X2 cooling advice

[Don Burnette]

I am about to order some parts from Newegg to upgrade my system, will
probably go with the MSI K8N Neo 4 Platinum, and an X2-4400 processor.

Are the heatsink/fans that come with these new X2 processors sufficient, or
is there a better one that I should get?

Thanks,

 

[PB]

I am about to order some parts from Newegg to upgrade my system, will
probably go with the MSI K8N Neo 4 Platinum, and an X2-4400 processor.

Are the heatsink/fans that come with these new X2 processors sufficient, or
is there a better one that I should get?

Thanks,

Others have opined that the stock fan at 70mm makes too much noise for
them. Suggestions have included a 80mm to 70mm fan adapter and a nice,
quiet 80mm fan.

Another suggestion is a different cooling fan and heatsink. This is a
nice one I use myself:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835106607

If you are planning on any significant overclocking, then more exotic
cooling solutions may better suit your needs, such as:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835109123

Let us know your results.

p00lb0y

 

[Malcolm]

Others have opined that the stock fan at 70mm makes too much noise for
them. Suggestions have included a 80mm to 70mm fan adapter and a nice,
quiet 80mm fan.

Another suggestion is a different cooling fan and heatsink. This is a
nice one I use myself:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835106607

If you are planning on any significant overclocking, then more exotic
cooling solutions may better suit your needs, such as:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835109123

Let us know your results.

p00lb0y

Hi
Mine has an 80mm fan as standard? Runs at 2860rpm...

http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~figjam59/suse/X2_4400_CPU.jpg

CPU idles around 29 C and up to 41 C when running two instances of prime (OS
is SUSE Linux 10 64Bit) no overclocking yet.....

 

[General Schvantzkoph]

I am about to order some parts from Newegg to upgrade my system, will
probably go with the MSI K8N Neo 4 Platinum, and an X2-4400 processor.

Are the heatsink/fans that come with these new X2 processors sufficient, or
is there a better one that I should get?

Thanks,

I'm using this cooler on the same setup (4400+ on an MSI K8N Neo4)

Thermaltake A1838

 

[Rodney Pont]

I am about to order some parts from Newegg to upgrade my system, will
probably go with the MSI K8N Neo 4 Platinum, and an X2-4400 processor.

It doesn't say that this board supports X2

http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_detail.php?UID=637

 

[Rodney Pont]

It doesn't say that this board supports X2

http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_detail.php?UID=637

Whoops, I jumped in too early there. The page below shows which bios does support
the X2-4400

http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_cpu_support.php?type=119