does the cpu fan make a difference?

[gplracer]

I have an alpha pal 6035 on my duron. The sunon fan puts out 21 cfs. I saw another cpu fan that puts out 28 cfs. Would this make any difference? thanks

 

[tonyou]

Here is an article: http://www.overclockers.com/articles261/

Hope it helps...

Personally, I think unless you are unhappy about the cooling performance you are getting now, there is no reason to switch fan.


Tony

 

[LittleJohn]

Yes, blowing harder will cool more. Ck out 2CoolTek

 

[paulip88]

Of course when it comes to air flow, its not only the heat sink's fan that will matter. Whatever needs to be done to get a decent airflow around the case and around the HSF will work best.

In other words, 50cfm fan on an Alpha won't do much good if you don't have a case fan.

120mm 50+cfm drawing in, 38cfm GW fan on an Alpha, 80mm fan sucking from the CPU, plus PS fan seems to do a good job. Can't seem to get my CPU above 40C anymore.

 

[moolman]

Stick with the sunon, the delta's and other high rpm fans are too frickin loud. I tried a low speed adda 60mm for my alpha but it raised the temp 8C, so I stopped using it, but it was so dang quiet. I have a compromise and use sanyo denki fans, enough air but not loud. These are the fans that came with the slot A alpha cooler.

Alex