Recommendation for _quiet_ replacement fan for an Athlon?

[RyanP]

I'm looking for a quiet replacement fan for my Athlon. The stock fan is so loud in my system, if I stop the CPU fan for a second, the noise of my computer goes down about 85%, so I'd like to get a different fan that is much quieter and works with an Athlon and keeps in cool.

Any suggestions?

 

[markc99]

I had the same problem with my fan that came with my Athlon, and I've seen the same thing with my brother's as well. I got a fan from 3DCool.com, the Athlon Freezer Pro.

What motherboard do you have? I have the Asus, and I had to do some tinkering with the fans to get them to fit, but they are alot quieter.

 

[Rigoletto]

Golden orbs are the most efficient fans in view of power to dissipation. 26dba. Fine unless you are overclocking, but overclocking is not for people who like quiet computers anyway. Or try quietpc.com

 

[RyanP]

Mark,
I have a Gigabyte GA-71X. I looked at the fans at 3dcool.com and the Athlon Freezer looks nice, but I am only looking to replace the current fan, not the heatsink as well. Do you know if the fans on the Freezer would fit on the stock Athlon heatsink?

 

[Rigoletto]

Normally the CPU fan is a common 6cm type. About $5

 

[RyanP]

Hi Rigoletto,
Do you know of any places that sell an especially quiet 6cm CPU fan that would sufficiently cool an Athlon?