Which CPU cooler would you buy for P4???

[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

 

[Dave C.]

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

Gigabyte makes a cooler with heat pipes, 3d cooler pro or something. I'd
love to build something with that puppy. Works for just about anything.
Should cool your P4 OK. -Dave

 

[DaveW]

You didn't use thermal paste. Was there a thermal pad installed???

 

[Richard Dower]

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

www.thermalright.com

Their SP94 is the best P4 cooler on the market, coupled with a 120mm high
speed fan and you're sorted!

 

[JAD]

the stock cooler @ CPU stock speeds should be working above the
requirements of that CPU. I would double check the temps then the
installation again.

 

[DCWhitty]

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

Work with what you have first. I run a 2.4GHz CPU @ 3.0 GHz using the stock
HSF AND Arctic Silver 3. Temps don't exceed 34 deg. C. Just put some AS3 or
another good thermal compound on that thing (I would never run a CPU w/o
some thermal compound, but that's just me).

Des

 

[Frank Fussenegger]

Try a Zalman-CNPS7000A-AlCu CPU cooler for excellent cooling and low noise.
This is the same CPU cooler that a lot of the top-end gamming system
builders are using.