amd athlon xp fan questions

[downing911]

I have a few questions you guys can hopefully help me out with. Um, first of all I’m running an AMD athlon 1900+ on an Asus A7V266-e in an Enlight en-7233.

When I first built it I used the fan that came with the processor. I got a boxed processor so it was amd approved and everything. I had one intake fan and that was it at the time. I was getting temps of around 70c.. Which I guess is very bad. So I rummaged through some broken computers and found an old intake fan and used that as an excust fan.. that lowered the cpu temp down to 58c ish. I then ordered a new heat sink/fan (this one) and installed that.. Somewhere in the process I fried the cpu, but that's another story. So I ordered the new cpu etc etc as well as a new excust fan (a delta one, I forget the specific specs sorry) and put that in as well as that fan/fan using artic silver II compound. I'm running at 40c which I’m quite happy with. The only thing I'm not happy with is the sound the fan is making. It's incredibly loud and my family is starting to complain .

My questions:

If I made/bought some rounded cables and put those in would that help to lower the cpu temp? And If I did that would I be able to get a quieter fan?

Could I possibly install some blowholes in the side and get a quieter fan without making the processor get even hotter?

How do people with the same chip keep the temp down without the noise? If I were to buy a box made by micron or some other big company would it be as loud? If not, how do they keep the temperature down on it?

Thanks in advance for all your help, I’m sure it will be much use.

-Pete

[Cricket]

Hi downing911,

Wow, 50 cfm! That fan must be extremely loud! You might want to try replacing it with the Delta 30 from here: http://2cooltek.safeshopper.com/24/270.htm?692
You'll drop the noise level about 15 decibels (that's alot) and make your family members much happier .

For an interesting discussion regarding CPU and case cooling, check out this thread: http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.p...threadid=25733

I've attached a very nice graphic made by BFD Deadeye showing a fan placement experiment he did recently. Check out the temps.

Cricket

[phatboi]

you can try gettin' an 60mm to 80mm adapter for the fan. and then get a enermax adjustable fan. i have on but i haven't tried it yet on my Alpha 8045. i'll do it this weekend. but from what i've heard, it's as good as the Delta on my Alpha but quieter.

[downing911]

I'm thinking about getting the adapter but I'm not sure if it will make the fan a little bit too close to the side which would messed up it's airflow.

Another question I asked before but i havn't found the answer to yet. if i was to buy an athlon xp 1900+ box from say mircon or some other big company that makes them, would it sound as loud as this computer does and have the same tempatures? how does a professinal company keep the sound down?

[Cricket]

Hi downing911,

Computers from the major manufacturers (DELL, COMPAQ, HP, etc...) do seem to be more quiet. I think it's because they use the stock heatsink/fan units, use some kind of duct system, use thermally controlled power supply fans, use slow spinning fans and have heavy plastic outer shells on their cases. And they're probably not as concerned with keeping the CPU below a certain temperature point as most enthusiats would be.

Cricket