I'm in the search for a good 1U cooler for my Barton 2500. I have a Vantech one I picked up that was rated for up to 1900. But after running prime95 for 10 min the CPU got up to 72C/162F and I decided ...

The Barton has always been more than reasonable in gaming-related tasks, often matching a similar Pentium 4. Jumping right into second place, behind the gaming goliath that is the Athlon 64. 375MHz ...

Spooky, after just reading the other current thread about heatsinks and Barton 2500s... Unfortunately, I've been having heat problems ever since I built my (last) system (from an Ars guide, as usual).