since the hs got marks from one side of the die underneath it sounds to me like the conection (cpu-die) is bad. As wumpus said, try using lots of thermal compound and se if it makes any difference. If the hs got lapped to much maybe you should use both the metal washers provided with the hs to get t...

I tryed to run my cpu with core voltage and it only increased with about 4-6 degrees so its not nessesary for getting low temp. reads. But If you want to hardware-decrease the voltage there is good help at this adress http://www.ocinside.de/go_e.html?/html/workshop/socketa/tbred_painting.html Could ...

50 is the max limit for me for not getting the shakes, luckily my barton never goes over 45

Im not sure if anybody alrady said this but why dont you undervolt the cpu? Its a throughbred you will probably be able to run it 0.1-0.2 volt lower then default. If all else fails, you may want to go to a 2500xp Barton for < $100. Oddly enough, the larger die size of these chips (+256kb L2) makes i...

simply check thermalrights home page :D http://www.thermalright.com/slk800.html oh and there is no slk800a, its only slk800. Its with clips for socket A http://www.thermalright.com/slk800u.html the slk800U (u = universal) works on both p4 and sockes A mobos (only if you have the 4 mounting holes)

Im pretty sure the SLK900U will be quite better, the difference will also increase with the CFM of the fan on the SLK

http://www.overclockers.com/articles373/

I know overlocking is the very opposite to silent-pc but they can tell you the performace of the both HS

Hi all this is my first post. Since Im a silent-pc fanatic I thought I should add my motherboard to the list. Im using a epox 8k5a2+ which has the following specs. CPU multiplier can be selected from 6.0X up to 12.0X in 0.5X steps, and from 12X to 15X in 1X steps. VCore can be selected from 1.4V up ...