Originally posted by Shadowfire
I got me a ThermalTake SK6 Copper HSF with a GlobalWin 7K 60mm Fan on top of it. It gives me idle temps of about 42-43C... thats dandy, expect its freaking loud as heck!!! Now, I have a 60 to 80 mm funnel convertor which I put on earlier, and out on an Enermax variable speed fan which I set at 3500 RPM, which supposedly gave out about 40 CFM, however my temps jumped to 51C idle! So now I ask you Sharky members to recommend me a good 60 or 80 mm fan that would do the job fine, keep it at those low temps, and give me some peace and quiet rather then a loud loud screaming sound coming out of my comp that makes it look as if its gonna take off to the moon .
I'm not surprised you're temps rose. Although your cfm might be similar there is more air pressure with the 60mm over that 80mm. You are clearly worried about the higher temps and thats understandable. However, was your system stability compromised by the higher temps? Good Cooling with a 60mm fan and quiet will never co-exist. You either must A] slap that louder fan back on B] live with the higher temps and the quieter fan C] get a new cooler