Quieter heatsink/fan please!

Hi,

I've been using a Globalwin FOP-32 heatsink/fan for the past couple of years
and the noise hasn't been that much of a problem until now. but now that i
have broadband in my room, i want to be able to leave the computer on and
sleep at the same time! This heatsink and fan won't let me do that as its
just too loud.

Any recommendations for a good heatsink/fan?
Hardwa Abit KT7A mobo (socket A i think!), Athlon TBird 850 (not
overclocked).
Preferably i'd like one that can take a higher spec CPU as I'm thinking of
upgrading in the next few months to a faster athlon


Thanks
Paul

I think finding a quiet cooler for your 850 will be a challenge....

I have recently bought a Zalman 6000Cu Flower cooler. Its very quiet
and looks the biz,

It will cool up to XP2600 but it wont fit on anything less than a
Thunderbird 1.4 so you 850 wont fit with it. I would upgrade the CPU
and get a new cooler at the same time.


Also, I hope you are thinking of a new Mobo as yours might not take
anything more than a Thunderbird....

see:
http://www.abit-usa.com/products/mb/...=88&faq_id=109
for details on this.


HTH

Harry


On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 00:46:55 +0100, "Paul"
wrote:

Hi,

I've been using a Globalwin FOP-32 heatsink/fan for the past couple of years
and the noise hasn't been that much of a problem until now. but now that i
have broadband in my room, i want to be able to leave the computer on and
sleep at the same time! This heatsink and fan won't let me do that as its
just too loud.

Any recommendations for a good heatsink/fan?
Hardwa Abit KT7A mobo (socket A i think!), Athlon TBird 850 (not
overclocked).
Preferably i'd like one that can take a higher spec CPU as I'm thinking of
upgrading in the next few months to a faster athlon


Thanks
Paul

"Harry" wrote in message
...
I think finding a quiet cooler for your 850 will be a challenge....

I have recently bought a Zalman 6000Cu Flower cooler. Its very quiet
and looks the biz,

It will cool up to XP2600 but it wont fit on anything less than a
Thunderbird 1.4 so you 850 wont fit with it. I would upgrade the CPU
and get a new cooler at the same time.

I think Zalman say "Over 1.4GHz" because that's the max that the Flower
could probably cool..
I havent done a REAL REAL REAL big check into this but I am 99.9% sure that
a zalman flower would still work for him..

"Paul" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I've been using a Globalwin FOP-32 heatsink/fan for the past couple of
years
and the noise hasn't been that much of a problem until now. but now that
i
have broadband in my room, i want to be able to leave the computer on and
sleep at the same time! This heatsink and fan won't let me do that as its
just too loud.

Any recommendations for a good heatsink/fan?
Hardwa Abit KT7A mobo (socket A i think!), Athlon TBird 850 (not
overclocked).
Preferably i'd like one that can take a higher spec CPU as I'm thinking of
upgrading in the next few months to a faster athlon


Thanks
Paul

I have never heard of them.. Did some digging tho (as I really watch "quiet"
products) and it doesnt look like they do any low noise products.. their
80mm fans are similar spec to most 80mm fans (at 1600 rpm).. Panaflo fans
are nice and quiet (careful when buying as some of them are really noisy
too, look up the spec)..

When your trying to make a "Quiet" pc you need to take it all in.. the power
supply can be great at giving you noise, My loudest part is my power supply,
not my heatsink fan.. It might sound really weird BUT you can sometimes make
your system run cooler and lower the noise by using more fans.. If your
current case fans (you probably dont have any but just in case) are running
on 12v.. say 1 @ 12v then I would be tempted to replace them with 2 Panaflo
and run them @ 7v..

I am not a cooling buff but I did spend probably 100£ extra to remove some
of the noise from my system..
If I counted the psu and hs fans then I have a total of 6 (4x80mm) (2x92mm)
and It's still quiet enough for me not to hear it during the day..

theres some kinda 'turbine' looking one which is supposed to be hush quiet,
maybe you could look that up.

