Cooling for AXP 2600 w/ 333

[nja469]

Soon I will be upgrading from my 1700+ OC'ed to 1900+, replacing it with a AXP 2600 w/166 FSB and am curious if my Volcano 7 is going to be enough. If not what is recommended?

I'm assuming it will be as it keeps the 1700 @ 1900 specs at or below 40C or so, went to 43-45 sometimes in the summer but nothing more. Logically it seems it would be good for this processor too, so long as it stays under 60C I'm not worrying.

Also, I'll be using a SPP nforce2 board with the processor and will bump the FSB slightly to have it run at 2800 specs. Which would only be going from 166 to 172, not much at all for the chip.. maybe more I don't know. I only like slightly OC'ing for better overall performace and plus feeling I have a faster chip for less money.

So overall if the volcano 7 isn't going to be enough in your opinion, what do you recommend and also try to keep it under $30!

 

[halkebul]

WARNING: The first available nforce2 motherboard, the Asus A7N8X, has poor layout. Therefore, you may have to bend a capacitor on the motherboard to fit on larger heatsinks.

My recommendation
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AMD Athlon XP 2400+ processor
(same heatsink+fan)
nforce2 motherboard with good layout, PCI/AGP lock and MCP-T

Now you are ready to overclock provided you have at least DDR333 SDRAM.

<i>It's your world kid!!!</i>

 

[nja469]

Good info. I was planning on stayng away from that board for that reason! I don't want the 2400+ though. It seems like it'd barely be an upgrade from where I'm at now, plus I want the faster standard FSB. I know the 2600+ is $100 more, but it's worth it in my opinion.

I was looking around after I posted this and noticed the newer volcano 9's are the same as the 7 I have only made to look "cooler". It's even called a cool mod cooler, what crap! I'm fairly sure that the 7 will be enough for the 2600+ but if anyone has other suggestions please let me know!

 

[Schmide]

I was looking at the same type of upgrade. The Chaintech, although not the fastest of the tests, has some nice features like core voltage to 2.15. I like the 2.13ghz 2600+ because of the 16x multiplier. I haven't seen anything about unlocking these chips, but I'm ready to see what one can do with sub zero cooling...

Recursion - I curse then I recurse again and again

 

[mrwhipper]

Go with the Volcano 7+. All copper, manual adjustable fan and a new 3 lug clip. It is much better as cooling then the 9 or the 7. It is not an AMD reccomended HS because it is a little too heavy. I have one on my 2200+, under load Im running 112F using MBM5. I am not overclocked though. Good luck. Take care.

Hang in there. It can only get better!

 

[JAG]

Is 107F under full load on a XP2000 Palomino core unusual?

XP1700, Shuttle AK31, 512mb PC2100, Maxtor 60 GB 7200 RPM HDD, GF4Ti4200 128mb 270/540, SB16PCI<p>3DMark2001 – 9858<p>PCMark2002 - 4391, 3288, 825

 

[MeTaLrOcKeR]

ur Volcano 7 will void the warranty as all Thoroughbred's require a "NEW" clip design...basicialy it just uses all 3 prongs on each side of the ZIF socket....which the Volcano 7+ has...but the 7+ also voids warranty cuz of weight......BUT i still recomend it...its by far the best HSF for the money.....so pick 1 up.....

<A HREF="http://www.anandtech.com/mysystemrig.html?id=13597" target="_new">-MeTaL RoCkEr</A>

 

[Guest]

>I like the 2.13ghz 2600+ because of the 16x multiplier. I
>haven't seen anything about unlocking these chips

The Inqwell reported Epox working on a BIOS for their KT400 boards that would enable you to set multipliers without having to physically unlock the cpu !! Would only work with Tbreds. Now that would be a reason for me to consider a KT400 board. I hope nVidia can pull the same trick

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