Upon switching to a new processor I noticed a small issue regarding the heatsink and fan that came with it. It has a very faint but very annoying whistle when it reaches 2250-2500RPM. The old heatsink used by an AMD Athlon II X4 645 performed efficiently and quietly. I upgraded to an AMD Phenom II X6 1045t and am a small bit disappointed with the heatsink they included. This thing is pitiful, just look at it, I mean come on (Athlon heatsink on the left, Phenom right. Both 95w TDP).
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The fan and heatsink are durastically smaller with a smaller depth, width, and height.
As far as temps go:
Athlon Heatsink w/ Athlon Processor: 48-50c idle, 52ish light usage, 55c max
Phenom Heatsink w/ Phenom Processor: 45c idle, 50-55ish light usage, hits as high as 65c max
Both processors have the same TDP and the Athlon has a higher base frequency. Theoretically if the heatsinks were the same as far as performance goes, the Athlon would take the cake for being the hottest. But the Phenom heatsink is shit, so it instead is the hottest.
I am simply wondering if using the old heatsink could be bad in any way. I wanted to use the old Athlon heatsink from the beginning, but it had older, slightly withered thermal paste versus the newer fresh preapplied thermal paste on the Phenom's heatsink. But now, seeing as the heatsink and processor have had plenty of time to divide the paste in between them, would switching back to the Athlon heatsink be a good idea? And why did AMD decide to skimp so much on this heatsink, seriously holy fuck it looks like a toy.
Oh and I don't have extra thermal paste.
get rid of them both and buy an aftermarket cooler.
Stock fans and sinks are terrible.
I probably will, but for the time being I would like to know if using the old heatsink is a bad idea.
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