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Originally posted by blade As for overclocking, what motherboard/ram do you have. And is your barton a 333 bus one and unlocked? If so and if you are running at least pc3200 DDR ram, just increase the clock speed to 11x200. But first I'd get that temp down below 50c. More like lower 40's if you wan...

I picked one up about a month ago with 400$ off, i upgraded somethings to what i wanted (hd, cpu etc...) they are the shit!

OK HP got bought out by Compaq right? I know somehow they are related, and Compaq blows

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Ahh so possibly this is my problem? any brand of thermal paste you recommend or do they all work the same?

so when applying thermal paste just apply a thin layer? i put a goob on, but kept it off of the processor and just have it on the heatsink contact, yes im a n00b at thermal paste! anyways this tempature is not a major concern for all i hear is the bartons run hot, but everyone is cooler than mine :(...

no overclocking here, but i dont have a front intake fan, i think i need to add on, i will give it a shot, Thanks!!

My shit runs hot, i have a AMD XP 2500 Barton at idle it runs at 57, i upgraded from the stock fan to a Thermaltake Silent Boost, using thermal paste , this still doesnt seem to help, the room is fairly warm but not to bad, in the cold night with the windows open i have not gotten the system below 5...