Coolest running chips?

[NightshadowUK]

Bigger fans are usually quieter actually.

[aidanjt]

Yes I know, thus the 'j/k' part

Although people still want performance and can deal with heat, slow rotating 120mm fans are very nice and quiet

[TooNice]

I can't speak for A64 owners, but my P4 prescott stock cooler was rubbish, the XP-120 and some AS5 did the trick rightly

In terms of stock heatsink, the AMD is racking good reviews. No doubt it won't compete against the XP-120, but one review shows it on par with the XP-90.

Which is why I am reluctant to replace it, I know I can get significantly better, but at the cost of £30+.

Decisions decisions..

[aidanjt]

If the noise doesn't bother you and your CPU is below 45C I don't see any reason to replace it unless you plan on clocking the nuts off it later.

[TooNice]

Thats the thing. My PC is humming, but I don't know what is causing the most noise right now:

Case fans? CPU Cooler? X1800XT? -Something- is humming and I don't have time right now to look into it. And swapping everything for silence will probably end up costing some £100.

(The only thing I am sure is that my PSU is not the root of my problem)

[aidanjt]

I got at humming from an old Athlon XP stock HSF, it was annoying as hell :/

[TooNice]

I don't think it could've been louder than my Athlon XP o.O

The Aero 7 Lite was a good cooler for the cost: £7 - how good could something so cheap be? Not bad actually. Except for the noise. At max speed, 3500RPM, it sounds like a hoover, Matched only by my current machine on start up (again, not sure if it is my CPU or GFX card - but one of them go on max speed for 5 sec - which doesn't bother me since it quieten later on).

[[DW]Cougho]

I don't think it could've been louder than my Athlon XP o.O

The Aero 7 Lite was a good cooler for the cost: £7 - how good could something so cheap be? Not bad actually. Except for the noise. At max speed, 3500RPM, it sounds like a hoover, Matched only by my current machine on start up (again, not sure if it is my CPU or GFX card - but one of them go on max speed for 5 sec - which doesn't bother me since it quieten later on).

thats the X1800XT. As is the humming or whining as some people put it.

Hopefully when mine arrives on thursday i wont find it *too* bad.

[TooNice]

Are you sure? I am starting to think it is the CPU HS actually.

The X1800XT does add to the sound when I run 3D Marks06, but it is nowhere what I hear when I start my machine.

I just found out that the stock AMD cooler is actually a 5600 RPM Delta screamer O_O
I'll double check if mine is the same as the reviews, as the RPM on mine seems to be locked at 2800 until I toned it down to 2000 in the bios. Maybe the sound I hear was the fans at 5+k RPM, but it settle down after the machine has started..

I also can't rule out the case fans. I don't know what they are, or how fast they run.

Anyone know what fans are used on the Coolermaster CM 201 series?

[arthurleung]

My Athlon 64 3000+ (3 Chips), At stock speed, they run Prime 24x7 stable at 0.96V, 1.04V, 1.1V. On Stock heatsink, Arctic Freezer Pro 64, XP-90, none of them required a fan to cool. Hover around 45-50'C. It is a lot cooler than the NF4 chipset...

But I had to admit that they're not fast at stock speed.

[[DW]Cougho]

The fan that came on my stock A64 hs is very quiet, its sitting ontop of an old akasa socket A HS atm in my sisters pc.

Just the way you said as you boot up it makes a right racket it sounded like at X1800XT as that spins upto full pelt before the driver profiles are loaded.

[noah]

The X1800XT does add to the sound when I run 3D Marks06, but it is nowhere what I hear when I start my machine.

you never know, my 6800 makes a racket when i boot up but as soon as i get into windows its silent.