<div>I have the same HSF on my AMD 1700 O/C'ed to around 2 ghz.. :) Not as good as my Alpha Pal, but still a very good bang for the buck.</div>
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<div>Another trick I like to silence fans is place a small rubber washer between the head of the screw and the case, and another between the fan and the case. It really cuts back on vibration noise.</div>
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<div>-mike<br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 4/28/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Brandon Kuczenski</b> <<a href="mailto:brandon@301south.net">brandon@301south.net</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">On Thu, 28 Apr 2005, Bryon Gill wrote:<br><br>> I imagine I'm not the only one who would like to know what brands and
<br>> products you've had good experiences with for quiet cooling. I've bought<br>> low-noise fans that were anything but.<br>><br>> Bryon<br>><br><br>I bought this:<br><a href="http://www2.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16835150023">
http://www2.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16835150023</a><br><br>based on reviews and hearsay. It was replacing an almost unbelievably<br>loud fan, and so anything seems nice by comparison but it really is quite
<br>silent. My loudest component now is a 6-year old hard drive (tested by<br>jamming screwdrivers in the fans to temporarily stall them -- probably not<br>a good idea, but it works).<br><br>The sound it does make is higher-pitch. Given the hard drive noise, I
<br>can't even distinguish the CPU fan noise except with the case cover off.<br><br>Ask me again in a week or two when I've had a chance to overhaul my system<br>and dump the old HDD (and the unmentionable, proprietary OS).
<br><br>I know, I said I'd do it weeks (months?) ago. But I'm serious this time.<br><br>-Brandon<br><br><br>> On Thu, 28 Apr 2005, Brandon Kuczenski wrote:<br>><br>>> On Thu, 28 Apr 2005, Bill Moran wrote:<br>
>><br>>>> Russ Schneider <<a href="mailto:russ@sugapablo.com">russ@sugapablo.com</a>> wrote:<br>>>><br>>>>><br>>>>> On Thu, 28 Apr 2005, William N. Powell wrote:<br>>>>>
<br>>>>>> Check Cooling Fans First!<br>>>>><br>>>>> It might be the fan, actually.<br>>>>><br>>>>> If it is the fan, should I just clean it (too much dust unbalancing it)
<br>>>>> or<br>>>>> would it need a new one? The Hank Hill in me is scremaing WD-40, but<br>>>>> I'll<br>>>>> resist that for now. :)<br>>>><br>>>> I would just replace it. For the $10 it costs, it's not usually worth
<br>>>> fighting with. The problem is that when it dies, you won't _hear_<br>>>> anything,<br>>>> it'll be completely silent until your system overheats.<br>>>><br>>>> This is The Fates' way of giving you a chance to fix the problem before it
<br>>>> gets bad.<br>>>><br>>>><br>>><br>>> Actually, if you're replacing the fan, consider spending a little more to<br>>> get a *silent* fan. There's a whole niche industry providing low-noise
<br>>> computer components and I never paid much attention until I needed a new<br>>> CPU fan and decided to get a silent one for kicks (it was only $15). Major<br>>> quality of life improvement. I'm doing the power supply next, but that's a
<br>>> little bit more pricey (~$80). With that, and with an upgrade to a single,<br>>> new HDD to replace my two old ones, the box will be almost completely<br>>> silent.<br>>><br>>> -Brandon
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