Gray
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Mmkay, at the moment i have a Smart and SilentVolcano 9 CPU Fan for my Athlon XP 2400+.
At its top speed (4800rpm) it cools my CPU at (What i feel?) is high - Hangs around 37º-40º. Now, because its running at 4800rpm, its also very... very loud (48db).
When i first got it, it didnt bother me, but my mum (who is funnily enough partially deaf) is complaining constantly about the fan being too loud... She can hear it in another room apparently which means it must be loud :/.
I did turn the fan speed down earlier, to its 1300rpm, it seemed a bit low but i wanted to try it, as soon as i fired up a game, the PC turned itself off firing all the warning sounds you dont want to hear (It switches off automatically once it reaches 70º).
So, this fan ive had for, uh, say 2weeks must go... Ive heard alot about the Zalman Flowers, but is there any other CPU Fans out there which would just do just as good a job as the Zalman, and just as quiet?
Will the Zalman do a better job at cooling my cpu than what the Volcano did? (The Zalman is 2500rpm/33db compared to the 4800rpm/48db of my Volcano) I dont really want my CPU heating upto more than 40 really speaking.
One thing that worries me about the Zalman is its design... It looks far too different than the rest of the Fans ive seen, it also looks bulky... One of the problems with my System is there doesnt seem to be too much room anywhere.
My Motherboard is an NF7-S, and as stated, my CPU is a 2400+.
Any tips/suggestions would be good
At its top speed (4800rpm) it cools my CPU at (What i feel?) is high - Hangs around 37º-40º. Now, because its running at 4800rpm, its also very... very loud (48db).
When i first got it, it didnt bother me, but my mum (who is funnily enough partially deaf) is complaining constantly about the fan being too loud... She can hear it in another room apparently which means it must be loud :/.
I did turn the fan speed down earlier, to its 1300rpm, it seemed a bit low but i wanted to try it, as soon as i fired up a game, the PC turned itself off firing all the warning sounds you dont want to hear (It switches off automatically once it reaches 70º).
So, this fan ive had for, uh, say 2weeks must go... Ive heard alot about the Zalman Flowers, but is there any other CPU Fans out there which would just do just as good a job as the Zalman, and just as quiet?
Will the Zalman do a better job at cooling my cpu than what the Volcano did? (The Zalman is 2500rpm/33db compared to the 4800rpm/48db of my Volcano) I dont really want my CPU heating upto more than 40 really speaking.
One thing that worries me about the Zalman is its design... It looks far too different than the rest of the Fans ive seen, it also looks bulky... One of the problems with my System is there doesnt seem to be too much room anywhere.
My Motherboard is an NF7-S, and as stated, my CPU is a 2400+.
Any tips/suggestions would be good