Amd X2 HeatSink (Edit)

[mikayd]

hey I have a littlie q & a for you guys I start by tell u the problem first I have and old amd athlon xp system with an fan on the side barley works lol but hey its cool any way I ran in to problem when I was rendering something it was going crazy I mean for a long time at 99 % and man I guess it was getting hot so some one told me to put and desk fan while the fan is open so I did and then tried rendering just a littlie part in the timeline and it work I got and try to do the rest of the time line and it shuts down because it was to hot .. so I guess I need an cooler system


So I'm building an new one now and I have an nice case it has an huge fan in the back blow air out and an small fan on the side blowing in then I have an big power supply blowing air out (the power supply cool never seen one like this but hey it works lol ) should I use an new heat sink for my amd 64 bit x2 3800 or can I use the stock what’s best ill add some fans later to the case but I just don’t want to buy an new heat sink please help thanks oh yeah I plan to use this pc for my video editing business thanks a lot.

[redwudz]

The AMD X64 CPUs run much cooler than the 32 bit Athlons. I have the regular X64, not the X2 and it runs about 26-28C maximum. My former Athlon ran at 36-40C. CPU heat will not likely be a problem.

If you buy a X64 CPU with the factory heatsink and fan, you usually get a 3 year warranty with it. Compared to the regular 1 year without. And most of the factory coolers are fairly quiet.

If instead you are asking whether you can use your old heatsink and cooler, no. They are an entirely different cooler. Not interchangeable.

I would get the CPU with the included cooler. It adds very little to the cost of the CPU and extends the warranty. If it's not enough (Which I doubt), you can always get a bigger one.

BTW, Your post would be a lot more legible and get more reads if you used a little punctuation.

[mikayd]

Thanks for the help I have edited my post to make it look better thank you

[redwudz]

Yes, thanks for the edit, it does make it easier to read.

I'm not sure how much you know about AMD X64 computers, so I thought I might add some info (And opinion. ), just in case.

Most X64 motherboards use PCI-E video cards. No AGP.

I run the XP64 OS on my profiled computer. I'm not a big fan of the OS so far. Drivers were scarce when I installed it. It's getting better. Most OS 32 programs run on it, a few don't. It will get better.

The XP64 OS can handle large RAM sizes over 2 GBs, and use them, much better than XP32 does.

With video editing you can't have too many large hard drives. They don't need to be ultra fast, but large is good.

I think you already know about the power supply issues with X64 CPUs and PCI-E cards. ~500W is good, more if you have a lot of drives.

I would also recommend a motherboard with the Nvidia chipset. They seem to have the best setup for the X64 CPU at present.

I hope that helps a little. Any more questions, feel free to ask.

[mikayd]

This is the kind of motherboard that I have
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131540

This is the Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103562

This is the Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817182016

This is my Video Card (Just One)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814145098

My Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144417

And last but least here's the ram (I have 3 sticks
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145416


Well that’s it let me know what u think do you think this bad boy well rock or what please let me know what you think

Sorry for the links I did not know how to post it properly

[redwudz]

It will rock.

[waheed]

Great System specs mikayd. Similar specs to mine, the system will be rock solid.

[mikayd]

thanks your guys for all your help ill let ya know the results later