Have an XP2000+, would like it to be as quiet as possible, what's the recommendations for silent/very quiet fans/heatsinks?? Is it also possible to get quieter PSUs?

Cheers,

Rik

 

http://www.quietpc.com

 

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Can anyone recommend the
Zalman's?

[Edited by rik1471 - 6/23/2003 11:38:37 PM]

 

Yup

 

had a zalmann alcu6000 for a xp2200

tbh

not that clever, still noisy

jase

 

www.wickedcoolers.co.uk

got a glacialtech igloo silent breeze 462 for 20 quid
its a cpu heatsink and fan
quiter, cheaper and less messing around than a zalman
very pleased as the fan seems silent 2 me at 19decibels

this cooler came top in a test of about 64 heatsinks
so thats why i bought it

 

Cheers, ordered one today.

 

Mj


Bloody great!!!

 

cheers, luke , at least someone appreciates my post.

 

Vantec Aeroflows are fantastic also

 

Anyone know where I can get a quieter PSU?

 

www.quietpc.com

...but make sure you've really got a noisy PSU. I changed just the fan in mine to a Papst super quiet one, and it made no difference to the overall noise - it was still v.quiet

 

k think i'll wait to see what difference the quiet fan/heatsink makes, currently got the standard XP2000+ one on.

 

I was alarmed today to see one of our PC's with an Athlon XP2400+ CPU running at 57degC Room was 22degC

I think it has an arctic cooling sink&fan on it. No system inlet or exhaust fan in the PC.

What CPU temp should I start getting worried at ?

-DV

 

dont worry mine has been at 57 for 18 months with no probs

i would say that 80 degrees is worrying
my friends runs at 70 odd and that is brand new. also has no probs
the max temp for the chip is mid 90 i think

even if you manage to lower it u will not notice any diff

 

Just received the fan, super quick delivery! Highly recommend wickedcoolers.

Fitted it, v v quiet. All I can hear now is a slight electric whine.

CPU temp stable at 44C.

Cheers!

 

Anything above 55C under load needs sorting, the graph (canny be assed to find it) shows that AMD chips fail 4 times more often above 55C. So keep it under that for load temps

 

damn scaremongerers
mine is fine at 59
Anway, amd have a 3 year warranty on cpus normally.
60 odd is well within operating specifications

 

Will have to look into adding an inlet and exhaust fan onto the rig, to assist with cooling.

In contrast, on a hot day with my Shuttle (Zalman heat pipe cooling) it runs 43degC for most Windows stuff, rising to 48degC for intense 3D games, etc...