Heat sink & fan change with AMD cpu?

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AMD cautions against using any HS/Fan except with that provided. Socket AM2,
3200+, 1.8 GHz. But am tempted to reduce noise, even with Cool'n'Quiet
function, by trying the Thermaltake "rubyorb", very large, 5-1/2 inch
diameter. Anyone have experience with that or similar HS, or advice? TIA,
 
I have used Thermalright heatsinks and Panaflo fans on all of my AMD CPU's
without problems.
You just need to really clean of the old thermal paste and reapply new
carefully.
Dont know the weight of that "rubyorb" but the thermalright's were nice and
light and worked well....even for OC'ing
peter
 
Thanks, Peter and Geoff.
Is it, as I had been guessing, the CPU fan that makes more noise than the
PSU or the front and rear fans?

Rob
 
it really depends upon the type and size of fans used.........larger fan
push more air but run at a lower speed and are therefore more quiet.My old
case used 90mm fans and was noisy... my new case uses 120mm fans front and
back and runs more quiet.
The Thermalright heatsinks let you purchase the fan so you get to decide
which to buy by doing research on a fans capabilities and noise.The stock HS
that came with my AMD 64x2 3800 was not overly noisy and my mobo had BIOS
settings that allowed me to set the fan speed relative to the CPU
temperature.The Intel E6420 chip I am using at present with its stock HSF is
not overly noisy either and again my mobo BIOS has settings that allow the
fan speed to be reduced or increased depending upon the temp. of the Chip.
The PSU that I amusing at the present time basically controls its own fan
speed based on temperature as well.Most motherboards nowadays have some
setting in the BIOS that will control the speed of fans plugged into the
mobo headers based on temp.
Most sites that sell HSF will list the relative sound level of the fans at a
certain speed as well as the amount of air the fan can push.
If your aim is to build a "quiet" machine you might take a look at passive
heatsinks...no fan.
Certain Video Cards make more fan noise than most fans attached to a CPU
cooler.
There is a lot of things to look into when you try to build a quiet
machine......
peter
 
When I reboot, I can hear the fan speed up then quiet down and I can hear
the fans, like a microwave oven sounds, but not as loud.

PC noise can come from many things including hard disks. I had a seagate
cheetah for 8 years, ran fine, but suddenly got very noisy, so, I pulled it.

-g
 
I have a P180 case with 120 mm fans. I took off the side panel to see how
noisy the fans are. When I stopped the HSF, I could barely hear the case
fans. The HSF seems to generate the most noise. Also, despite the case
having dust filters, there was some dust inside.

-g
 
Many thanks, Peter and Geoff. Much good info, and advice about shopping and
research. A 20 db HSF would do me good, I think, regardless AMD scary
pamphlet.

Rob
 
In alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt "RobF said:
Thanks, Peter and Geoff.
Is it, as I had been guessing, the CPU fan that makes more noise than the
PSU or the front and rear fans?
Click to expand...
You have to listen to each, to tell.
Then replace the loud fans with quieter ones.
 
I tried the fanmate control that comes with the zalman and can get the cpu
fan pretty quiet, but when rebooting, the bios reports a cpu fan error.

I am not really the type to play with controls like that, so, I let the cpu
control the fan.

-g
 
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