going to be used for gaming, websurfing, Office apps, etc. and I have no plans to do any overclocking. Will the included heatsink suffice or should I look elsewhere for improved performance? Thanks. I now someone who has the 3.06 with stock heatsink. He...

I should even get a new heatsink because my CPU readings is 32-35 Celsius Idle, and after gaming like Crysis the Hardware Monitor program from Biostar shows 41-44 Celsius. This is with stock heatsink from the AMD x4 Phenom II 940 that I am using, at ~3.4 Ghz....

windows 98se on a modern system only a fool would choose 98se imo. Thats good for your 1ghz cpu, were talking about signifigantly faster and hotter cpus, your advice is flawwed and your reasoning is incorrect, I have shown this here, the stock heatsink...

of an i7 920 at stock speed and voltage under full load with a stock HSF? Intel defined some criteria for the minimum performance for a heatsink. What do they consider a maximum healthy temperature? It's a rhetorical question. Unless someone has an answer...

Advice on heatsink and fan for new build.. I am ordering everything for a new build. My processor is going to be an AMD Phenom II 2.8 X3 on a GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard. I already know that the stock heatsink and fan that...

I would suggest buying a a better heatsink than the stock one. I'd measure the clearance and then buy the best you can find, afford and fit into the case. Here's an example of a number of heatsinks and their performance in relation to the stock Intel model:...

Tom needs to stop padding his numbers.. For the last time, tom, or whatever drone is running the reviews. YOU DO NOT NEED TO PAY 40 BUCKS FOR A HEATSINK! If you do NOT plan to overclock the STOCK heatsink is PERFECTLY FINE!!!!!. SO it comes out to be a...

I'm going to eventually get an aftermarket heatsink / fan. But for now - my PC uses never push the cores enough to get beyond 55 degrees as there is alot of unused Processor capacity in my case. Im actually not using the stock heatsink. I bought a...

Stock fan/heatsink vs performance fan/heatsink. Is a new fan and heatsink worth the extra money? I bought a new 2700 XP Retail, mainly cuz I don't know what to look for in a heatsink and fan. The number of chioces overwelmed me :). I'm not goin to overclock...

overclock, the stock heatsink will suffice. And it will probably be okay for a very mild overclock, too. ^You are funny, he said he's not overclocking already, why you suggesting such an expensive heatsink? He just needs an aftermarket one that's cheap and...