Hey guys I was wondering if you could give me a good recommendation for a new cpu fan. I have a p4 3 ghz machine, socket 478. I just want a CPU fan that is quieter than the stock one. It has to perform at least similar to the stock CPU fan. Once again, the most important thing is that it is quiet hehe. Thanks in advance.
Pentium 4 CPU Fan Recommendation
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Some of Intel's heatsinks make changing the fan very impractical. Besides you can't just swap out for a slower fan without significantly increasing the CPU temp.
I've used a LOT of different CPU/FAN coolers for the P4.... I finally settled on one you don't see recommended very often. You will *not* hear this fan whatsoever, and it keeps my P4 3.2ghz LGA775 (I know you asked for Socket 478) at about 33c idle and never over about ~50 under load.
Arctic Cooling Freezer 4 for Socket 478
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 for Socket LGA775
Pick up a small tube of Arctic Silver 5 thermal compound while you're at it.
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound
This setup will keep you cool, quiet and has a great lifespan. It's especially effective since it blows air off the radiator and right out the back exhaust fan. It's been treating me like a champ.
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Arctic Cooling Freezer 4 for Socket 478
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 for Socket LGA775
Pick up a small tube of Arctic Silver 5 thermal compound while you're at it.
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound
This setup will keep you cool, quiet and has a great lifespan. It's especially effective since it blows air off the radiator and right out the back exhaust fan. It's been treating me like a champ.
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That Artic cooling fan looks flimsy. Is it really that good? I should also mention that my CPU frequently is under heavy load as I game often so i don't know if a fanless solution will work.
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Mouser Electronics. Prices aren't all that bad. Or you can get a SilenX=ADDA w/ inline resistors. Prices are bad lol & I do not support them any longer. They use to be rebadged Jamicons>http://www.jamicon.com/spec/DC/25KF1225B/KF1225-00.pdf w/ sleeve bearings. Now, from what I understand, they (silenX) use ADDA fans.
It's production, as I've seen mentioned elsewhere, seems to lack the "finishing" touches in some areas. However it *is* solidly built. Clipped down on your mobo, it's rock solid actually.
Under load is no problem. I'm a pretty hardcore gamer myself. My GPU and CPU are taxed a greater part of every day!
For standard air cooling, I'm idling at 32c right now and won't go past 51c gaming (so far, this is a new processor).
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The problem is the Intel heatsink -- it is molded to hold the Intel fan and its plastic clips.
You might try getting a tip-magnetic fan the same size, or large enough that you could hopefully secure it to the aluminum heat-ink with sheet-metal screws to make an "interference fit."
Personally, I'd set the stock heatsink and fan aside completely, buy a ThermalRight SI-120, a Panaflo "High-Speed" 120x38mm fan in the "BX" series with TACH monitoring. You could probably run the Panaflo at 55 or 60% of its top-end of 2,500rpm -- and run it that way most of the time. If you have an ASUS motherboard, you could thermally control the fan through "Q-Fan" or in general you should be able to control the fan through your OS and "SpeedFan 4.2(x)" 4.26 has been released. It's free.
When I get heatsink-fans like the Intel stock processor, I save the sinks for a project I want to do later, and I use the fans and clip-on frame to make hard-drive coolers.
How much do you want for your stock Intel HSF? Postage plus $1?
You might try getting a tip-magnetic fan the same size, or large enough that you could hopefully secure it to the aluminum heat-ink with sheet-metal screws to make an "interference fit."
Personally, I'd set the stock heatsink and fan aside completely, buy a ThermalRight SI-120, a Panaflo "High-Speed" 120x38mm fan in the "BX" series with TACH monitoring. You could probably run the Panaflo at 55 or 60% of its top-end of 2,500rpm -- and run it that way most of the time. If you have an ASUS motherboard, you could thermally control the fan through "Q-Fan" or in general you should be able to control the fan through your OS and "SpeedFan 4.2(x)" 4.26 has been released. It's free.
When I get heatsink-fans like the Intel stock processor, I save the sinks for a project I want to do later, and I use the fans and clip-on frame to make hard-drive coolers.
How much do you want for your stock Intel HSF? Postage plus $1?
While I agree that Scythe Ninja is an excellent heatpipe solution, like the Freezer7, you need fans to effectively remove the heat from your case. The freezer7 has an ultra-silent ceramic fan to help move that air out the rear exhaust.
No votes for the Zalman 7700 Cu? I built an 820 PD computer for someone and that is what I used. It is very quiet (120mm fan) and it cools much better than the stock HS and fan.
Well just to wrap up this topic I went ahead and bought the Freezer 4 from arctic cooling. It was hard to install, but after some time I got it. It works well and is nice and quiet which I like.
Sorry you had problems getting it installed. The LGA775 version I have is quick and simple (push pins). Takes about 20 seconds to install... lol
Enjoy your newfound silence.
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Enjoy your newfound silence.
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