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Hey,

I'm just getting a new processor (one of the Athlon 64 Dualcores, not sure which yet), and was wondering if its cheaper to buy a seperate heatsink, or whether to get the version that comes with. If seperate is the best option, which heatsinks should I be looking at, I've never really studied them in much detail.

Also any clues on where the cheapest S939 64 X2's can be found would be appreciated.

Ta very much.
 
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The stock cooler that comes with it seems to do a pretty good job from my experience - I been running 3 X2 3800's 24/7 crunching with 100% CPU usage without problem now for many months, including through the summer.


Obviously there are better coolers out there - but it really depends on what you are going to be using it for - if overclocking then an aftermarket cooler would probably be wise :thumb:
 
939 X2's are getting pretty thin on the ground these days - so that price at Ebuyer won't be much cheaper anywhere else, its cheaper than OverclockersUK - try googling....

If your going retail and not overclocking, I would stick with the stock cooler - if OEM or overclocking, then something like the Arctic Cooling Freezer Pro, or Zalman CNPS7700 will do fine :thumb:
 
I suppose it depends on how much you want to spend now really - if the X2 3800 gives you what you need right now then why not spend £80 on that, then consider a bigger upgrade a year or so down the line, when you will probably need new DDR2 ram as well as a mobo etc?

CPU's are changing fast - Intel Conroes are the best around at the moment, but a year from now? - who knows?
 
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