[best] CPU fan --- :D

GoodGuy · Jun 10, 2003

hey fellas currently running a vantec tornado and im quite sick of its noise levels (55dba). Sounds like a vacuum cleaner all the time.

However the fan pushes 84cfm...I am basically looking for something that will cool my AMD just as well or close enough and be much quieter.

Currently I have a 1.47ghz 1700+ overclocked to 2400mhz and it runs at around 55c idle. This is all underneath a thermalright slk-800(a) w/ the 80x25mm vantec tornado.

Any thoughts or inputs would be great.

gg

gafa · Jun 10, 2003

wow...first u should take care of that temps!!!55ºC idle is way too hot

what do u get with full load??what is ur case cooling??

Toscani · Jun 10, 2003

That is very toasty. You should be much lower than that with an 800 and a tornado. Your volts may be too high (to the CPU) and/or your have poor case airflow. Try lowering the volts and improving case air flow (round ide cables, etc.) before going to a lower spec fan. If this fails lower your OC or use water cooling.

wannaoc · Jun 10, 2003

That temp is a little crazy but as to the fan I would try the Thermaltake SF2, It's about 10db less than the small jet engine you have now and pushes 75 cfm at full speed. I use it on a slk800 and it works great.

GoodGuy · Jun 10, 2003

ehh the temp seems fine to me, when it was stock it was at like 35c, bumping a chip up 1000mhz isnt exactly a small jump lol

im gonna go with that SF2 fan i think, been hearing a lot of good things about it....

arnoldma · Jun 10, 2003

yeah the SF2 is great, but ur temps r way too high! i have my SF2 runung only at 3500rpm and my FULL LOAD is only 43C, and im runing at 2.3ghz, u should really look into either ur BIOS reading high? or your heatsink seated wrong?

sandman001 · Jun 10, 2003

try reseating your heatsink, that is too high for an idle temp....maybe at full load, but not with a tornado....

Cjwinnit · Jun 10, 2003

OMG!!11eleventyhundred.

Everyone knows u sh00d get teh R0lls-R0yse Olympiz 2 kewl it.

GoodGuy · Jun 10, 2003

k, ill try that. not at home atm th0

Cjwinnit · Jun 10, 2003

GoodGuy said:
k, ill try that. not at home atm th0

Problem is it devours a rather large amount of aviation fuel....

GoodGuy · Jun 10, 2003

Caffinehog · Jun 10, 2003

Considered water cooling?

GoodGuy · Jun 10, 2003

water cooling lol...

the price it costs for the water cooling setup defeats the purpose of overclocking a chip to me.

GoodGuy · Jun 10, 2003

actually here is a sound clip from the tornado it is disgusting...

www.xclan.net/fantest.mp3

AdvanS13 · Jun 10, 2003

GoodGuy said:
actually here is a sound clip from the tornado it is disgusting...

www.xclan.net/fantest.mp3

love the commentary

gafa · Jun 10, 2003

GoodGuy said:
actually here is a sound clip from the tornado it is disgusting...

www.xclan.net/fantest.mp3

well...finally...after so long time hearing about it...i finally understand the WHY on the name TORNADO

GoodGuy · Jun 10, 2003

heh, it is nuts.

CamH · Jun 10, 2003

I love my tornado.

Loud music r0x0rz.

PhobMX · Jun 10, 2003

CamH said:
I love my tornado. Loud music r0x0rz.

ROFL!!!

wtf peeps, tornados arent that bad, remember they are the loudest but also the WIDEST fans around, both 38mm fans, that and a reobus can make still a kickass quiet solution (im doing it right now with my multipanel

)

gafa · Jun 10, 2003

quiet??how can it be quiet??with a reobus u can control the rpms, but when someone oc's for real generally can't afford to pull back some rpms for silence...the tornados are just the best fans around for cooling, but they are NOT quiet

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