what is best fan on market right now?

[WA261]

my sk-6 is not doing to well with my 2100....running at 46c idle...im use to like 39c.....

 

[Gene396]

What was your old CPU. The XP2100+ draws 63 watts @ idle and 72 watts under full load. (Voltage x amperage = watts) The greater the wattage used; the greater the heat generated. The old Tbird 1.4 used about 1 or 2 more watts. Remember it was known as a very hot processor. To get it down to 39 C will take a very fast and loud fan. Also each different heat sink has the effecency charastic where more air passing over it will not continue to lower temperatures. Sorry not much help. I solved my problems by using a 92mm fan on a PAL 8045. You can do this because the PAL sucks over HS rather than blowing. Was able to get same CFM at a much lower RPM which equated to a lower and very acceptable sound level.

 

[FalseChristian]

The Thermaltake Dragon Orb3 beats every other cooler out there according to tests I've seen. It's a 7,000 rpm fan that moves 39CFM and is very inexpensive.

 

[Boobers]

Orb coolers are the worste coolers out there. The only reason it cools at all is the 7000rpm fans. Noisy junk. PLEASE don't waste your money on one. Get a Thermalright AX-7 and a quiet 80mm fan, like a Panaflo H1A and you'll be set.

 

[fatbaby]

Originally posted by: FalseChristian
The Thermaltake Dragon Orb3 beats every other cooler out there according to tests I've seen. It's a 7,000 rpm fan that moves 39CFM and is very inexpensive.

=0! They are moderately effective at best! And even with that, they arent worth the performance/price/noise ratio!

Yes they can be cheap for like $15, but you can buy an svc gc-68 for $6 and that would outperform a v7 (not +) and nearly everything else thermaltake makes...

Get a Thermalright AX-7 and a quiet 80mm fan, like a Panaflo H1A and you'll be set.

I second that, for $25-$30, there isnt a better hsf than the ax-7

 

[Egrimm]

Originally posted by: FalseChristian
The Thermaltake Dragon Orb3 beats every other cooler out there according to tests I've seen. It's a 7,000 rpm fan that moves 39CFM and is very inexpensive.

I read that it performed well too when it just came out (a year ago) and got it for my now deceased 1.4 T-Bird (more about that later) and while it did cool way better than a Volcano2 the T-Bird (which is only a bit hotter than the 2100+) was still 47-51c at a case temp of 31c. And on top of that the clip is extremely tight, which led to the demíse of the T-Bird as I was a bit too fast when I installed it in a new mobo, you need to be extremely careful when installing that hsf because of it's weight and the tightness of the clip. And it was noisy, very noisy, switching to a PAL8045 with a 37db fan and two other 37db case-fans was a definite improvement in noise! (compared to the DO3 and two pretty silent case-fans)

I'd recommend the AX-7 too as I've heard it should be very good, or the PAL8045 as I have one myself and it cools well with not so fast (=loud) fans.

 

[WA261]

i cant go back to a screamer. i use to have a 7k rpm on my sk-6....i could not take the noise any longer...i used a fan adapter and put a 80mm on it...