Is your P4 stock fan noisy?

[WhiteMouse]

Being an Intel guy for awhile, and we are all talking about the Intel stock fan is quiet. Now, I noticed my P4 (1.6A) stock is a lot noisy, compare to my Celeron 400, Celeron 600, P3 1G fans. Is that normal?

The P4 has bigger H/F, and the speed is around 3000 rpm. The noise is not from my power supply fan, since while standby, the fan noise is OK. And I do not have any case fan.

 

[oldfart]

I agree with you. Many people comment on how "silent" it is. It depends on what you are used to. It is not nearly as quiet as the PIII systems I have had. If you came from an AMD system, you are typically used to a very noisy system. The speed of the P4 fan varies based on temp. If its running down in the ~ 2500 - 2800 rpm range, its not bad. If it gets up to 3000 - 3400 rpm range, it gets pretty loud.

 

[AndyHui]

I can't hear mine.

 

[oldfart]

Andy, what speed are you running, OC/non OC, what Vcore and what is the RPM of the fan idle/load? Mine right now is running ~ 2900 RPM. It is definitely audible.

 

[WhiteMouse]

<< The speed of the P4 fan varies based on temp. >>


No wonder I saw 3200 rpm when I ran Prime95.

 

[oldfart]

I had mine go over 3400 running Prime95 on a hot day. How are you running your setup? Overclock? Vcore?

 

[WhiteMouse]

1.6A OC to 2.13G, VCore 1.6V

 

[DAPUNISHER]

<< I agree with you. Many people comment on how "silent" it is. It depends on what you are used to. It is not nearly as quiet as the PIII systems I have had. If you came from an AMD system, you are typically used to a very noisy system. The speed of the P4 fan varies based on temp. If its running down in the ~ 2500 - 2800 rpm range, its not bad. If it gets up to 3000 - 3400 rpm range, it gets pretty loud. >>

I agree and would like to add that I came straight from having a Delta screamer to the P4 1.6A so it's virtually silent by way of comparison

 

[SupermanCK]

I don't think that the Stock HSF for P4 varies depending of TEMP...
mine always run @ 2600-2700 RPM <--- I will go home tonight and check to see if it does vary depending on temp...
It is fairly quiet...My power supply is much louder...I can barely hear the fan spin on the stock hsf

 

[oldfart]

It does vary (on my mobo anyway). Cold boot will be ~ 2450 RPM. Once it warms up, ~ 2800 RPM idle. Run CPUburn or Prime95, 3200+ depending on ambient temp.

 

[littlezipp]

My computer sounds like a windtunnel. My stock Intel runs at 3200rpm, +/-.
What are the quietest case fans 80mm that you can get?

 

[SupermanCK]

what mb are you using oldfart?
i am using ASUS P4B266-C

 

[WhiteMouse]

2800 idle and 3200 loaded here also!

 

[oldfart]

<< What are the quietest case fans 80mm that you can get? >>


Panaflow L1A's are very good.


<< what mb are you using oldfart? >>


EPOX 4BDA2+

 

[dbal]

<< The speed of the P4 fan varies based on temp. If its running down in the ~ 2500 - 2800 rpm range, its not bad. If it gets up to 3000 - 3400 rpm range, it gets pretty loud. >>


One more vote by me on that .-

 

[oldfart]

Seems case temp has a play in it. I'm using CPUBURN to really heat it up. I'm running 54C CPU and 28C case. CPU Fan RPM is ~ 3000. On a warm day, if the case temp goes up in the 30's the CPU fan will spin faster even though CPU temp is lower. The variable speed fan in the Antec True330 PS is also faster. Normally, its ~ 1450 RPM. Its running ~ 1700 now

 

[WhiteMouse]

Yes, I also believe the CPU fan speed is based on case (system) temp. Last night, I found I was running at 41C case and 42C CPU temp even at idle! :Q The CPU fan speed was 3500rpm. Obviously that means my case (a cheap CompUSA brand) cooling is poor. Open the case, the fan speed dropped to 3000 in minutes.

Put in a big (non-fit) case fan, now the temp looks OK when the case is closed. However, I have 4 fans (P/S, CPU, case, AGP) running now.

 

[BD231]

Well you guy's are all running overclocked. I built a system for a guy with a 1.6a at stock speed and it wasn't noisy at all while running prime95.