Does HSF vibration affect OC stability / CPU life?

[Jonsio]

I run a Tornado 92mm at 3600rpm for my OC'd rig (P4), HS is XP90. I found out the fan vibrates a lot after touching the HS body. Does this affect the OC stability or even the life of the CPU? I can't find any other 92mm fan out there that is as powerful and doesn't vibrate too much (such as Papst's).

 

[SneakyStuff]

Originally posted by: Jonsio
I run a Tornado 92mm at 3600rpm for my OC'd rig (P4), HS is XP90. I found out the fan vibrates a lot after touching the HS body. Does this affect the OC stability or even the life of the CPU? I can't find any other 92mm fan out there that is as powerful and doesn't vibrate too much (such as Papst's).

Is all that rotation really necessary? How high is your oc?

 

[SneakyStuff]

oops, double post

 

[Peter D]

Vibrating? Hmm, I've never had a problem with that and my Tornado I personally don't see any reason why it'd affect the overclock or anything like that.

Did you put those little rubber/neoprene strips on the heatsink below the fan? Thermalright ususally includes those with their heatsinks to reduce fan vibration

 

[Jonsio]

sneakystuff, yes, it needs >3200rpm at (3.0c@258FSB,1.6v,P4C800E), any lower, 2 x prime fails within an hour (temp goes > 60c), but is ok at screamer speeds (temp maintained at 57c).

vegetto, well, i am new to tornadoes, but compared to panaflo 2800rpm H1A and papst 92 fan, i think the vibration is a cause for some concern (or probably not, as I've seen some older thermalright HSs with recommended Delta EHE's too). actually, as I thought the provided rubber strips were too thin to help, I mounted the fan on thicker rubber strips (about 3mm thick).

 

[SneakyStuff]

Well, if you have everything secured tightly, there isn't much more you can do but hope for the best.