Need advice for a P4 fan.

[etecnifibre]

Should I go with the retail fan, or get a different brand? If so, what do you recommend? I don't do gaming, just a lot of work with Adobe Premiere and Ulead Media Studio, etc. Thanks very much.

 

[fredtam]

Retail would be fine. The only reason to change (unless you overclock) is noise. If that bothers you get a nice heatsink and a panaflo fan.

 

[Nebor]

For quiet get a Zalman 7000AlCu or 7000Cu, depending on which colour scheme you like better.

 

[tallman45]

I would save on the stock fan (buy oem version of P4) and get either the Zalman 7000AlCu (much lighter than the all copper version) or one of the SLK9xx's and a quiet fan. Noise will be much less than stock, but note that the power supply, vid card fan and exhaust fans are louder to begin with so you may not notice the new hsf's quietness.

 

[fredtam]

Originally posted by: tallman45
I would save on the stock fan (buy oem version of P4) and get either the Zalman 7000AlCu (much lighter than the all copper version) or one of the SLK9xx's and a quiet fan. Noise will be much less than stock, but note that the power supply, vid card fan and exhaust fans are louder to begin with so you may not notice the new hsf's quietness.

Bad idea.
Buy the retail version of the cpu. You will get a three year warranty instead of the 1 year oem warranty. Then use a different fan. The price difference is very small and worth the extra warranty.

 

[Pothead]

Originally posted by: fredtam

Originally posted by: tallman45
I would save on the stock fan (buy oem version of P4) and get either the Zalman 7000AlCu (much lighter than the all copper version) or one of the SLK9xx's and a quiet fan. Noise will be much less than stock, but note that the power supply, vid card fan and exhaust fans are louder to begin with so you may not notice the new hsf's quietness.

Bad idea.
Buy the retail version of the cpu. You will get a three year warranty instead of the 1 year oem warranty. Then use a different fan. The price difference is very small and worth the extra warranty.

word :beer:

 

[corkyg]

Have been using the fan that Intel provided with the P4 - and a slight overclock from 2.8 to 3.0 GHz. It has been rock solid and stable now for almost a year.

 

[cmdrdredd]

i've seen overclocks of a 2.4 up to 3.0Ghz with stock fans.

 

[fredtam]

I have my 2.8 at 3.47 on stock heatsink/fan (need better memory to go higher). I've thought about changing to drop temps slightly and reduce noise.

 

[Yzzim]

I don't mean to highjack this thread, but can anyone tell me if the Zalman 7000AlCu will work on my Abit IS7? I've went to Zalman's website before but can't get the Socket 478 Compatibility page to load 😕

Thanks!

 

[Jojo7]

Jesus christ dude. What the hell are you doing?

Stop bumping every post.