No heatsink with 3.0c Northwood?

[Susquehannock]

When did Intel stop sending Heatsinks
with their Northwood retail CPU's?

Now I see, NewEgg screwed up and sent us
the OEM instead of the Retail. :rolleyes:
Now we have to wait until this is cleared up before
we can get my friend's new rig together.
...... Nice one NewEgg! :upset:

Why do I have all the bad luck? That's 3 of the last
5 orders that they flubbed up now.
:grr:

[oc-rookie]

Sorry to hear newegg is messing up your orders. Overall the are a great etailer. Do you really need the stock heatsink?

[Tedinde]

Originally posted by Susquehannock
When did Intel stop sending Heatsinks
with their Northwood retail CPU's?

Now I see, NewEgg screwed up and sent us
the OEM instead of the Retail. :rolleyes:
Now we have to wait until this is cleared up before
we can get my friend's new rig together.
...... Nice one NewEgg! :upset:

Why do I have all the bad luck? That's 3 of the last
5 orders that they flubbed up now.
:grr:


Id just say keep it, but that retail warranty is killer. Im in delaware if you needed a factory one for free, I must have 20 of them here!!!! In Newark right off I95 unless your on the other side of MD.

I have over 250 orders from newegg in my history and over $30k spent and never a mess up. Strange!!!

[doctorcod]

tedinde, 30k spent? HOLY §§§§. that is all.

[Kanavit]

NEWEGG rulez! I ordered my chieftec case from there for only $49 minus PSU and it came in exactly 3 days! the best case i ever bought, still using it. :)

[Clevor]

The heatsink on the 3.0C is somewhat valuable since it has the copper insert. On the 'B' chips, it is only used on the flagship 3.06B. If I ever have to use a stock heatsink, that is the one.

[Susquehannock]

Well, my buddy couldn't wait so we drove down to
the local CompUSA :eek: and bought the only
Socket 478 sink they had. It didn't have the Copper
insert but I did take the time to lapp it to a near perfect
mirror and use my favorite Shin Etsu X23 paste. :D
I was actually shocked at how dished the bottom was.

Diode temps were 52c under load which doesn't seem
too bad. Especially when you consider that the X23 usually
drops a few degrees after a few days of "curing".

I was wondering, ... if the X23 drops about 3c after a few days
on my AMD which has a significantly smaller contact area.
Would there likely to be a more signicant
drop with the P4 since it has a much larger footprint?