Good P4 Heatsink

[Brinson]

Looking for a decent/good heatsink for my p4...its running kinda hot. Not too bad...but I figure I'll play it safe.

I don't want one that's so heavy it bends my effing motherboard, though...so if anyone can reccomend a lighter one it would be awesome

 

[peterhuang913]

Is your P4 like mines, what are its temps?

 

[Cunjo]

what is the stock cooler?

 

[syntrax]

i also have the same problem ... the avg temp of my cpu is ~65-70 C .. and when i play games is 70-80 >.<... how to cool it off?

 

[peterhuang913]

buy an aftermarket hsf
HSF:
Zalman CNPS9500
Tuniq Tower
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro

Thermal Paste:
Arctic Silver 5
Arctic Cooling MX-1 (Better)

 

[Cunjo]

if you're going to use Zalman, the 9700 is better.

Newegg.com - ZALMAN 9700 LED 110mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler - Retail

Also, MX-1 Thermal Compound is REALLY hard to find... believe me, I tried. Your best bet is eBay, since none of the authorized Arctic Cooling retailers have it in stock.

 

[Brinson]

Mine idles around 40-50 celsius. I don't think dangerous...but..ehh..I'm nervous

Not sure what the stock cooler is atm...cheap one...I'll check when I get done downloading this file, but its a big one

Upgrading my OS soon Ubuntu Ultimate!

 

[Cunjo]

Mine idles around 40-50 celsius. I don't think dangerous...but..ehh..I'm nervous

Not sure what the stock cooler is atm...cheap one...I'll check when I get done downloading this file, but its a big one

Upgrading my OS soon Ubuntu Ultimate!

50 C is HOT for idle temp... I'd say Dangerously hot, especially if it kicks up another 10-20 degrees under load.

I've got my E6600 overclocked to 3.3GHz right now, and even under a full load it only gets up to 39-40 C with the Zalman 9700 CPU cooler.

 

[Deathawk]

Pentium 4's run a lot hotter than Core 2's, so I wouldn't say you're that bad off right now.

 

[Brinson]

42 idle...I got my cpu to get up to 40% and it hit 47...know of a quick way to stress my cpu? Hrm...