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BingBong
I just built a system with a 3.0 GHz Pentium 4 around an Asus 800E
motherboard. I used the stock cooler that came with the P4 without any
thermal compound as suggested by Intel.
The problem is that the little stinker gets hot and shuts down
whenever I do something cpu intensive like video editing. I put in a
couple of extra case fans and routed all the wire bundles so there is
no airflow obstruction. The airflow seems pretty good, but the cpu
gets hot (sorry, I haven't measured the temperature).
I am thinking that the next step is to replace the stock cooler with
an aftermarket one that may be better. Whick one would you recommend
for best cooling of a 3 GHz P4 (socket 476)??
I saw the Coolermaster Master Jet 4 and the Thermaltake Volcano 7. Are
there any others I should look at. I do not want to get into liquid
cooling yet.
Thanks,
BB
motherboard. I used the stock cooler that came with the P4 without any
thermal compound as suggested by Intel.
The problem is that the little stinker gets hot and shuts down
whenever I do something cpu intensive like video editing. I put in a
couple of extra case fans and routed all the wire bundles so there is
no airflow obstruction. The airflow seems pretty good, but the cpu
gets hot (sorry, I haven't measured the temperature).
I am thinking that the next step is to replace the stock cooler with
an aftermarket one that may be better. Whick one would you recommend
for best cooling of a 3 GHz P4 (socket 476)??
I saw the Coolermaster Master Jet 4 and the Thermaltake Volcano 7. Are
there any others I should look at. I do not want to get into liquid
cooling yet.
Thanks,
BB