Heat Sink

[Crossupmasta]

What is the best heat sink for my P4 Processor running at 3.06 GHz

[Orgone_Man]

thermaltake SLK III with the latest Arctic Silver thermal compound

[Atmo]

Anything that doesnt look funky will probably do.

The plain old block of machined copper or alluminium, with a high rpm fan work as well if not better than some of the weird new designs.

Dont bother with exotic thermal compounds, theyre a waste of money.

For more info:

http://www.dansdata.com/coolercomp_p5.htm
http://www.dansdata.com/goop.htm

[RanDom_ErrOr]

your hand does a good job too, but it might melt the processor. personally id use a peltier cooling system, but not everybody has 100 for a peltier cooler big enough for a 3GHz POS intel chip that supports microsoft in their TCPA control act. i hope it fries on u. buy AMD next time.

[Crossupmasta]

AMD's shit is behind Intel in speed and architeture(fuck my spelling)!! Fuck AMD you power hogs.

[fwgx]

The SLK 800 is the best heatsink at the moment, coupled with some artic silver III and a nice fan you'll be sorted

[ctn|chrisw]

Originally posted by Crossupmasta
AMD's shit is behind Intel in speed and architeture(fuck my spelling)!! Fuck AMD you power hogs.

well actually, p4s are slow. My amd athalon xp 1600+ with 256 mb ddr is faster then my mom's p4 2.2ghz with 1 gb ddr. SO amd is actually a better deal (and my old 400 mhz amd k6 was faster then my dad's p4 1.6ghz)

[binary hero]

Originally posted by Phily Baby
some artic silver III

no. use toothpaste. (honestly)

(wait, don't, it dries out too fast, but it is technically better than as3)

[binary hero]

Originally posted by cmw6988


well actually, p4s are slow. My amd athalon xp 1600+ with 256 mb ddr is faster then my mom's p4 2.2ghz with 1 gb ddr.

no it isn't. READ WHAT YOU HAVE POSTED. the athlon has a clockspeed of about 1.2Ghz, the p4 has 2.2Ghz. now, which is faster?

[Crossupmasta]

What about the heatsink that comes with the processor, is that any good?

[Atmo]

Did you read the articles i linked to??

Intel are known for changing their cooler designs quite often, but they generally provide pretty good units. Intel coolers always have quiet low-profile fans and all-aluminium heat sinks; taking that into account, they generally deliver quite acceptable performance. In fact, a stock Intel cooler used with a smear of thermal grease instead of the thermal pad they usually come with can significantly beat many of the lousier after-market coolers.

As long as youre not overclocking, the intel cooler will suffice.

[Crossupmasta]

yea i did but i have been told that the thermal greases can mess up your system.

[Crossupmasta]

Im just a kid who unstands how to build a computer but im not up on whats good along the lines of motherboards and memory. Could you help me out? I have chosen a Asus P4G8X Motherboard and a P4 3.06 processor but i wasn't happy that the motherboard didn't have speedier memory. It also has 8X AGP on it. Is this a good motherboard or is there something better?

http://www.asus.com*****mb/socket478/...cification.htm

[InvisableMan]

meh, you might as well go with that since you bought intel.

[Atmo]

yea i did but i have been told that the thermal greases can mess up your system.

The heatsink will not work anywhere near peak efficency without thermal grease. Just use a tiny ammount, its only there to fill in the air gaps between the cpu and heatsink.

As for the mobo question, thats a ddr chipset, and while theyre good, if you want fastest available you want the intel 850 chipset, 533 fsb and pc1066 rdram (didnt i just answer that in the other thread??)

[Crossupmasta]

Yea you did sorry. ok so mainly im alright in my selections?

[Atmo]

Originally posted by Crossupmasta
ok so mainly im alright in my selections?

Yes, its just gonna cost a bunch.

[Crossupmasta]

What is the difference between AGP Pro and AGP 8x?

[Atmo]

AGP pro just has added pins that allow the motherboard to deliver more current to the card. There are very few consumer level cards that use agp pro.

AGP 8x is just agp 4x running at a faster bus speed.

However, the difference in bus speed makes little difference, I've benched at agp2x and 4x and theres not much difference.

For more info:

http://www.motherboards.org/articles...ons/920_2.html

[Crossupmasta]

What will the Geforce FX have and does my motherboard support it?
I'm buying the Asus P4G8X.

[Atmo]

The GeforceFX will be AGP 8x, however, it will work just fine in an AGP 4x slot.

The board you've chosen does have an AGP 8x slot, so you dont have to worry about it.

[Crossupmasta]

What about power, do i have to worry abut power?

[Atmo]

A 550 watt enermax should be plenty.

[ctn|chrisw]

Originally posted by binary hero

no it isn't. READ WHAT YOU HAVE POSTED. the athlon has a clockspeed of about 1.2Ghz, the p4 has 2.2Ghz. now, which is faster?

I meant preformance wise. The pentium 4s hang alot, whereas my amds dont.

[Atmo]

Originally posted by cmw6988


I meant preformance wise. The pentium 4s hang alot, whereas my amds dont.

A p4 2.2 should be able to stomp all over a 1600+. If it doesnt, somethings wrong somewhere.

and my old 400 mhz amd k6 was faster then my dad's p4 1.6ghz

[InvisableMan]

if you want the top of the line gfx card, go A Radeon 9700 Pro. nothing can beat it and i twill be top of the line for a good amount of time.

