robbo2

I was thinking that to. Thought it would be the same cooler that came with all phenoms the heat pipes one.

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crazcookye

No joke. The HSF that came with my X2 6000+ had 4 heatpipes...

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dham

The heat sink for the 720be is not good at all. I didn't even feel comfortable running at stock speeds with the thing.

sLowEnd

Why? Were the temps bad?

I've heard that temps for Phenom II's are pretty good even with the stock chunk of aluminum

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dham

I mean the temps were under what its rated to handle. But when I get up to the 50c I don't feel that easy. I could not run prime at stock speed with the stock heat sink. I turned it off before it got to 60c. It just never stopped. Granted my room is pretty warm but not that hot. Running Far cry 2 at stock speed the temp would rise to around 50c to 51c. I feel much better on the mugen 2 when play far cry 2 it never goes above 38c and prime doesn't push it above 46c.(thats a 8 hour prime too)

MGlBlaze

955 stock cooler > :turd: > 720 stock cooler.



But yeah, basically, that 955 cooler is MUCH better. Go for it; not only will you see a great improvement in your temperatures, but it's for free!

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stormcr4nk

Yeah that 720 cooler is the same that comes with the x2 7750...mine has the same crooked sticker too lol

Afrodisiac

I have a hunk-of-aluminum cooler too but I have a Windsor X2 5200, so I wasn't expecting more; a black-edition Phenom II with the hunk-of-aluminum? Pretty sad.

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ymetushe

Have to disagree with you on this one. I have both 720 and 7750, and the 7750 radiator is a little taller, though the 720 radiator disperses air in all 4 directions (like Intel stock HSFs do.)

With good airflow and rather cool room temps, my 720 never went above 48c with stock hsf and idled at 28c, but that was just when I tested it for comparison.

LuckySe7ens

meh the 720 is kind of a budget CPU. It isnt exactly their top end silicon. Not only that id rather get a lame stock hunk of aluminum and pay less leaving more money for a decent aftermarket version. The 955be cooler is worlds better then the 720 cooler, but cant compete with a decent xiggy of course.

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