Socket 939 Quietish Heatsink/fan

[imported_jondoe]

Suggestions please? Not really interested in going down the water cooling path. What do Zalman do and are they any good?

 

[fbrdphreak]

Zalman 7000 or XP-90

 

[KoolDrew]

Thermalright SI-120 w/ Nexus Real Silent 120mm fan.

 

[Operandi]

Originally posted by: fbrdphreak
Zalman 7000 or XP-90 + Panaflo L1A

Fixed.

 

[fierydemise]

Scythe Ninja, works either with or without a fan depending on how much cooling you want. Glacialtech, Nexus, Panaflo, Yateloon, or Coolermaster make quality quiet fans.

 

[Remedy]

It also depends on how much you're looking to spend, budget wise. What's your budget?

 

[Jhhnn]

If you want the best deal on the market, this is it-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835151123

It's a quality product that will perform better than stock, at very low noise levels...

 

[fierydemise]

for some reason I doubt an 80mm fan turning at 2700RPM will be that quiet

 

[Jhhnn]

The man said "quietish", and the referenced hsf fits that criteria. Not silent, not a whiner, either, just some soft white noise...

 

[fierydemise]

Originally posted by: Jhhnn
The man said "quietish", and the referenced hsf fits that criteria. Not silent, not a whiner, either, just some soft white noise...

SPCR reports that a fan rotating at 2100RPM is about 31dBA now something at 2700 RPM it'll probably be 35+ dBA which would be approximately equivalent to a normal unsilenced PC or a quiet library, I wouldn't consider this "quietish" but in an unsilenced PC it'll probably be manageable, the cooling performance is decent according to reviews, nothing great but better then the stock heatsink, and for the price its pretty good. Depending on budget, usage and other components the heatsink Jhhnn linked to might be good or might be inadequate.

 

[johnnqq]

check out the 7000 or the 7700. i bought the 7700alcu for around $35 shipped and nothing is as quiet for the price.

 

[Jhhnn]

Not to get into it too deep, but the whole thing about noise is both quantitative and qualitative. Some kinds of noise are more objectionable and noticeable than others at the same or even lower levels... the higher the pitch, and the narrower the band, the more generally objectionable it is, provided it's within the normal hearing range... if you've got to have some noise, and you do, then broad spectrum midrange white noise is easily the least objectionable, particularly in urban environments where there's a lot of it in the background, anyway...

And, yeh, the zalmans are excellent coolers, and very quiet, if you're willing to spend the money for that extra little bit... I've heard and read good things about the arctic cooling products, too, although I have no experience with them...

 

[chieftang]

2nd the XP-90 with Panaflo L1A

 

[Ike0069]

My Freezer64 is extremely quiet. Definitely not the best cooler available (in terms of pure cooling), but very quiet while still cooling slightly better than stock.

 

[JRich]

My Zalman 7000b-Cu is nice and quiet

 

[Shadowknight]

Scythe Ninja run passively or with a Nexus 120mm FTW

 

[Heckler 5th]

do you plan on overclocking or at least leaving that option open? if so, then get a xp-90 or xp-120. if not, then a zalman will be just fine and quiet from all i've heard about them.

 

[L00PY]

My suggestion is to try the OEM cooler first. With CnQ enabled and BIOS set to autoadjust, the cooler that came with my A64 3200+ is very decent. Speedfan reports that it's being slowed down to around half speed. If overclocking or looking to run passive, you might need to upgrade -- but as it is, I can't hear it over my Seasonic S12 PSU or the 120mm Yate-Loon throttled to ~30% (no other fans in system).