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Opteron 246 retail - is the fan temperature controlled?
At work I use a dual-Opteron 246 (2.0GHz Clawhammer, retail boxed)
machine with a Tyan Tiger K8W (S2875) motherboard. The computer is acceptably quiet when I first turn it on (CPU fans at 3500 RPM according to Tyan System Monitor), but after it's been up and running for awhile, the CPU fans wind up to a deafening 6500RPM. My question is, is the motherboard doing the speed scaling, or are the fans themselves thermally controlled? If my machine were in a noisy server room, I'd probably prefer a louder and cooler machine, but sitting on my desk, I wouldn't mind trading an extra 5-10C for a little sanity. FWIW, the CPUs typically sit at 42C under load, so it seems there should be a little leeway. The case is an Antec tower with dual 80mm case fans (themselves not silent but not annoyingly loud either), for what that's worth. |
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On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 19:35:59 -0600, Lachoneus wrote:
If my machine were in a noisy server room, I'd probably prefer a louder and cooler machine, but sitting on my desk, I wouldn't mind trading an extra 5-10C for a little sanity. FWIW, the CPUs typically sit at 42C under load, so it seems there should be a little leeway. The case is an Antec tower with dual 80mm case fans (themselves not silent but not annoyingly loud either), for what that's worth. I replace the small somewhat noisy fan with a 70-80mm fan adapter and an 80x25mm 2500rpm fan. No more noticable noise. Cools about the same -- Abit KT7-Raid (KT133) Tbred B core CPU @2400MHz (24x100FSB) My server http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/cpu.php Verizon server http://mysite.verizon.net/res0exft/cpu.htm |
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