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Quieter heatsink/fan please!
Hi,
I've been using a Globalwin FOP-32 heatsink/fan for the past couple of years and the noise hasn't been that much of a problem until now. but now that i have broadband in my room, i want to be able to leave the computer on and sleep at the same time! This heatsink and fan won't let me do that as its just too loud. Any recommendations for a good heatsink/fan? Hardwa Abit KT7A mobo (socket A i think!), Athlon TBird 850 (not overclocked). Preferably i'd like one that can take a higher spec CPU as I'm thinking of upgrading in the next few months to a faster athlon Thanks Paul |
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Quieter heatsink/fan please!
I think finding a quiet cooler for your 850 will be a challenge....
I have recently bought a Zalman 6000Cu Flower cooler. Its very quiet and looks the biz, It will cool up to XP2600 but it wont fit on anything less than a Thunderbird 1.4 so you 850 wont fit with it. I would upgrade the CPU and get a new cooler at the same time. Also, I hope you are thinking of a new Mobo as yours might not take anything more than a Thunderbird.... see: http://www.abit-usa.com/products/mb/...=88&faq_id=109 for details on this. HTH Harry On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 00:46:55 +0100, "Paul" wrote: Hi, I've been using a Globalwin FOP-32 heatsink/fan for the past couple of years and the noise hasn't been that much of a problem until now. but now that i have broadband in my room, i want to be able to leave the computer on and sleep at the same time! This heatsink and fan won't let me do that as its just too loud. Any recommendations for a good heatsink/fan? Hardwa Abit KT7A mobo (socket A i think!), Athlon TBird 850 (not overclocked). Preferably i'd like one that can take a higher spec CPU as I'm thinking of upgrading in the next few months to a faster athlon Thanks Paul |
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Quieter heatsink/fan please!
"Harry" wrote in message ... I think finding a quiet cooler for your 850 will be a challenge.... I have recently bought a Zalman 6000Cu Flower cooler. Its very quiet and looks the biz, It will cool up to XP2600 but it wont fit on anything less than a Thunderbird 1.4 so you 850 wont fit with it. I would upgrade the CPU and get a new cooler at the same time. I think Zalman say "Over 1.4GHz" because that's the max that the Flower could probably cool.. I havent done a REAL REAL REAL big check into this but I am 99.9% sure that a zalman flower would still work for him.. |
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Quieter heatsink/fan please!
"Paul" wrote in message ... Hi, I've been using a Globalwin FOP-32 heatsink/fan for the past couple of years and the noise hasn't been that much of a problem until now. but now that i have broadband in my room, i want to be able to leave the computer on and sleep at the same time! This heatsink and fan won't let me do that as its just too loud. Any recommendations for a good heatsink/fan? Hardwa Abit KT7A mobo (socket A i think!), Athlon TBird 850 (not overclocked). Preferably i'd like one that can take a higher spec CPU as I'm thinking of upgrading in the next few months to a faster athlon Thanks Paul I have never heard of them.. Did some digging tho (as I really watch "quiet" products) and it doesnt look like they do any low noise products.. their 80mm fans are similar spec to most 80mm fans (at 1600 rpm).. Panaflo fans are nice and quiet (careful when buying as some of them are really noisy too, look up the spec).. When your trying to make a "Quiet" pc you need to take it all in.. the power supply can be great at giving you noise, My loudest part is my power supply, not my heatsink fan.. It might sound really weird BUT you can sometimes make your system run cooler and lower the noise by using more fans.. If your current case fans (you probably dont have any but just in case) are running on 12v.. say 1 @ 12v then I would be tempted to replace them with 2 Panaflo and run them @ 7v.. I am not a cooling buff but I did spend probably 100£ extra to remove some of the noise from my system.. If I counted the psu and hs fans then I have a total of 6 (4x80mm) (2x92mm) and It's still quiet enough for me not to hear it during the day.. |
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Quieter heatsink/fan please!
theres some kinda 'turbine' looking one which is supposed to be hush quiet,
maybe you could look that up. "Paul" wrote in message ... Hi, I've been using a Globalwin FOP-32 heatsink/fan for the past couple of years and the noise hasn't been that much of a problem until now. but now that i have broadband in my room, i want to be able to leave the computer on and sleep at the same time! This heatsink and fan won't let me do that as its just too loud. Any recommendations for a good heatsink/fan? Hardwa Abit KT7A mobo (socket A i think!), Athlon TBird 850 (not overclocked). Preferably i'd like one that can take a higher spec CPU as I'm thinking of upgrading in the next few months to a faster athlon Thanks Paul |
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Quieter heatsink/fan please!
