Loud a8n-sli Chipset fan

[The Gun]

The chipset fan is by far the loudest component in my rig, actually alot louder than a 6800gt with stock cooling! So to keep me from going insane I hooked it up to a fan speed controler and brought it down from 8k to 4k.
The "system" temp in nTune has gone up by 4-5 degrees to the low 40's depending on load. Though i suspect it might be warmer as it's almost too hot too touch.

Does anyone have an opinion on how safe it is to run my fan at this speed?

BTW, my board is OC at FSB 245.

 

[imported_rod]

I would try to keep it under 40C. Mine is at 31C now(7300rpm). But yes, it is noisy.

RoD

 

[raincityboy]

My chipset fan started to make a loud whinning noise.
So I replaced it with a Zalman ZM-NB47J. I also attached a 40mm fan to it that is on my fan controller.
works great.:thumbsup:

by the way it is an Asus A8N-SLI dlx

 

[cbehnken]

My DFI is running about 4000 RPM at 50 Celsius and I haven't modified it, so I think your temp is fine.

 

[NokiaDude]

I hardly think it's loud. Put your computer down near the ground, not your head.

 

[The Gun]

Well, thanks for your opinions. The way that little bastard rattles and hums at 8k I would probably risk frying the board anyway.
I have considered aftermarket coolers but I doubt anything will fit under the NV-5 cooler of my 6800gt.

Anyway, this is unacceptable by Asus. It really anoyes me cause fitting a better quality fan would cost them, what, a buck? This little detail ruins an otherwise great mobo.

 

[Chode Messiah]

what about a low-profile liquid chipset cooler? I replaced my stock MSI cooler and my 6800u's fit perfect

 

[Rustler]

I am using the Zalman NB47J with a Zalman Cpu Fan bracket and a 92mm fan attached to the HD cage on my Lian Li Pc700, it works great, no noisy chipset fan, I set it up that way before I booted my board for the first time, even before I added the fan and bracket I had no stability problems, with more surface to raidate heat I think just the Zalman alone would do a better job than the dinky HSF and fan Asus decided to put on this board from the factory.

My tempature for my system reads 36 on my DFI board it reads 47, I don't think the Asus reads from the chipset.

 

[6800GTguy]

I just read a few threads like this and impuse-bought the zalman ZM-NB47J passive heatsink for my ASUS nforce4 SLi board. I took the easy route, using a wire cutter to nip off the heads of the push-pins of my chipset fan rather than taking out the mobo- although I literally mauled the old fan off the board, the board remained undamaged. Setting the pin-rails on the heatsink is tedious, and it took my a while to force it onto the board, but now that it's on, it fits in quite nicely under my 6800 and temps hover around 35-40 C as opposed to...35-40 C with the fan. No fan either, just the heatsink.

With my silent PSU and stock cpu fan, even with my pc 6 inches from my ear and the case door off, my pc is virtually silent.