P4 cooling question?

[Darth Revan]

I'm building my first pc and I was planning on getting the P4 w/HT and heard from some of the reviews that it can get pretty hot. So what type of cooling system/aparatus should I use? More fans, heatsinks I know nothing about cooling. Here is what I'm planning on using hardware wise;
Case- http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp? DEPA=0&description=11-145-035&ATT=Cases+Computer+Cases&CMP=OTC-pr1c3grabb3r
MOBO- http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProduc...131-484&depa=0
VID CARD- http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProduc...102-297&depa=0
RAM 2X- http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...146-541&depa=1
HARD DRIVE- http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...148-032&depa=1
The Cd burner and DVD drive I havent decided on yet, if you need more info tell me cause again I know nothing about this.

Thanks


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[Yuanji]

P4 Prescott cores do run relatively hotter then other CPUs but they can sustain higher temps. if you do choose to buy a seperate HSF, the heatsinks from thermalright are supposed to be very good. not too sure about what company to get the fans though.

[flanzig1]

The retail HSU that comes with the CPU is plenty good unless you plan on OCing the CPU. I have a Prescott 2.4 with the retail HSU and it runs 40c with one case fan.

[Yuanji]

is it a northwood? prescotts run considerable hotter and on stock, it runs around 60C idle when OCed to 3.6Ghz

[Darth Revan]

Yuanji the P4 is prescott here's the specs;
Intel Pentium 4/ 3.2E GHz 800MHz FSB, 1MB L2 Cache, Hyper Threading Technology - Retail
Model# BX80546PG3200E
Item # N82E16819116172
Specification
Model: Intel Pentium 4 w/ Hyper Threading Technology
Core: Prescott
Operating Frequency: 3.2GHz
FSB: 800MHz
Cache: L1/12K+16K; L2/1MB
Voltage: 1.25V-1.525V
Process: 0.09Micron
Socket: Socket 478
Multimedia Instruction: MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3

I'm a newb can you tell me what HSF and HSU are?

[Yuanji]

ok so you are running the same processor as i am. HSF and HSU are interchangable mostly. it depends on if you are doing serious overclocking or not. for P4s, you can do some light overclocking just by raising the FSB but in order to get really high, you need to increase voltages. that's what causes most of the heat. if you just raise FSB a little, i doubt you need anything above stock cooling. thermalright does make good heatsinks and not sure but i think vantec makes good fans

[Cricket]

Originally Posted by Darth Revan I'm a newb can you tell me what HSF and HSU are?

HSF = Heat Sink Fan
HSU = Heat Sink Unit

They basically both refer to the same thing...the heatsink and fan sitting on top of the CPU.

Cricket

[Darth Revan]

Thanks that helps a lot.

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