XP 2800+ and cooling

[chris123]

i have recently purchased one of these processors and am not going to be overclocking. will the standard retail fan be good enough for keeping it cool on a computer used mostly for gaming, or should i look for another cooler, if so could i have some suggerstions please.

Thank you.

[Stoo]

yup, the retail hsf should be fine, although you might be better to remove the thermal pad and use something like arctic silver instead

[chris123]

Thank you for the reply

yea was reading about that. will i notice a massive difference if i use arctic silver instead of the thermal pad, is it worth the bother.