Quiet Intel Pentium D Cooler

[Lead_Head]

Hello all,

I'm after a new cooler + fan to replace the stock Intel Pentium D 820. Anyone have any recommendations? At present the case is pretty noisy and it's in my room so if I ever wanted to leave it on overnight it would become pretty distracting.

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...ilterKeywords=

Those are all of the options, but as I've never bought a replacement cooler before, I'm after a bit of help.

Cheers,

[Lee H]

The quietest rated one we have at the present time is the following and this is rated to be 18-20 dB

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=170221

According to the coolermaster website this supports the following ;

Hyper 48 is built for high performance. This super silent CPU cooler, with heat-pipe technology, wicks heat away and replaces it with the cooling breeze of a 92mm ball bearing fan. Four copper pipes embedded in densely packed copper fins dissipate heat rapidly and efficiently. The powerful good looks and quiet operation of Hyper 48 supports the latest Prescott LGA775, Pentium 4 and AMD's K8."

Or alternatively you could always go with the ever popular following item ;

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=256319

Hope this information helps

[DR]

Or the Zalman 9500 - which kicks ass

[Lee H]

Or the Zalman 9500 - which kicks ass

Is that not the same cooler as the 1 linked at the bottom?

[DR]

[Lead_Head]

Gone for the Zalman, cheers guys

I read a review and someone said that they had a drop in 22C temps and it was noticeably quieter than the stock Intel cooler

Does this come with thermal paste??

[DR]

I run a Zalman on my Presler here, drop of 10 degrees and more stable OC

[Lead_Head]

Well I thought my gift deserved a better cooler life

[Lead_Head]

I guess I'll find out when I pick it up at home later today

[Lead_Head]

I can confirm it does come with thermal paste.

It was a bit of a PITA to fit mind, had to dismantle the whole PC to install the backplate on to the motherboard.

[Workaholic]

What was the temperature drop and from what?

I might replace mine as well.