Duron 1.0 Ghz Morgan Core

[acemcmac]

throws off 46.1W at peak, but it'll be running FTP and Ventrilo on knoppix in its most demanding applications.... I want to make it as quiet as possible... Think I'm safe removing the fan from the heatsink?

btw... never worked with a stock AMD heatsink before.... is noise even that much of a problem with it?

 

[mechBgon]

AMD's retail fans differ. If you have the one you were thinking about using, then plug it in and see how much noise it makes. I'm pretty sure passive cooling of a 1GHz Duron is beyond the abilities of any retail AMD heatsink without a fan of some kind. Running the fan at 7 volts might be a nice compromise, however (ground its black wire to the +5V wire from the PSU, the red one on a typical 4-pin drive plug).

 

[Zap]

Don't do it. I've seen many Athlon/Duron systems come in for repair because of problems with lockups and often it is due to a dead or dying fan. This doesn't mean you can't have a quiet system. $15 can get you one of a variety of CPU coolers on the market with 80mm fans on large aluminum heatsinks with copper cores. Just undervolt the fan and you'll get your low noise without risking overheating.

 

[Creig]

My daughter has a 1.0 GHz Morgan core Duron in her system and it throws off a surprising amount of heat. For noise reduction, I simply went with a Speeze heatsink/80mm fan combo. 'Bout $10 for the pair. Nice and quiet, cools better than stock and was cheap.

 

[CraigRT]

you cannot run that CPU fanless, especially with the retail HS
but it should be pretty quiet honestly. I'd just use the stock HSF (fan included)

 

[tfinch2]

when i first used a stock amd hsf it suprised me how quiet it was.