Anyway to make the AMD Stock Heatpipe Heatsink more quiet

[thestain]

Would adding an adaptor and a new fan do the trick?

How about just a new fan?

My goal.. drop dba by at least 3, without any cooling hit.

Thanks!

 

[Operandi]

Use SpeedFan and lower the RPM at idle.

Also enable Cool n' Quiet if you haven't already.

 

[keeleysam]

You could drop in a panaflo, but if you are going to spend $15 on a fan, just spend $30 and get something that'll smoke the stock cooler.

 

[RallyMaster]

I would go the way of the 80 to 120mm adapter and throwing in an Arctic Fan 12 in it.

 

[Navid]

This is one option. Get this bracket and a 120mm fan. Install the 120mm fan to blow onto the cooler.

Lower the RPM of the stock cooler to quiet it down. You may want to lower the RPM of the 120mm fan too if needed. The 120mm fan will make up for the degraded performance of the stock fan. Overall, you will get better cooling at lower noise.

 

[INM8]

I got an amd stock heatpipe cooler with my X2 4400+ and tried and 80 to 120mm adaptor. It didnt work because the stock AMD fan seems to be smaller then 80mm, somewhere around 70mm probably. This is what the stock cooler i got looks like: http://www.amdzone.com/pics/cpus/athlon64/fx60/overclocking/stock.jpg

If yours is like mine, your best bet would be to try what Navid suggested, or something similar. With a bit of work (and string\fishing line) you could rig up a fan to blow right on it, and remove the stock fan, just depends on how fancy you want things to look.

 

[Navid]

Originally posted by: INM8
I got an amd stock heatpipe cooler with my X2 4400+ and tried and 80 to 120mm adaptor. It didnt work because the stock AMD fan seems to be smaller then 80mm, somewhere around 70mm probably. This is what the stock cooler i got looks like: http://www.amdzone.com/pics/cpus/athlon64/fx60/overclocking/stock.jpg

If yours is like mine, your best bet would be to try what Navid suggested, or something similar. With a bit of work (and string\fishing line) you could rig up a fan to blow right on it, and remove the stock fan, just depends on how fancy you want things to look.

That is the cooler with 2 pipes and a 70mm fan. There is another version with 4 pipes and an 80mm fan.

 

[thestain]

My heatsink has a 80mm fan with four heat pipes. So.. I would like to upgrade fan by itself or via an adaptor, but don't have a clue if this would work. Hence, the request for help. Help?

I would like to learn more about going to an adaptor and if any one has tested going this route to either a 92 mm or 120 with any success. I would be willing to consider the better fan. It is hard for me to believe a 80mm Delta that is 20mm thick is the best fan for this heatsink. I was thinking maybe a pabst or enermax fan might work.. and the panaflo that is a lot thicker looked interesting..

so.. if I just upgraded the fan, what fan would push the air into a tight finned situation best with the least noise?

Those tight fins have me concerned.. need a lot of air pressure to get through them and consequently noise.. If AMD had just went a little further on the noise side.. I would be done.. but this heatsink does cool pretty well, just at the price of quiet.. I plan to use at stock to no more than a ten percent overclock, but I am concerned of noise hitting close to 45-50 dba which to me is a little too loud.. I can live with 40.

I found another delta, a low speed one 38mm thick, would this be an improvement?

http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/de80ef1.html

or this one that would require an adaptor

http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/de92trbllows.html

 

[Operandi]

Originally posted by: thestain
My heatsink has a 80mm fan with four heat pipes. So.. I would like to upgrade fan by itself or via an adaptor, but don't have a clue if this would work. Hence, the request for help. Help?

I would like to learn more about going to an adaptor and if any one has tested going this route to either a 92 mm or 120 with any success. I would be willing to consider the better fan. It is hard for me to believe a 80mm Delta that is 20mm thick is the best fan for this heatsink. I was thinking maybe a pabst or enermax fan might work.. and the panaflo that is a lot thicker looked interesting..

so.. if I just upgraded the fan, what fan would push the air into a tight finned situation best with the least noise?

Those tight fins have me concerned.. need a lot of air pressure to get through them and consequently noise.. If AMD had just went a little further on the noise side.. I would be done.. but this heatsink does cool pretty well, just at the price of quiet.. I plan to use at stock to no more than a ten percent overclock, but I am concerned of noise hitting close to 45-50 dba which to me is a little too loud.. I can live with 40.

Moving to an adapter will get your more CFM but at a loss of air pressure, which could actually end up doing nothing for your performance.

If your running the fan at a constant 100% 24/7 you can use SpeedFan or BIOS fan controls to lower the fan RPM when the CPU is idle, that should get you at least 3 dBA.

 

[thestain]

Thanks!