I would just replace the stock cooling with almost anything on hand, mainly chipset coolers. I got both versions of the stock coolers and the avvid coolers are smaller than the thermalsheild versions (stock with 3dfx stickers on the fans) but neither really work :s So I used matching chipset coolers …

a plastic mmx 166. ok thanks. i will need to find a way to get the heatsink off, otherwise i won't find out what's the real model of my cpu. Is the cooler an oem style cooler like what Dell or Compaq would use for example or the stock retail package intel cooler. Small black painted aluminum cooler …