[philip.j.fry]

Originally Posted by stuartbe

Allways try and use heatsink's that have thermal pads as these are better than the paste.

I've always been told the opposite

Look into a new fan. I've got an athlon 1.4 and for the last two years I've had a super orb cooler, loud and the temperature was always around the 70 mark with no problems. However, I've just fitted a coolermaster that has a (manually adjustable) variable fan. On it's lowest speed, my cpu never goes above 55 degrees and it's a lot quieter than my orb. The fan says it is rated up to 2800+ so definately reccommended.

If you wanted super cooling and can afford it though, go for a water cooled system.