I think you mean the Thermaltake Aero 7 lite, About £15 in the UK.
The specs seem to indicate it is quieter than most. Getting one myself soon "Blaedmon" wrote in message ... theres some kinda 'turbine' looking one which is supposed to be hush quiet, maybe you could look that up. "Paul" wrote in message ... Hi, I've been using a Globalwin FOP-32 heatsink/fan for the past couple of years and the noise hasn't been that much of a problem until now. but now that i have broadband in my room, i want to be able to leave the computer on and sleep at the same time! This heatsink and fan won't let me do that as its just too loud. Any recommendations for a good heatsink/fan? Hardwa Abit KT7A mobo (socket A i think!), Athlon TBird 850 (not overclocked). Preferably i'd like one that can take a higher spec CPU as I'm thinking of upgrading in the next few months to a faster athlon Thanks Paul |
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Quieter heatsink/fan please!
"Paul" wrote in message
... Hi, I've been using a Globalwin FOP-32 heatsink/fan for the past couple of years and the noise hasn't been that much of a problem until now. but now that i have broadband in my room, i want to be able to leave the computer on and sleep at the same time! This heatsink and fan won't let me do that as its just too loud. Any recommendations for a good heatsink/fan? Hardwa Abit KT7A mobo (socket A i think!), Athlon TBird 850 (not overclocked). Preferably i'd like one that can take a higher spec CPU as I'm thinking of upgrading in the next few months to a faster athlon I've been using a PAL Alpha 8045 on an 850 Duron for several years now. With a sunon fan, it is pretty quiet and keeps the system plenty cool. I'm also using an Alpha 8045 on a 1400 Tbird (which runs much hotter!). The 1400 needs a louder fan, but it still cools well. Swiftech has a pretty nice new heatsink http://www.swiftnets.com/products/MCX462-V.asp Add a nice Panaflo or Papst fan from www.caseetc.com or www.plycon.com www.plycon.com also has the new Swifty, but it's kinda expensive at $49USD. |
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Harry wrote:
I think finding a quiet cooler for your 850 will be a challenge.... I have recently bought a Zalman 6000Cu Flower cooler. Its very quiet and looks the biz, It will cool up to XP2600 but it wont fit on anything less than a Thunderbird 1.4 so you 850 wont fit with it. I would upgrade the CPU and get a new cooler at the same time. Nonsense. Socket A is Socket A. There's no reason the Zalman wouldn't fit his processor just because it runs at a slower speed. -WD |
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Hey! Dont shoot the messenger... I only reported what the Zalman
website said. ) On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 14:17:49 GMT, Will Dormann wrote: Harry wrote: I think finding a quiet cooler for your 850 will be a challenge.... I have recently bought a Zalman 6000Cu Flower cooler. Its very quiet and looks the biz, It will cool up to XP2600 but it wont fit on anything less than a Thunderbird 1.4 so you 850 wont fit with it. I would upgrade the CPU and get a new cooler at the same time. Nonsense. Socket A is Socket A. There's no reason the Zalman wouldn't fit his processor just because it runs at a slower speed. -WD |
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Quieter heatsink/fan please!
Hmm the stock fan that came with my Athlon 850 is completely silent. Don't you
mean the noise coming from your PSU fan do you? By the way, leaving the computer on all day every day will cost you 100s of $ in electricity. You also probably shouldn't be exposed to all that electromagneticality while you're sleeping. You may be able to use an Athlon XP with your current motherboard, but it can take a bit of work to get the multipliers right. You could try increasing the front side bus to 105MHz in the meantime. |
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