"Paul" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I've been using a Globalwin FOP-32 heatsink/fan for the past couple of
years
and the noise hasn't been that much of a problem until now. but now that
i
have broadband in my room, i want to be able to leave the computer on and
sleep at the same time! This heatsink and fan won't let me do that as its
just too loud.

Any recommendations for a good heatsink/fan?
Hardwa Abit KT7A mobo (socket A i think!), Athlon TBird 850 (not
overclocked).
Preferably i'd like one that can take a higher spec CPU as I'm thinking of
upgrading in the next few months to a faster athlon


Thanks
Paul

I think you mean the Thermaltake Aero 7 lite, About £15 in the UK.
The specs seem to indicate it is quieter than most.
Getting one myself soon
"Blaedmon" wrote in message
...
theres some kinda 'turbine' looking one which is supposed to be hush
quiet,
maybe you could look that up.

"Paul" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I've been using a Globalwin FOP-32 heatsink/fan for the past couple of
years
and the noise hasn't been that much of a problem until now. but now
that
i
have broadband in my room, i want to be able to leave the computer on
and
sleep at the same time! This heatsink and fan won't let me do that as
its
just too loud.

Any recommendations for a good heatsink/fan?
Hardwa Abit KT7A mobo (socket A i think!), Athlon TBird 850 (not
overclocked).
Preferably i'd like one that can take a higher spec CPU as I'm thinking
of
upgrading in the next few months to a faster athlon


Thanks
Paul

"Paul" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I've been using a Globalwin FOP-32 heatsink/fan for the past couple of
years
and the noise hasn't been that much of a problem until now. but now that
i
have broadband in my room, i want to be able to leave the computer on and
sleep at the same time! This heatsink and fan won't let me do that as its
just too loud.

Any recommendations for a good heatsink/fan?
Hardwa Abit KT7A mobo (socket A i think!), Athlon TBird 850 (not
overclocked).
Preferably i'd like one that can take a higher spec CPU as I'm thinking of
upgrading in the next few months to a faster athlon

I've been using a PAL Alpha 8045 on an 850 Duron for several years now.
With a sunon fan, it is pretty quiet and keeps the system plenty cool. I'm
also using an Alpha 8045 on a 1400 Tbird (which runs much hotter!). The
1400 needs a louder fan, but it still cools well.

Swiftech has a pretty nice new heatsink
http://www.swiftnets.com/products/MCX462-V.asp
Add a nice Panaflo or Papst fan from www.caseetc.com or www.plycon.com
www.plycon.com also has the new Swifty, but it's kinda expensive at $49USD.

Harry wrote:

I think finding a quiet cooler for your 850 will be a challenge....

I have recently bought a Zalman 6000Cu Flower cooler. Its very quiet
and looks the biz,

It will cool up to XP2600 but it wont fit on anything less than a
Thunderbird 1.4 so you 850 wont fit with it. I would upgrade the CPU
and get a new cooler at the same time.


Nonsense. Socket A is Socket A. There's no reason the Zalman
wouldn't fit his processor just because it runs at a slower speed.


-WD

Hey! Dont shoot the messenger... I only reported what the Zalman
website said.

)


On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 14:17:49 GMT, Will Dormann
wrote:

Harry wrote:

I think finding a quiet cooler for your 850 will be a challenge....

I have recently bought a Zalman 6000Cu Flower cooler. Its very quiet
and looks the biz,

It will cool up to XP2600 but it wont fit on anything less than a
Thunderbird 1.4 so you 850 wont fit with it. I would upgrade the CPU
and get a new cooler at the same time.


Nonsense. Socket A is Socket A. There's no reason the Zalman
wouldn't fit his processor just because it runs at a slower speed.


-WD

Hmm the stock fan that came with my Athlon 850 is completely silent. Don't you
mean the noise coming from your PSU fan do you?
By the way, leaving the computer on all day every day will cost you 100s of $ in
electricity. You also probably shouldn't be exposed to all that
electromagneticality while you're sleeping.
You may be able to use an Athlon XP with your current motherboard, but it can
take a bit of work to get the multipliers right. You could try increasing the
front side bus to 105MHz in the meantime.