend more money on heatsinks you dont need, just use your compy and dont worry unless it locks up.

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[Guest]

I have a Dragon Orb 3 (7000RPM) and also an XP1800+. My chassis temp is 22C and my CPU temp is 32C idle, 28 full load.

If you don't have any stability problems, then I suggest you stick to your present setup. XP's are capable of working with temps upto 90C! Also this HSF is damn loud so only get it if you can live with the noise

 

[Scarface523]

Alright thanks for the advice. The only reason I even started worrying about this was from reading some peoples posts about their temperature. I am going to get some more fans in the case though.

 

[pr497]

I have a Dragon Orb 3 (7000RPM) and also an XP1800+. My chassis temp is 22C and my CPU temp is 32C idle, 28 full load.

i hope thats a typo becasue i have yet to encounter a cpu that has a lower full load temp than idel temp.
im assuming you meant 38C....either way...those are some really nice temps...way to keep you system cool...
btw...doesnt your computer make a lot of noise because of that 7000 rpm fan?

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[MeTaLrOcKeR]

It actually makes perfect sense pr497.....

He's usign the Thermaltake Volcano 7 HSF...it has an Automatic Variable Fan.........When the chip idles, its general cooler than when its under load.....therefore the Fan slows down when the chip is idling......than when the chip goes to full load, the fan speeds up to max speed, and therefore coolign down the CPU more than it was before........make sense?

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