Stock HS and Fan.

[Bobsled]

I'm going to buy a retail PIII 1Gig flip-chip CPU. Does anyone know if the HS and fan come mounted on the CPU? If I wasn't going to OC, is the stock HS good enough to keep my CPU cool? If I later decide I want to OC is it just best to buy a good quality HS and fan right from the start and not have to mess with the associated tasks of having to replace it later? What should I do?

 

[tpetre4322]

go to http://www.swiftnets.com they have the most awsome heatsink fans.

 

[Bobsled]

Sorry, I'm sure they do. But that doesn't answer any of my questions.

 

[JonathanTheRed]

The retail Pentium flip-chips come with the heatsink/fan next to, not attached to the chip. The heatsink has a thermal pad on it that melts and gunks up your die, which I'd imagine would make it nontrivial to replace.

I'm running my PIII-933 at a modestly-overclocked 980MHz with the Intel stock HSF, in a crappy case with no fan, and I'm still well within heat tolerance. Just FYI.

 

[MrHelpful]

That's right. All Socket CPUs come with the heatsink not attached. Slot CPUs, however, come with heatsinks attached, I believe.

 

[EvilDonnyboy]

The included thermal pad and heatsink are perfectly fine for running the CPU at default speed. I don't see any reason to remove it. If you were gonna attempt to oc, of course you should take the crappy square of $hit off the bottom of the hs. But since intel puts includes it, it should be 100% safe to use with everything at spec. For the un-initiated the thermal pad is by far a better choise than thermal paste, as it's dead easy to install.

 

[MrHelpful]

EvilDonnyBoy, the thermal pad isn't all that bad.

 

[Bobsled]

Thanks guys.