What is a good QUIET heatsink/fan for a Thunderbird?

[gummo23]

I have a Global Win FOP32-I perched on top of my Thunderbird 1.33 in my new rig, and geeze is that sucker LOUD! Having recentley upgraded from a P2/450 Dell machine, I guess I'm not really sure if this level of noise is supposed to be acceptable or not. Can someone recommend a fan that they know is definetley quiter than the Global Win one? I don't wish to resort to water-cooling.

TIA

[This message has been edited by gummo23 (edited May 07, 2001).]

[Soldier_Of_Evil]

Fop32 isnt loud at all....do you mean the FOP38 with eh Delta fan? Hmm...well if you think a FOP32 is loud, im guessing the only HSF qieter than that is the Noisecontrol Silverado, its very quiet, and actually perfos good......gotta shell out 80 bucks for it tho.

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[Soldier_Of_Evil]

UBB bug here....my post didnt count for some reason...

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[CoOliOgUy]

Anyone know where to purchase those damn silverado's, went to my normal cooling places and couldn't seem to find them

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[Soldier_Of_Evil]

Online only, and only from noisecontrol. Dont ask me fore th site tho, im left wordless there. Originally posted by CoOliOgUy:
Anyone know where to purchase those damn silverado's, went to my normal cooling places and couldn't seem to find them





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[richardginn]

try:
http://www.noisecontrol.de

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[gummo23]

Soldier,

You don't think it's loud? Hmmm, maybe I do need to adjust my expectations. http://www.sharkyforums.com/ubb/wink.gif

BTW, I bought it at a computer show, and the dealer told me that he thought it was loud..

[clone]

if you asked me 2 mounths ago i would of said alpha but now i am saying the swift is more apelling it is well desgined enough that you can run the fan little slow 7volt and it will be efeshint not super cold but good enugh or hell put a rehostat on it or mabe a thermastast

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[janko10]

don't get anything with a delta. my thermosonic with a 7000rpm delta sounds like a jet engine.

J

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[Ghettoweasel]

Sheesh, you people just arn't thinking like a true over clockers! http://www.sharkyforums.com/ubb/wink.gif

The quietest HS/F for a tbird is a Maze2 heatsink and a panaflow 86cfm fan on a cooling cube. http://www.sharkyforums.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

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[ChencChris]

you can also get a taisol with stock fan. They are very quiet, and great if you don't overclock.



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[krazie662]

are u sure u have a fop-32 and not a fop-38? I have a fop-38 and it's pretty damn loud, but i'm ammune to it now

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[Racer^]

I have a Cooler Master DP5-6H11 cooling my TBird 880 (OC from 800) on an ABit KT7 motherboard. At room temp, it runs at 27 C idle and 40 C max and produces less sound than the fan on my power supply. There is a very good review of 24 heatsyncs at tomshardware.com (http://www4.tomshardware.com/cpu/01q1/010306/index.html) which I looked at when I wanted to buy a new heatsync.

By the way, if your most important concern is a quiet computer AND you are willing to buy a Noise Control Silverado, your cost might reach US $100 with shipping. There's nothing wrong with this if you have the money to spare but you might want to find alternative cooling tricks such as better airflow inside your case which would allow you to settle for a quieter, less efficient fan. You could also lap the heatsync and apply some thermal paste to make the heat dissipation better. I decreased the voltage on my proc to 1.69v which reduced my max temp by 3 degrees...not bad for a BIOS setting.

...its up to you.

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[weg3111]

http://www.cluboverclocker.com/reviews/heatsinks/ocz_gladiator/index.htm

I want performance, noise be darned.

[Dengin]

The Mega7 or Ultra7 from TennMax should do the trick, http://www.tennmax.com

Originally posted by gummo23:
I have a Global Win FOP32-I perched on top of my Thunderbird 1.33 in my new rig, and geeze is that sucker LOUD! Having recentley upgraded from a P2/450 Dell machine, I guess I'm not really sure if this level of noise is supposed to be acceptable or not. Can someone recommend a fan that they know is definetley quiter than the Global Win one? I don't wish to resort to water-cooling.

TIA

[This message has been edited by gummo23 (edited May 07, 2001).]



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[gummo23]

Thanks everyone for the advice...I may look into the Silverado.

[Impulse]

You people should read Anandtech's or [H]ardOCP's heatsink reviews more often. Anand even goes ahead and performs extensive sound tests. I think it's basically a huge waste of money to spend as much as $80 for a Silverado, what I'd recommend to the original poster (given that he has a fast T-Bird) is this... Either one of those new Thermaltake Copper Orbs (they're coming out, not readily available, but they'll be cheap, like $20) which will only let you overclock up to a limit or get a Taisol or ThermoEngine and leave the stock fans on. Both of the later are found on most online cooling stores (if you're going to the right ones, www.inflowdirect.com (http://www.inflowdirect.com) is a good one btw), there are two CGK Taisols. The 6xx one has a copper inlet which helps a bit. Anyway, their fans are 60x10 fans that make very little noise and the Thermaltake Orbs (but not the Super Orbs) are the only things quieter 'cept maybe for an $80 rip-off.

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[Impulse]

You people should read Anandtech's or [H]ardOCP's heatsink reviews more often. Anand even goes ahead and performs extensive sound tests. I think it's basically a huge waste of money to spend as much as $80 for a Silverado, what I'd recommend to the original poster (given that he has a fast T-Bird) is this... Either one of those new Thermaltake Copper Orbs (they're coming out, not readily available, but they'll be cheap, like $20) which will only let you overclock up to a limit or get a Taisol or ThermoEngine and leave the stock fans on. Both of the later are found on most online cooling stores (if you're going to the right ones, www.inflowdirect.com (http://www.inflowdirect.com) is a good one btw), there are two CGK Taisols. The 6xx one has a copper inlet which helps a bit. Anyway, their fans are 60x10 fans that make very little noise and the Thermaltake Orbs (but not the Super Orbs) are the only things quieter 'cept maybe for an $80 rip-off.

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[TheQuietGuy]

Originally posted by CoOliOgUy:
Anyone know where to purchase those damn silverado's, went to my normal cooling places and couldn't seem to find them


Try http://www.plycon.com

Or order direct from NoiseControl - http://www.noisecontrol.de/international/oversea/order.htm

[Mandorallen of Molynnr]

This thread has been moved to Cases and Cooling.

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