Intel stock HSFs noise (and temps)

[Beerlake]

It seems that everyone directly jumps to whatever aftermarket cooler they already posses and use that on their new E8400. I'm however curious how the new HSF compares to the old model as far as the fan is concerned. Is it the same or similar fan, how's the noise in it under max (stock clocked) load?

Additionally, what kind of temps can you expect from that same combination under full load?

I tried some googlefu and visited various tech sites about this, but it seems that all the reviews were done well before the actual release, and since the small cooler pics just recently showed up, I'm assuming that the reviews were done with the old, bigger boxed cooler, or aftermarket solutions.

So any reviews, links, whatever, help, appreciated. 🙂

 

[imported_wired247]

Originally posted by: Beerlake
It seems that everyone directly jumps to whatever aftermarket cooler they already posses and use that on their new E8400. I'm however curious how the new HSF compares to the old model as far as the fan is concerned. Is it the same or similar fan, how's the noise in it under max (stock clocked) load?

Additionally, what kind of temps can you expect from that same combination under full load?

I tried some googlefu and visited various tech sites about this, but it seems that all the reviews were done well before the actual release, and since the small cooler pics just recently showed up, I'm assuming that the reviews were done with the old, bigger boxed cooler, or aftermarket solutions.

So any reviews, links, whatever, help, appreciated. 🙂

I'm not 100% sure if this is what you're asking, but there are some good pics of the size of the e8400 stock HSF here (scroll down a bit):

the heatsink is REALLY REALLY tiny.

http://www.my350z.com/forum/showthread.php?t=330626

and no, you should not need to register to see the pics.

As far as my case goes, I cannot hear any fans except for the 120mm case fans. The stock intel fan is silent to my ears, as is the PSU fan.



I am overclocked a small amount ... I am at 400FSB x 9 = 3.6GHz and the temps are not really any higher than stock, even on the stock cooler. Part of this is because you don't need much more than stock voltage to get to 3.6GHz

temps are about 32C idle, 63C full load

 

[Beerlake]

Oh yes, I forgot to say that I have indeed seen the new tiny stock cooler pics, which is exactly why I'm wondering if the fan in it is still the same as it was in the old, larger model.

 

[DerwenArtos12]

It's so tiny, heck, if it doesn't work out that well for your processor it's almost small enough to just use for a chipset heatsink, just have to cut off the mounting tabs and drill holes for the stock chipset mounting pins.

 

[Doclife]

I have both the old (E4500) and new (E8400) Intel stock HSF. The new stock HSF that came with the E8400 is half the height of the old stock HSF. The fans are the same in both the new and old HSF. The stock HSF is very quiet, even under load. Anandtech did a roundup review/comparison of several aftermarket and Intel stock HSF a while back and the noise level of the Intel stock HSF are among the lowest.

 

[Beerlake]

Excellent.

Now all I need is to find a mobo that fits for my needs, but that's another topic for another time. Thanks folks. 🙂

 

[hans007]

yeah it doesnt really need much more than that.

the Celeron 4xx series cfomes with a similar size heatsink but with no copper inlay and only a 3 pin fan.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Wait, are you saying that the half-size heatsink that comes with the E8400 is in fact NOT the same heatsink that comes with the Celeron 440, in that the E8400 one has copper, and the C440 one is all-aluminum?

 

[DerwenArtos12]

Originally posted by: VirtualLarry
Wait, are you saying that the half-size heatsink that comes with the E8400 is in fact NOT the same heatsink that comes with the Celeron 440, in that the E8400 one has copper, and the C440 one is all-aluminum?

yuppers.