Barton HSF - OEM or Retail?

Greetz all,

how is the retail Barton heatsink? I'm thinking of building a test AMD
system for stock use, maybe a little Overclocking. Thinking about expense,
is it worth buying a separate cooler or starting with the stock HSF?

Wayne ][

Wayne Youngman wrote:

> Greetz all,
>
> how is the retail Barton heatsink? I'm thinking of building a test AMD
> system for stock use, maybe a little Overclocking. Thinking about expense,
> is it worth buying a separate cooler or starting with the stock HSF?
>
> Wayne ][

If your going to oc and run the voltage up the supplied hsf will not work very
well. I've seen my XP2500+ in the high 60s.


Roger

Roger M wrote:

> If your going to oc and run the voltage up the supplied hsf will not
> work very well. I've seen my XP2500+ in the high 60s.

Hi,

is that 60c from using a stock Barton HSF?

Wayne ][

Wayne Youngman wrote:

> Roger M wrote:
>
> > If your going to oc and run the voltage up the supplied hsf will not
> > work very well. I've seen my XP2500+ in the high 60s.
>
> Hi,
>
> is that 60c from using a stock Barton HSF?
>
> Wayne ][

Yep!

Separating himself from Baghdad Bob, "Wayne Youngman" <> whined:

>Greetz all,
>
>how is the retail Barton heatsink? I'm thinking of building a test AMD
>system for stock use, maybe a little Overclocking. Thinking about expense,
>is it worth buying a separate cooler or starting with the stock HSF?

My Barton 2500 retail runs around 52-55C, running Seti@home,
in a case with 2 case fans in the rear.

My XP2100+, in a case with no extra fans, but a decent 2 fan PS,
was running 55-62C, until I swapped out the stock boxed HSF for a
CoolerMaster XDream (original model), which I found at Fry's for $10.

Now, on lowest speed (3000 rpm), temps are running about 47 max,
with the fan at max during the day, temps stay under 45C.





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On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 01:33:42 +0000, Wayne Youngman wrote:

> Greetz all,
>
> how is the retail Barton heatsink? I'm thinking of building a test AMD
> system for stock use, maybe a little Overclocking. Thinking about expense,
> is it worth buying a separate cooler or starting with the stock HSF?
>
I would never use the boxed AMD HSF for any length of time, and certainly
not in heavy load or overclocking. They suck from all the test I've seen.

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Wayne Youngman wrote:
> Greetz all,
>
> how is the retail Barton heatsink? I'm thinking of building a test AMD
> system for stock use, maybe a little Overclocking. Thinking about
> expense, is it worth buying a separate cooler or starting with the
> stock HSF?
>
> Wayne ][

I've had good success with stock heatsinks in general, even when
overclocking. Buy the retail version and see. If it looks like it's running
too hot you can always add casefans or change the heatsink.

--
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite
you. This is the principle difference between a dog and a man. -Samuel
L. Clemens

Wes Newell wrote:
> I would never use the boxed AMD HSF for any length of time, and
> certainly not in heavy load or overclocking. They suck from all the
> test I've seen.


S.Heenan wrote:
> I've had good success with stock heatsinks in general, even when
> overclocking. Buy the retail version and see. If it looks like it's
> running too hot you can always add casefans or change the heatsink.

Hi all,
thanks for replies. It seems that *net-legend* is saying the AMD HSF is no
good, but it sounds like people who have actually used one have had no
problems really, I guess it's a case of suck it and see.

Wayne ][

On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 11:49:45 +0000, Wayne Youngman wrote:

> Hi all,
> thanks for replies. It seems that *net-legend* is saying the AMD HSF is no
> good, but it sounds like people who have actually used one have had no
> problems really, I guess it's a case of suck it and see.
>
There's a review of them here.

http://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/20030404/index.html

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Wes Newell wrote:
> There's a review of them here.
> http://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/20030404/index.html

Hi,

thanks for link, I will read in the morning. . .

Wayne ][