P4 without fan. Possible?

[RobK]

I'm planning on picking up a P4 1.6A today for my home theater pc. No overclocking at all. With a decent heatsink and a power supply fan (Enermax Whisper), will this not burn up? There just aren't any REALLY quiet P4 fans, unfortunately. Hard to find any replacement 70mm, period.

My backup plan is a cheapie Igloo fan w/ a 60mm Panaflo fan, but if the air cooling would work, that would be even better.

 

[RobK]

ANyone?

 

[phantom309]

What you're planning will probably work, but give the stock Intel HSF a try. It's extremely quiet.

 

[Danlz]

The P4-1.6A's power consumption is in the 32W range which would be dang hot without active cooling. The folks at Silent-PC forum kinda lean towards the Zalman flower HS with adjustable fan speed gizmo from
SiliconeAcoustics

 

[RobK]

Awesome, thanks guys! I think I'll try out the stock fan, then go to the Zalman if I can hear it hum over the tv/movie.

 

[MoFunk]

I just got a P4 1.8 at work and it runs rather hot with just the stock HSF and 1 intake fan. I thought that Intels ran cooler but it is running at around 55c full load and goes up to 58 at times. if it was mine, I would worry! But work wont let me MOD my case so though!

 

[RobK]

MoFunk: is a Northwoods P4 (1.8A) or an older one? The older ones are supposed to run a bit hotter than the newer ones.

 

[fatbaby]

it is more than possible

You can even oc it to 3.5 ghz!

But you'll need a basin which can hold about a pint of liquid, then you need a pint of liquid nitro

The basin becomes your heatsink, your core temp should be -100 or lower

 

[Zap]

I would suggest (as others did) to use the stock Intel HSF. It is extremely quiet and runs at around 2500RPM. It's about as noisy as a 5400RPM hard drive.