First post, by EdmondDantes
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So, my Win98 old gaming PC is fixed and recapped, but it still at times acts wonky. This seems to always coincide with when I turn the air conditioner in my room off. The AC (a window unit) is basically right next to the PC so I feel like the PC is getting cooling benefit from it, but... being next to the PC means its blowing on me when I'm in my PC chair, which this AC (due to age-induced quirks) is either on full force, fan only, or not at all.
Having aching cold hands after an hour of Myst is not fun.
So I'm starting to think this PC needs some serious new heatsinks for its CPU. It's that Epox-8KTA motherboard I've mentioned previously. I'd also like to mod the Voodoo 3 2000 within it because I think its contributing.
But the thing is...
Well, like, do I have to look for a heat sink specifically for this CPU/socket model (not sure what the socket for this mobo would be but I guess I could look it up), or could I just get any heatsink that looks the right size, with a fan to match, and it would do just as well? Like I've seen some Pentium 4 heatsinks which look lovely and look like they would fit but I don't wanna waste money.
I'm also looking in to "ghetto" solutions, like just getting a small, permanently-plugged-in fan that I can sit slightly inside the tower case (the actual case is a Thermaltake V3 Black which seems like it would have plenty of room for this) and blow on both components, but I'm not sure if that would be better or worse.
Any thoughts before I go wasting money?
Thanks in advance.