Reasons to not buy a CPU

[JetRacer]

I use Spire EagleRockII with my 1.666GHz AMD plug. 41 degrees w/o load, 44 with load (2800 rpm). The bad stats is probably related to me not able to remove all of the old thermal pad from the chip :-(

I really reccomend the EagleRockII. Technicly well designed with a big fat lump of copper in the middle and the fan chassi is cast in aluminum. It's relatively cheap and very quiet too. Not to mention that it's one of the few that actually fits my Epox mobo.

[JetRacer]

> AMD says is the max (80-85 deg. IIRC)

Seriusly..? I replaced the old one (aluminum cheapo enherited from a 1GHz Duron) because my CPU became unstable already at 58-59 degrees.

[JetRacer]

@asian1: You're not supposed to buy them directly from Motorola you know. The answer would be the same if you'd ask Intel or AMD. Heck, try phoning Whirlpool for a dishwasher and you still wouldn't get anywhere. Ask whatever corporation for a list of local distributors (else try US ones), then ask the distributor(s) for a reseller that would accept single piece orders. It's not harder than that.

If none exists, then it's another matter. Try scamming the corporation; say you're a student working on a project and ask them to make an exception (very efficient) =)

[JetRacer]

@Varius people: I know that 41-44 is fully acceptable (thanks anyway). Some people who use similar coolers only get figures like 33-37. The temp difference between my old 1GHz Duron and my 1.6GHz Atlhon using the same cooler wasn't that radical; a few degrees perhaps. I just thought I would get similar stats.

>>> Lightbulb <<< -thermal paste (instead of thermal pad)?

@AmiGR: You're supposed to take off that plastic thingy on the thermal pad, you know :-)