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Awetopsy · Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2003 4:57 pm

Ive been having a real fan/noise problem with my PC lately, so today I went and bought a real nifty new case which cuts down the noise considerably but my CPU fan is still a real noise maker.

the CPU fan runs at about 30dba and for anyone who hates computer noise thats like having a jet engine in there... so I need advice again. Im looking for a CPU fan for an Athlon 1.4ghz up to Athlon XP 2800 or so.... and I need it to be 20dba or less. Anyone have any advice?

thanx in advance.

Mon · Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2003 2:48 am

I've got a SuperSilent Copper TC in mine, about 20euros and it's listed to make 10db... I wouldn't know 'cause I can't hear it Wink

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ceenda · member Member # Joined: 27 Jun 2000 Posts: 2030

I bought one of the Zalman "flower" heatsinks for my Athlon XP1800. It's lovely and quiet.

http://www.zalman.co.kr/english/product/cnps6500b-cu.htm

EviLToYLeT · Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2003 11:54 pm

well what kind of fan is in there right now? it's not supposed to be that loud -- maybe the grease in there got burned up and the bearing dug bits or hot spots on the wall?

mmmm --- wouldnt know bout the fans. theres a whole buncha review sites on the net though.
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strata · Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2003 1:52 am

I went all out and got a Koolance water cooled tower after putting in a fan that ran at like 45 something decibels... it was retarded. This box however is virtually soundless... what I hear the most is the hard-drives spinning... other then that there's just the occasional pleasant drip sound =)

oh, and I lowered the cpu temperature from 78 degrees celcius to about 25-30 with this box... warmly recommended
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dr . bang · Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2003 5:28 am

get a dell dimension, its deadly silence.
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Awetopsy · Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2003 7:33 am

Dude, Im not getting a dell.

lunayasha · Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2003 11:06 am

Na! come on del Rolling Eyes

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Impaler · Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2003 9:46 pm

I recommend this
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dr . bang · Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2003 3:34 am

Why not a dell? Its not their part, plus, its builded by a professional instead of a lonely masturbator loser like u.
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Matthew · Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2003 4:35 am

strata - that seems like an good investment, do they last for a long time or do you have to change water and stuff like that? Could find any info about that on the link you posted.

Matthew

strata · Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2003 5:17 am

matthew: so far it's been absolutely top notch. At the bottom of it there's a container (it's a closed system) in which you put ionized (or something... ehm... T-gul) water mixed with Koolance' own liquid. This helps keep algae and growth inside the system away. This water is tapped out through a hole at the bottom of the box, and is thus replaced every 6 months.

Other then that Koolance say to run it just like a normal computer... if you want to keep it on 24/7, that's just fine and dandy.

for more pics:
pic1 (old fan/box)
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Matthew · Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2003 5:41 am

strata - Wow Cool thank you. :)
I remember when I first heard about the liguid stuff a couple of years ago and it sounded like pure science fiction and I think it still is. :)
Nice picture there over your system, I think the liquid will come in handy when the computer is on all the time as you said.

Thank you
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strata · Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2003 5:49 am

there's much worse than liquid cooling systems today... check out something called vapo-chill or something like that... you actually freeze your motherboard to like minus 6 degrees celcius or something... they say it increases performance by up to 60%... totally wickety wickety whack
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Awetopsy · Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2003 6:17 am

hehe... someone should just mount their motherboard into a beer fridge.. Laughing

lalPOOO · Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2003 12:59 pm

I've heard some good things about those vantec aeroflows, with the tmd fans... I'm pretty sure they make one for the amds (and they're fairly cheap)

awetopsy: you don't know how many people have said that.... there are a few problems, condensation, and that the beer fridges aren't meant to deal with a constant heat source. (they can't handle the heat....yo!)

if you've got money to spare, SLK-800 (I think thats the amd one..) and a fan of 'good nature' should provide a fair amount of silence, but the slk's are RATHER EXPENSIVE.

o yea. Dell's suck.