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Geek Culture / 'Akasa' GPU/Motherboard Cooling Unit - Supports AMD CPU?

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SikaSina Games
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Posted: 14th May 2009 22:46 Edited at: 17th May 2009 13:17
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I recently built my computer and went to start it up and remembered on thing: I had no heating installed and the CPU didn't come with one. I started it up anyway, and heard a beep 5 seconds later, I waited for another 30 seconds then it made a sound of a buzzer alarm (like a deep pitched noise then a high pitch and so on). I unplugged the PC form the PSU and opened up the case, whilst wearing an ESD wristband. I couldn't see anything wrong so I stupidly decided to touch the CPU and burnt my finger and the first thing came to mind: "Heatsink".

So I rushed down to PC World and asked if they have a Heatsink which supports an AMD Processor, but they said that a motherboard/GPU cooler might work. I got home and opened the case to find a fan which was equivalent to that on the motherboard itself. And that is my question: Would a Motherboard Cooler work on a CPU? I have considered about buying an official heatsink but from what I've heard, they're pretty pricey. Any ideas? The specs are:

2GB RAM
ATi Radeon 4550 512mb DDR3 w/ HDMI
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400
Excalibur ATX Case
abit AN52S (or something) Motherboard
22x SATA DVD-ROM CD Drive
160GB SATA Hard Drive

-EDIT- Link to Cooler: Akasa GPU Cooling Unit

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Benjamin
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Posted: 14th May 2009 22:54 Edited at: 14th May 2009 22:54
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Isn't the regular setup a heatsink and a fan mounted on top of that?

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SikaSina Games
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Posted: 14th May 2009 22:55 Edited at: 14th May 2009 22:56
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No, for some reason I just received the CPU and that was it. There is a frame around it to fit the heatsink but I never received one at all.

-EDIT- If you're talking about how the computer came, it was a D.I.Y. so therefore I built it myself

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Posted: 14th May 2009 23:00 Edited at: 14th May 2009 23:04
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Since most GPUs can cool themselves, it's likely that GPU cooler is designed to be an additional measure for keeping a GPU cool - which means it may lack the RPM to effectively cool a CPU (to prevent unnecessary noise, it will likely be slower than a CPU fan if it's an additional measure rather than the only cooling mechanism). It does not state the speed, however, which makes it very difficult to tell.

EDIT: Also, I'm generally confused by your situation. You didn't fit a heatsink to the CPU to begin with? As in, you left it completely bare? And how come you didn't have a heatsink and fan lined up ahead of time? They're pretty critical components

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Posted: 14th May 2009 23:11
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*headdesk*

You're very lucky your CPU is not a metallic paste.

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Posted: 14th May 2009 23:37
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Quote: "You're very lucky your CPU is not a metallic paste."


LOL, I can't help it, I didn't find out 'til I started it lol .

Quote: "Also, I'm generally confused by your situation. You didn't fit a heatsink to the CPU to begin with? As in, you left it completely bare? And how come you didn't have a heatsink and fan lined up ahead of time? They're pretty critical components"


I have a PSU (duh ) but I basically forgot about the heatsink (it was my first time doing a D.I.Y.) so I only remembered when I started it. So, I'm guessing it's a no and get a heatsink then?

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Posted: 14th May 2009 23:39
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Yeeeah. Get a heatsink.

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Posted: 14th May 2009 23:45
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Cool, I'll get one ASAP, nice vid as well lol . Lock this if you wish unless it's up for discussion.

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Posted: 18th May 2009 01:30 Edited at: 18th May 2009 01:30
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Nope, not up for discussion. You need a CPU heatsink designed for your processor model. Hopefully your processor still works.

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Posted: 19th May 2009 17:51
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Yeh it hasn't disintegrated (lmao) but it won't boot (it display the splash screen but remains there). One more question: If the motherboard supports up to DDR2 memory, does that count for the GPU as well? If so,, I'm screwed and I've found the answer tot the question I asked. THew GPU is a ATi Sapphire Radeon 4550 DDR3 (what I'm concerned about) 512mb. SOrry, I'm not used to DIY PCs and it's my first time .

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Ha! What a coincidence,u got the same CPU as I have,Athlon X2 4400+.I got the heatsink with the CPU.

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Posted: 19th May 2009 18:29
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Lol, and I found out that the DDR requirement on Motherboards is only for the RAM and not GPUs (so you can have a DDR3 GPU on a DDR2 mobo). How does the 4400+ run? Is yours a 2.3GHz Dual Core?

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