wtf do I do about cooling?

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Face50

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Hi all,

I just purchased myself a nice little system, and was wondering what I need to do about cooling! These parts are literally all I have;

2 x Crucial 512mb DDR 333MHz PC2700 Memory Module
1 x AMD Athlon XP3200+ Socket A 512 L2 Cache Barton CPU - OEM
1 x Connect3d ATI Radeon 9550 256MB DDR TV-Out DVI 128 Bit
1 x Abit NF7-S VER 2.0 nForce2 SKT A 400DDR 8xAGP SATA 5.1 Sound LAN
1 x Antler PC-326 (3 in 1) ATX Middle Tower Case with P4 350W PSU
1 x Wireless Keyboard + Mouse + 11-1 Card Reader
1 x Gigabyte B5232A 52x32x52x16 CD-RW COMBO Internal IDE
1 x Seagate ST3160023A 160GB 7200rpm 8mb Cache Barracuda 7200.7 Plus - OEM

The case came with a small fan at the back. I doubt this is enough for the entire pc...
What parts need cooling and how should I do it?

Thanks for any help x
 
No offense, but if you built a computer and dont know what a heatsink is, then I'm curious how it turned out (just kidding, I'm just being hard on the newbies) :P
 
I'm going to assume that there's no heatsink with that processor, then. You WILL need one (I suggest a copper heatsink, preferrably with thin little fins, since copper has better thermal conductivity than aluminum. You could also look into a copper HSF with heatpipes, I've seen a lot of good things about heatpipes (actually, I've heard good things about heatsinks comprised of copper heatpipes and aluminum fins)). Without heatsinks (or water cooling blocks ;)) computers die very quickly, so the heatsink's a necessity. Once you get an HSF unit, however, you shouldn't have any cooling problems.
 
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