Originally posted by: Bobthelost
Some of them are, the one i got with my semperon 3000 was (and is) crap. But it does work wonderfully with the 4 pipe cooler i had spare
Originally posted by: modestninja
Originally posted by: Bobthelost
Some of them are, the one i got with my semperon 3000 was (and is) crap. But it does work wonderfully with the 4 pipe cooler i had spare
Yeah, I meant the newer AMD stock coolers with the heatpipes are pretty decent. The old ones are about as good as the ones that still ship with Intels.
IMHO, 'you' used to pay a LOT extra for boxed coolers, e.g. a factory reference fan -- they were the best!Originally posted by: JackCaver
Just wondered what the general view was on using the coolers that come with a retail CPU...