Quiet AMD CPU cooling?

[bluemax]

EDIT: Okay... I got my northbridge taken care of. 😛

Now I need to do my CPU... the retail fan cools find, but I want to lower all fan noise in my system. Should I get a complete Zalman CPU kit or just replace fan, etc? I don't want to spend $40 on CPU cooling if I can help it....

 

[Dug]

I've used Zalman on two different boards with no problems.
They come with the hardware needed too

 

[bluemax]

Cool.... the Zalman NB47J looks like $10 well spent. 🙂

 

[Ilmater]

Zalman pwns joo.

 

[n0cmonkey]

My falconrock is pretty quiet. But there are better HSFs out there.

~53C (loaded) 2ghz (166 FSB) Athlon 2400+ 🙂

 

[bluemax]

There's lots of CPU coolers out there.... guess I'd better pop in to silentPCreview, etc....

 

[CSMR]

Zalman 7000s are excellent, very quiet

 

[howdyduty]

SilentBoost isnt to bad. Works for me.

 

[moonsite]

My Thermaltake TR2TT? is very very quiet for about $13 shipped from newegg. I even have my xp 2500+ overclocked to 3200+. Max temp at full load is 62. I don't hear the cpu fan, only the 5 cases fan that I have.

 

[dennisjai215]

62 full load.. AND u have 5 fans?...

silentboost is good my max load is 52 @ on my o/ced amd 2400... and all i have is 1 rear exhaust fan

 

[Kenazo]

I use silent boost too on a 2500m@2500mhz.

 

[Bovinicus]

Originally posted by: howdyduty
SilentBoost isnt to bad. Works for me.

That's what I use in my system. It is an excellent cooler. I installed one in my father's system because he wanted to reduce the overall noise, and it made a big difference. He is quite pleased with the current setup. I also put one in my friend's A64 system. I highly recommend it.

 

[Jaxidian]

Originally posted by: CSMR
Zalman 7000s are excellent, very quiet

(I don't know your budget, so I'm assuming you don't mind spending a little bit of cash for the quietness and still having a good system.)

If this Zalman isn't quiet enough, then get an SLK948U with a Panaflo H1 fan on it. That will definitely be quiet enough. 🙂

 

[imported_Phil]

I use an Akasa heatsink (King Copper) which resembles a FalconRock closely. At 2400rpm, you can hear the fan, but when it's dialed down, it's very quiet. The FalconRock heatsinks are even quieter.

 

[moonsite]

Well,hehe, what can you expect for a $13 fan. I think that is very good. Plus I live in a hot area. Normal temp here is around 32 degrees already. 62 degrees for full load is acceptable for an overclocked cpu. I run mine at 1.75 v. I usually run around 42 for regular.