Best Pentium 4 CPU Fan?

[jvchacon]

Just a quick question here,

I'm building a Pentium 4 3.06 (whenever I get the cash for the processor)

Quiet isn't a concern for me.

I am more than willing to sacrifice quiet vs. cooling power.

I'm too hesitant to go for any liquid in my case.

I probably won't go hogwild with overclocking, but it's a given there might be some mild/moderate tweaking of the system

So far here is as follows:

480w Antec True Power Supply
GA-8SQ800 mobo (Not Ultra)
1gig (512x2 Kingston) -- (I'll eventually swap that out for corsair)
MSI Ti4200 8x (128MB) Video
Creative Labs 5.1
80GB Western Digital 8MB Cache
Sonic Case (with 3 intake fans and 1 exhaust fan)

I think that's it for now.



<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by jvchacon on 05/16/03 11:32 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[ArgyllOZ]

Ive got the Thermaltake Volcano 7+
It works great for me..

my CPU is usually around 29-32 deg C ..

when I play something like UT2003 it climbs to around 45


it has a 3 way switch to go from low med and high..

low being what a normal single speed CPU fan would run at

I just leave it at low MOST of the time..

and it has ran perfect for me.

Kev

 

[KalletheMan]

But you should know, that there is often more noice in your harddrive and in your powerconverter(your fans).
As I know, the noice is not in the CPU-fan.
But if you want to buy a noise-less fan, I would say that you should by a fan from Gladiatech.
See http://www.glacialtech.com/ for more information.

 

[ArgyllOZ]

Here are the specs on that fan

SPECIFICATION
P/N A1254

Fan Dimension
70x70x25 mm

Rated Voltage
12VDC
Started Voltage
7.0VDC

Rated Current
0.55 AMP Max.
Power Input
6.6 W Max.
Fan Speed switch Cable :H,M,L Fan Speed

FAN Speed
H: 6000 rpm
M: 4800 rpm
L: 3000 rpm
\
Max. Air Flow
49.0CFM

Noise
H 6000rpm@47 dB(A)
M 4800rpm@35 dB(A)
L 3000rpm@24 dB(A)

Bearing System
2 Ball bearing

Life Time
50,000 hours

Connector
3 PIN
Thermal Resistance
INTEL P4
AMD XP 0.29C/W
0.32C/W

 

[Mowgly]

for the same amount of noise as that fan you could get a thermaltake smartfan 2 48dbA @ 76CFM and put it on a alpha8942