simple question

[bigrash]

this is probably an easy and stupid question.
i have a ball bearing fan/heatsink on my 1GHz Athlon. Should the fan be on at all time or can i set it to turn on and off? it's kinda noisy so i was just curious

 

[arod324]

It should always be on, unless you want your Athlon to burn up . If you want to quiet the fan, you can try to get a 60mm to 80mm adapter so you can put on a bigger fan that will be quieter. (Same CFM and less RPM's=Less noise and same performance) You can buy those here.

 

[bigrash]

hey thanks man. i appreciate that a lot. i was a little confused

 

[kw3i]

yea dont turn the fan off, unless you want to sear some ahi tuna on your cpu