Help choosing CPU fan for P4 northwood

[Spydc]

I have a 2.4GHz p4 northwood with the oem heatsink/fan. Some of the blades of the fan broke off so now when it spins it makes a super loud annoying sound. So i'm thinkg about going to bestbuy or circuit city to replace the fan. Can any general cpu fan fit? and is there a certain size I need to get? thanks.

 

[Degrador]

I'm pretty sure you'll find you won't be able to buy just an original fan for the stock heatsink, nor, I think, the entire heatsink at all. I'd say you're going to have to buy a third party heatsink, and there aren't many that are cheap and good. The zalman aluminium / copper one should do you quite nicely though - decent cooling (better than stock) at not too expensive a price. Should be pretty quiet too.

 

[Navid]

Originally posted by: Spydc
I have a 2.4GHz p4 northwood with the oem heatsink/fan. Some of the blades of the fan broke off so now when it spins it makes a super loud annoying sound. So i'm thinkg about going to bestbuy or circuit city to replace the fan. Can any general cpu fan fit? and is there a certain size I need to get? thanks.

This is the Zalman cooler that Degrador has mentioned.
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=35-118-108&depa=0

It is great. I have it on a 2.6GHz P4.
You need to make sure it will fit in your case and on your motherboard. I have it on ASUS P4P800 deluxe with no problem.

 

[Spydc]

Thanks for the reply. I have an old Epox 4bda2+ (i845) motherboard. Will this fit? Also, will this fan be compatible with an Athlon64 socket939 cpu? I am thinking about building a new computer based around it. I would luv to buy a heatskin/fan combo that not only will work for the socket478 p4's but also the socket939 athlon's.

 

[Navid]

Originally posted by: Spydc
Thanks for the reply. I have an old Epox 4bda2+ (i845) motherboard. Will this fit? Also, will this fan be compatible with an Athlon64 socket939 cpu? I am thinking about building a new computer based around it. I would luv to buy a heatskin/fan combo that not only will work for the socket478 p4's but also the socket939 athlon's.

According to the description on the manufacturer site, it fits on AMD 462, 754, 939 and 940 sockets.

Have a look.
http://www.zalmanusa.com/usa/product/view.asp?idx=54&code=005009

 

[Spydc]

doh.. stupid me.. I just realized tha the socket 478 heatsink and fan combo that I have is not the stock. It is this one "AVC 117140 Socket 478". Pics of the hsf can be found here...http://www.frostytech.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=946

The fan dimensions are 15x70x70mm.. is that something i can get at the stores? or is it a special fan.