Fan recommendations for heatsinks that use 80mm fans?

Allistar

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Aug 14, 2001
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How embarassing. I hit return by accident.

Anyway, I have an SVC GC68, that inexpensive 80mm utilizing heatsink.

Right now, it is using the stock 'Galaxy' fan and my idle temp is 113F for my Athlon XP 1500+ processor with 2 case fans and a scavenged thermaltake volcano fan on the northbridge.

Can I please get recommendations for 80mm fans that output enough air to keep the proc cool, but at the same time being relatively quiet?

Thanks.
 

blade

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I suggest this one, this one or this clear one. I have several of those clear ones with a blue led and I like them a lot. Good thing is it's adjustable so you can increase the cfm to 52 (max speed) when you need it. Of course when it spins over 3500rpm it does get noisy so use that when playing a game or whatever. Under 3500 it is quiet and still cools well.

Aside from those, there isn't much else you can do to get more performance from that heatsink. 113 isn't bad at all anyway.