it is odd to see people try to disable the core, most people have problem to enable. Intel cores are glue together and amd's are separate, so I guess by doing so, amd should save more power than intel.

passive cooling does not help the NB cooling too much, I usually add a 4*4 fan on the Nb heatsink( cheap way) or change to aftermark heatsink.
Thermalright make some excellent one

You should only worry about the loading temp not the idle temp. Typical cooling problem are seating the heatsink correct and apply correct thickness thermal compound. you can try to use popular core temp to monitor the temp, it also show the max cpu temp, so you can get some ideas about your cpu lim...

what happen if you try to resell the cpu and get it to warranty service?
so is it better to lapping the heatsink not the cpu?

My friend told me that if you fed ex it to me as a gift you may not have to pay duty. If no one grabs this from you, I guess we'll have to talk. I think you just might be in the wrong forum becuase people here are very likely running their cpus at stock and therefore do not care about getting the b...

I think I'm comfortable with the additional heat from the resistor, what I mean is the resistor has the power grade, when current passes the resistor , the heat is current^2 * r, so if the heat is over the grade of resistor, the resistor will be damaged but my concern is whether or not there will b...

Aother one may work is Jetart JACSH1, it is cheap but the 3000+ rpm fan is not quite at all, undervolt to 5v and my 6600 gt AGP IS 66 degree c at load.
the agp video card has a bridge heatsink, so the choise is very limited, zalman is better choice.

be carefully to add a "quiet mode" resistor, make sure it can handle the heat generate by the current pass the resistor, and if you add too much resistance, the fan may not start everytime.

I have a x800 xl agp card. I use ati tool to adjust the fan speed, when you run the program, on the right corner of the first page, select setting, and you will see the sub menu of fan speed, you can change the fan speed accord the card core temp. you can visit http://www.techpowerup.com/atitool/ fo...

[ you should worry about load temp more then idle temp, if load temp is not that high (less than 60 or so), the whole high temp may be wrong sensor reading. Load temps are: CPU: 59c System: 50c GPU: 59c delta temp is cpu - system it is odd to see the delta temp does not change between the idles and ...

[ you should worry about load temp more then idle temp, if load temp is not that high (less than 60 or so), the whole high temp may be wrong sensor reading. Load temps are: CPU: 59c System: 50c GPU: 59c delta temp is cpu - system it is odd to see the delta temp does not change between the idles and ...

[ I have an AMD 64 3200+ (ClawHammer, which apparently runs much hotter than Venice?), Asus K8V Deluxe (no/poor Turion support and doesn't allow undervolting?) I have same motherboard, you need disable cool and quiet in bias and set cpu frequency and voltage to manul, I set to 1.35 volt for my 3400+...

I use same cpu heatsink on amd 3400+( new castle), I set cpu core 1.35 volt system 26 c idles:cpu 38 c load: cpu 48 c forget the core temp,(I have same problem use speedfan, by compare the asus probe, I have to remove the core temp), The temp 2 and temp 3 are your cpu true temp since your cpu has tw...