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Standard P4 fan size?
Name: JosefBud Date: December 6, 2003 at 22:07:13 Pacific OS: Windows XP CPU/Ram: MSI K7T Turbo2/786 MB
Comment:
I have a brother overclocking his computer, its a really high temp, I feel a new fan is a perfect christmas present.
Name: Shawn Date: December 6, 2003 at 22:46:27 Pacific
Reply:
What heatsink does he have? If it's the stock one, none of the aftermarket fans will fit in there. If he has a better heatsink, an 80mm fan such as Thermaltake smart fan will do. Or maybe you can get him a better heatsink with fan instead of just the fan only.
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Response Number 2
Name: real_cool Date: December 6, 2003 at 22:58:13 Pacific
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No idea what you are talking about Shawn regarding "none of the aftermarket fans will fit in there".
Sometimes ... you don't own it, or don't know by experience ... better don't tell.
There are MANY aftermarket/3rd party heatsink will fit P4. Examples are SLK800U, Kamakaze, Sunflower AVC just to name a few. Afterall, P4 has very good Stock Heatsink Fan, dislike the early AMD's.
The new heatsink from Intel (3.0ghz above)with copper base would handle 90% of overclocking. None of my P4's (6 of them) overclocked above 30% minimum (67% highest) use anything but stock HSF.
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Response Number 3
Name: real_cool Date: December 6, 2003 at 23:01:07 Pacific
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Oh sh_t, sorry Shawn....
Shawn is correct.... you cannot just change the fan......as Intel has proprietary fan mounting with the heatsink.
Again, Shawn, sorry.
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Response Number 4
Name: Shawn Date: December 6, 2003 at 23:09:38 Pacific
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No problem, real_cool. I actually own an P4 and thinking of getting another one. But on the other hand, you maybe right. If you can find a way to mount the fan using a homemade bracket or a other method, some fans can be used with the stock heatsink.
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Response Number 5
Name: real_cool Date: December 7, 2003 at 09:25:32 Pacific
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I use this.
http://www.dansdata.com/chillvent.htm
With an 80 mm booster fan, it gets all my systems a few degrees lower.
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