how loud is 8500dv fan?

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I just bought Vantec Stealth fans to replace all the fans in my system,
including the power supply. Since I've never heard the 8500 fan without
the others running, I'm wondering if it will be a factor? The other
fans are rated at 20db.
 
my 8500DV fan wasn't noisy (way less than your average chipset fan, and much
quieter than the one i had on the previous card, nVidia GF4/4200) but i
replaced the fan with a (much bigger) heatsink anyway. that way it's
perfectly silent.
 
I just bought Vantec Stealth fans to replace all the fans in my
system, including the power supply. Since I've never heard the 8500
fan without the others running, I'm wondering if it will be a factor?
The other fans are rated at 20db.
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Try holding your finger on the hub of the fan to stall it for a moment
and you'll see how much it contributes. It makes a remarkable racket
for such a bitty little thing.
 
my 8500DV fan wasn't noisy (way less than your average chipset fan, and much
quieter than the one i had on the previous card, nVidia GF4/4200) but i
replaced the fan with a (much bigger) heatsink anyway. that way it's
perfectly silent.
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Could you tell me which make/model you found to replace it? My 8500DV
fan is rattling like hell and the card now seems to old for any of my
normal suppliers to list heatsinks/fans that go on.

D0d6y.
 
i used a coolermaster sock370 heatsink, intended for the old coppermine
celerons (533MHz-1.2GHz). it's just lucky that my local store still has
stock from back then. they're only a couple of quid. the heatsink measures
roughly 70x70x35, so doesn't get in the way of the 1st PCI slot (unless you
use the fan as well); what i'm saying is that any decent-sized heatsink will
do the job. after all, ATi and other vid card manufacturers only use a fan
to reduce packaging costs - it's an old engineering adage that a fan is a
poor substitute for a proper heatsink (because it draws unnecessary power,
and because it will eventually fail).

i stuck my heatsink on with superglue around the very edge of the gpu. thin
layer of htp applied to rest of gpu. superglue is not ideal, it's better to
use thermal epoxy ... but superglue is *much* easier to remove
 
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