At last, I did it...

Wed Dec 17, 2003 11:49 pm by LV38_Eagle

I have just finished building my new PC, its great, really quick, runs cool (for an AMD). Just one thing bugs me, the 7 case fans are quiet, but the Thermaltake Volcano 11 on the CPU is the most noisy thing on earth, damn thing sounds like a Hoover.

Does anyone have any good recommendations for an efficient and QUIET heat sink and fan combo.

This is the system (for compatibility).

Thermaltake Xaser III V2000+ Aluminium Super Tower
Gigabyte 7N400-Pro2 motherboard
AMD Athlon XP 3200+ Barton CPU
Thermaltake Volcano 11 Heatsink/fan
Corsair TWINX1024-4000PRO ram
Seagate 160Gb SATA primary hard drive
Seagate 80Gb SATA secondary hard drive
Sony CD-RW drive
Sony DVD-ROM drive
Sony 3½" floppy drive
Sapphire Radeon 9600 XT 256Mb DDR AGP DVI/TVO graphics card
Creative Labs Soundblaster Audigy LS PCI 24-bit 5.1 sound card
D-Link 56K Modem
BT Voyager 100 ADSL Modem
LG L1811S 18" TFT monitor
Cambridge Soundworks/Creative Labs 5.1 speakers
Microsoft Multimedia keyboard
Microsoft Trackball Optical
Microsoft Windows XP Professional

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Wed Dec 17, 2003 11:53 pm by Sir Spectre

@Eagle, ff has a thread about heat sinks, maybe there's something there for you. is this going to far for a heat sink?

BTW, you're in another play of mine Reynet the Prince of Starfyre.

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Thu Dec 18, 2003 12:12 am by LV38_Eagle

Thanks SS, if you could e-mail me the latest instalment of your career as TLR Playwright, I would gladly read it. As for that ‘thing’ ff has posted about, I was thinking along the lines of a radial fan, as they supposedly cut down the noise a bit.

But hey, I am open to suggestions of all sorts.

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If there is anything more important than my ego around here, I want it caught and shot immediately ~ (Zaphod Beeblebrox - Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy)

Thu Dec 18, 2003 12:27 am by freighter fighter

'thing?' you dare insult the box that contains my ego...no wait thats something else

Thu Dec 18, 2003 12:35 am by LV38_Eagle

Thu Dec 18, 2003 4:15 am by Indy11

Wow. I never knew that a cpu heatsink fan would out-noise the other cooler fans in a PC.

Umm. What's so special about Volcano (seems aptly named

) that it throws out so much sound?

Fri Dec 19, 2003 12:00 pm by Esquilax

Oh yeah, some fans and heatsinks run at up to and exceeding 57db. That's like a jet engine! Well, that's hyperbole of course, but you get the idea.

Indy - The Volcano has a small, high RPM fan - that's why it creates so much noise. A large slower RPM fan moves more air, and thus is much quieter.

[FU38_Eagle - See the Zalman heatsink that I recommend to SS in the "Computer Systems" Thread. It's very efficient, and very quiet.

Esquilax

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Edited by - esquilax on 19-12-2003 12:13:13

Fri Dec 19, 2003 3:07 pm by LV38_Eagle

@esquilax, the Thermaltake Volcano 11 isn’t a small fan, it’s an 80mm like most, it just moves a MASSIVE 75 cubic feet per minute of air, which is why I have an overclocked AMD 3200+ running at 48 degrees Centigrade under load. It’s just too damn noisy, and the chip will be OK running at 60.

I will have a look at the Zalman though, I havn't come across them before.

Sat Dec 20, 2003 3:42 am by Indy11

@Esq:

Wow. Frostytech really likes those units. Interesting that they seem to be the only ones interested in low noise in combination with pretty decent cooling. Did you see that explanation behind the brand name? It's some kind of fusion of Korean with English. It means "good man"

Sat Dec 20, 2003 5:07 am by Esquilax

No I didn't Indy. It doesn't surprise me though, people will name a product literally anything in order to sell it.

Eagle - I meant a small fan comparatively speaking. Eg. 80mm versus a 120mm fan. Sorry about that. By the way, Zalman make great stuff. PSU's, waterblocks etc, it is all of good quality.

Esquilax

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Edited by - esquilax on 20-12-2003 05:09:18

Sat Dec 20, 2003 1:06 pm by Tawakalna

those Zalman coolers are really good, but I'm an Akasa man myself. Just my preference.

Sun Dec 21, 2003 12:26 am by Esquilax

I have heard that Akasa are good, and those new Swiftech coolers are also supposed to be very nice. Of course, I have access to few CPU coolers down here is Australia.

Esquilax

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Sun Dec 21, 2003 3:08 am by ???VivaHispa?a16!!!

put your tower under your desk and play some music when you're word processing. You'll get used to it. You can get used to anything if you're forced to. --- VH16

I once had a noisy PC. I still do, only now I have a second noisier PC so it doesn't seem so bad

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