[Merlin]

It's in these sorts of circumstances when money talks. Usually it says "Goodbye" to my wallet

[Crossupmasta]

Actually it will cost less than $2500. Which is great for what im getting.

[Crossupmasta]

Are there any conflictions in my config.?


Case: Cooler Master Aluminum ATX Mid-Tower in Champagne
Power Supply: Enermax EG651P-VE 550Watt Dual Fan P4 Power Supply
Mother Board: Asus P4G8X
Processor: Intel P4 3.06GHz Socket 478 533Mhz 512K Retail CPU comes with Heatsink/Fan
Memory: Kingston 512MB 266MHz DDR PC2100 ECC DIMM CL2.5
Hard Drive: WD 120GB Special Edt. 8MB ATA/100 Hard Drive
Floppy Disk Drive: Teac 1.44MB Floppy disk drive
Case Cooling: Digital Doc 5 Thermal Sensor Fan & Voltage Monitor

I have a Audigity, Plextor CD-RW Drive and a Generic CD-ROM Drive; the motherboard comes with onboard LAN. I will get the new NVIDIA card when it comes out. I'll get keyboard at CompUSA or Bestbuy or something like that.

[Atmo]

Cas2.5 pc2100 is a bit of a concern. It was fast a year or so ago, but its just sssslllooowww nowdays. It'll be a huge bottleneck in that system. Running pc2100 memory on a 3ghz p4 is a total waste of time. Even at cas2 its still fairly slow.

If you dont wanna shell out the extra for RDRAM and an appropriate board, at least go for ddr333.

Look for a ddr333 board, and cas2 pc2700 or cas2.5 pc3200 ram (can be run at cas2@ddr333 speed). Make sure it'll be able to run at cas 2, the performance difference is quite large. Get kingmax or corsair ram.

Youre specifications look good otherwise, just dont hold it back with shitty ram.

What video card will you be using in the meantime??

[Crossupmasta]

I dont plan on buying until i get more info on the FX. And the motherboard will change in the next 2 months, it's just a start!!

[Crossupmasta]

What board should i use then?

[Atmo]

MSI 648 Max 8X is the best ddr board for P4's i've seen yet.

[Crossupmasta]

That board doesn't directly support the 3.06 which is new technology so ill just wait for something better.

[Atmo]

Yes it will. Just needs a bios update, which will probably be done by the time you buy one.

[Crossupmasta]

It doesn't support hype threading. And Asus will build a new motherboard with faster memory by then so ill keep looking around.

[cmountford]

Doesn't it make you sad when it seems like everyone has a faster computer than you do?

I'm here stuck with a 450 MHz PIII computer & hearing people talk about P4 3.04 GHz units!

Because of this, I would have no clue what sort of heatsinks are good for fast computers. Just about anything'll do for my comp.

Just out of curiosity: How many people's video cards have heatsinks? Mine does, but then again mine's one of those smart video cards. (Kind of funny...I have a fairly nice (it was nice at the time I upgraded) "smart" video card with 64 MB memory) that I use with my PIII 450 MHz processor.

How many people just upgrade all they can before they get a new comp?

[Crossupmasta]

Dude i have a shity HP with 512 of the slowest memory, a AMD 900MHz Processor, and a 3 year old graghics card. The only good things in my system are the sould card and the CD-RW Drive.

[Crossupmasta]

Do i need something like the Digital Doc 5?

[Atmo]

Originally posted by cmountford
Just out of curiosity: How many people's video cards have heatsinks? Mine does, but then again mine's one of those smart video cards. (Kind of funny...I have a fairly nice (it was nice at the time I upgraded) "smart" video card with 64 MB memory) that I use with my PIII 450 MHz processor.

How many people just upgrade all they can before they get a new comp?

Most cards have a heatsink and fan nowdays. Take a look at the heatsink on leadteks geforce4 cards...Theyre overkill to the max, just a gimmic, but they look cool.

Generally, i just keep a steady upgrade routine, and i never have to buy a complete new system. I replace my motherboard/cpu/ram/video card once a year, and upgrade other stuff when i can afford it.

Do i need something like the Digital Doc 5?

You dont need it, in fact i'd put that money towards faster ram or a better heatsink.

Theyre really only useful if youre overclocking and worried about temps, or only want your fans to switch on when the system reaches a certain temperature.

The case your getting should come with speed adjustable fans, so i personally wouldnt bother.

Run 3dmark 2001 looped for an hour or so with the fans maxed, then decrease the speed a bit, loop it gain, decrease a bit, loop again and so on until the system crashes. Then up the speed a little bit, and loop for 2 hours. If it doesnt crash, you'll know you've reached the best noise/cooling compromise.

I have something similar to the digidoc, but only because i overclock occasionally and need something that kicks the fans in at a certain temperature.

It doesn't support hype threading. And Asus will build a new motherboard with faster memory by then so ill keep looking around.

Have you got a fetish for asus boards??

They probably will bring out a newer board with more shtuff by the time you go to buy, but i can only reccomend whats available now, not what might be available in a few months. It's actually safer to buy hardware that isnt the latest and greatest, for one its cheaper, and secondly, most of the bugs will be ironed out.