Will XP-120 Fit a Northwood?

propheci · Post by **propheci** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 10:13 am

i have a P4 2.6 Northwood. i'm pretty sure it's socket 478. thermalright's website says the XP-120 will fit the 478 but then towards the middle of the page, it says "Intel: Pentium-4 socket 478 3.2 GHz and above"? maybe that line refers only to the recommended fan or something, but the spacing makes it ambiguous. can anyone confirm or deny this? thanks.

cjpark · Post by **cjpark** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 10:31 am

I think they're just saying that its good enough to cool the cpu's that run at those speeds...which would be more than enough for yours. The only reason you wouldn't be able to use it would be if your mobo isn't compatible.

lenny · Post by **lenny** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 10:34 am

propheci wrote:i have a P4 2.6 Northwood. i'm pretty sure it's socket 478. thermalright's website says the XP-120 will fit the 478 but then towards the middle of the page, it says "Intel: Pentium-4 socket 478 3.2 GHz and above"? maybe that line refers only to the recommended fan or something, but the spacing makes it ambiguous. can anyone confirm or deny this? thanks.

Thermalright's statement is quite useless if you parse it. It is supposed to mean how hot a CPU it can support (assumption being the faster, the hotter) and 3.2 GHz (or whatever) is supposed to show the upper limit. Adding "and above" essentially renders the statement useless. They could say "0 Hz and above" and it would be the same statement semantically. It would be a marketing disaster, of course. But semantically it would be perfectly correct.

OK, end of rant. As long as the XP-120 fits your motherboard, it will work fine with your CPU. Check their motherboard compatibility list.

Edit: wasted too much time ranting, cjpark said the same thing I did in much less words

propheci · Post by **propheci** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 10:51 am

great. thanks. my mobo is on their "Okay" list so it looks like everything will fit nicely.

pony-tail · Post by **pony-tail** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 11:35 am

Be VERY careful of clearance to the PSU .
or like me , you may have an expensive paperweight !

propheci · Post by **propheci** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 12:10 pm

pony-tail wrote:Be VERY careful of clearance to the PSU .
or like me , you may have an expensive paperweight !

can you elaborate on that a bit? thanks.

i have a ASUS p4p800se and a seasonic s-12 430.

Post by **NeilBlanchard** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 5:40 pm

Hello:

What case do you have? The space above the top edge of the mobo and where the socket is located are the key things to consider.

propheci · Post by **propheci** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 6:15 pm

i have an antec slk3000b.

jamesm · Post by **jamesm** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 6:34 pm

you should be okay. i have an arctic cooling freezer 64 in my antec slk3000b, and there is plenty of room to spare.

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