quick P4c question

[tacom8]

hey there i got a p4 2.6c and was wondering if unplugging my stock HSF would be a good idea, cuz its friggen loud... am i goona get rediculous temps without the fan?

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ON Second thought that is retarded.... i guess a better question would be how might i power on all my fans, but not actually have stuff runing so i can find out what is making all the noise in my case...

 

[KDKPSJ]

You can try unplug your CPU fan, but CPU will be burnt out in few seconds. I think it's better to get another quiet HSF for CPU, such as Zalman.

 

[tacom8]

ya i think thats what is goona need to be done, i thought p4 stock HS where supposed to be quiet, so i never bothered ordering a good one with my setup.... oh well, guess i need to do some poken around now for a good setup

 

[RalfHutter]

Originally posted by: everydae
You can try unplug your CPU fan, but CPU will be burnt out in few seconds. I think it's better to get another quiet HSF for CPU, such as Zalman.

That's not true when you're using a P4 processor. They wil not burn themselves up with no cooling, they will throttle themselves back once they get to about 70-72°C to keep themselves from frying.

If you want to see if it's the CPU fan that's causing the noise, just (carefully) hold onto it before you start up yous system, start up your system, listen for a second then let go of the fan and it will start up. That will be enough to tell you if it's the CPU fan or not.

 

[Corporate Thug]

the stock HSF isnt that loud. my northbridge cooler is a lot lower than the stock intel HSF