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Nick5324

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I have on older rig running an 1ghz athlon (thunderbird), and the fan on it is loud. I'd like to replace it with a heatsink/fan that is quiet. I do not overclock this system. Right now, I'm looking at this kingwin at newegg . Any suggestions for a quiet fan?
 
I put a Volcano 6Cu on my wife's 1 gig athlon. It isn't the quietest fan I've ever heard, but it certainly isn't loud. What do you have on it now? In contrast, the 6Cu+ that I had on my Athlon XP1700+ was so loud, I could hear it all over the house.
 
I can't remember the exact name of the heatsink/fan, but it was one of the first thermaltake orbs... its a tall, silver tube shape heatsink and has two fans.

Edit: It's a SuperOrb .
 
Originally posted by: Nick5324
I can't remember the exact name of the heatsink/fan, but it was one of the first thermaltake orbs... its a tall, silver tube shape heatsink and has two fans.

Edit: It's a SuperOrb .
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That's a nice cooler.....for me to poop on! 😛



here ya go
 
Originally posted by: Nick5324
I have on older rig running an 1ghz athlon (thunderbird), and the fan on it is loud. I'd like to replace it with a heatsink/fan that is quiet. I do not overclock this system. Right now, I'm looking at this kingwin at newegg . Any suggestions for a quiet fan?
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I bought a Spire WhisperRock IV for about $20 US. This fan is so quiet you can barely hear it when your ear is right next to it. It keeps my Athlon XP 2700+ anywhere from 36-40C at idle and my old Duron 900 would never approach 40C with it. I think I can very mildly overclock with it, if I ever cared to. Its also a nice looking fan, if that matters to ya. Here's a link. Another thing I like about it, it came with the small square of thermal grease pre-applied. I haven't as of yet tried any good thermal paste, and though I plan to eventually, the thermal grease worked fine. I also appreciate Spire's design of the mounting mechanism. There is a slot which your flathead screwdriver actually fits into, so you don't slip up and fubar your motherboard.

The WhisperRock IV is better than the HSF combos that ship with retail cpus, but it is probably about mid-range in terms of after market air cooling solutions. But trust me on this one - its damn quiet and it does the job nicely.
 
Originally posted by: Nick5324
I can't remember the exact name of the heatsink/fan, but it was one of the first thermaltake orbs... its a tall, silver tube shape heatsink and has two fans.

Edit: It's a SuperOrb .
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Well, if the super orb is too loud, you don't want the volcano 6.
 
meltdown75, that is serious overkill. The one I linked will handle his CPU@13db and is $11.99 😉
 
I just picked up a coolermaster copper heatsink and put a Vantec stealth 80mm fan on it... cooled my XP2500 well and wonderful on the ears.
 
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