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nth1rty · 11-19-2003, 03:46 PM

Hey guys.

Being kind of a nub regarding watercooling (not a nub to pcs in general though =P ) I am going with air cooling at the moment.

I'm getting my hands on a p4 3.06 and a intel board (one of their midrange boards, not their entusiast boards) and win xp pro for $200. Intel's retail program is cool =)

I'm a long time AMD fan (high school student budget + Barton 2500 + pc4000 = FUN) and don't know a whole lot about p4 cooling. Right now, I'm looking at a spark 7+ with arctic silver 5. I am going to buy the XSuperalien from Aspire to put it in. I'm not going to hardcore overclock this processor, but I would be interested in some minor overclocking, as I have the RAM to do it. Any suggestions?

My current rig: here

I'd also be interested to hear sales pitches on watercooling, and how it would make the system better =P

11-19-2003, 03:46 PM	#1
nth1rty Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Mass Posts: 23	Best HSF for a p4 3.06 Hey guys. Being kind of a nub regarding watercooling (not a nub to pcs in general though =P ) I am going with air cooling at the moment. I'm getting my hands on a p4 3.06 and a intel board (one of their midrange boards, not their entusiast boards) and win xp pro for $200. Intel's retail program is cool =) I'm a long time AMD fan (high school student budget + Barton 2500 + pc4000 = FUN) and don't know a whole lot about p4 cooling. Right now, I'm looking at a spark 7+ with arctic silver 5. I am going to buy the XSuperalien from Aspire to put it in. I'm not going to hardcore overclock this processor, but I would be interested in some minor overclocking, as I have the RAM to do it. Any suggestions? My current rig: here I'd also be interested to hear sales pitches on watercooling, and how it would make the system better =P __________________ Air cooled...and at stock speeds, I may be in the wrong place =) Rig 1: Intel p4c 3Ghz Intel D865GBF 2x512 Mushkin Level I pc3500 (200ddr @ 2-6-3-2) ThermalTake PurePower Butterfly 480watt Aspire X-SuperAlien Rig 2: AMD 2500+ Barton (200 * 10.5) Asus A7n8X Deluxe Retail 2x512 Kingston HyperX pc4000 (200 ddr @ 2.5-7-3-3)