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| Thread ID: 28689 | 2002-12-28 07:11:00 | Shhh, can you hear something? | wuppo (41) | Press F1 |
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| 109424 | 2002-12-28 07:11:00 | In pursuit of a quieter PC, I would welcome opinions on the relative noise levels of coolers for Athlon CPUs. Has anyone used a 'boxed' Athlon; if so,what was the fan noise like? | wuppo (41) | ||
| 109425 | 2002-12-28 07:25:00 | my athlon 1800+xp is very loud. thats all i know. |
robsonde (120) | ||
| 109426 | 2002-12-28 07:39:00 | An out of the box athlon is pretty loud, and then again the out of the box fans on the athlon arn't that great which means i need a bigger one for this warm summer. Currently my machine is pretty loud but you don't really notice it after a while. You will always have a loud machine for an athlon unless you get 1) watercooling or 2) those damn expensive case fans etc. Either one is expensive, but watercooling is 133t ;) Stay away from P4's, they may be a bit quieter but their just too american and too expensive for me ;) and they are slower (well the lower models anyways) - David |
DangerousDave (697) | ||
| 109427 | 2002-12-28 07:56:00 | stock atho coolers usually have 60x60x10 ~5000-6000 rpm fans which have a horrible high pitch scream to them. usuall trick here is to use a slower but bigger fan. eg a 60x60x25 or 80x80x25. a large effecient heatsink with a slower fan is a lot quieter. also a good case helps. ones with large side vents do tend to more noisy, and a good quality case (thicker steel, sturdy constuction) helps as well. |
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