Cooling for an Athlon

[HighFi]

I'm building my first system. I'm stoked. I researched and researched, checked Sharky every weeek till I found the right price for some kick *** performance.

Anyway, I got a Athlon Thunderbird@800mhz and a KT7-Raid board.

Now, I ordered this online and when it came, it was an OEM. (I didn't see the 4 pt ******** at the bottom of the page or something, according to the "customer service" at the company.)

So now, I need a fan. What kind of fan should I get for this setup? Is there a heatsink on this thing? What do I need to do to get some kick *** OC'in goin?

Thanks,
HighFi

[sicko]

people on here really seem to like the alpha HSFs, I've never used one so I really can't comment on them (however they do sound really good from the way people talk about them). I've got an 800MHz T-bird on a Abit KT7-RAID and I'm using a CoolMaster DP5-6H51-A1 I've got no complaints about it. According to AMD it's rated up to a 1.1GHz T-bird. Anyways I'm sure others will be on here in a moment letting you know what else is good, but in the mean time check out the HSF recommendations on the amd web site

[llreye]

Alpha PAL6035 and GlobalWIn FOP32 are probably most efficient aircooled HSFs under 50$.
Here're some temperture numbers: http://www.2cooltek.com/test.html
-MKC

[mpitts]

Originally posted by llreye:
Alpha PAL6035 and GlobalWIn FOP32 are probably most efficient aircooled HSFs under 50$.
Here're some temperture numbers: http://www.2cooltek.com/test.html
-MKC

Yeppers. I'm glad someone agrees with me on this one. haha.

Actually, I have never heard anyone who has used/purchased an Alpha HSF say anything bad about them.




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