Need Help Picking a Good Heatsink fan

[CompIliterate]

Hey guys, I'm planning to but an Abit KX7 KT333R and I would like to get a good heatsink fan for this board. I'm currently have a Soyo Dragon Plus with Volcano 7. The temp is 32C and 44C, case/cpu respectively, not running big program. I want a heatsink that can lower my cpu temp (44c) than the Volcano 7 and I would like it to be quiet. My current PC is kind of noisy, maybe it's the psu. I bought the case w/psu. Also what do you think about having a fan on top of the case to blow the air out?

Thanks in advance for your expertise.
Peace!

 

[btvillarin]

I think you kinda need to pick one: quiet or cooler. There's always a tradeoff.

I'm wondering if you can switch that 80mm fan on your Volcano 7 with a Panaflo 24cfm at 21dbA from KDComputers.com. It's not too expensive. In regards to the PSU, what brand is it? Enermax are good ones, that's for sure. Bigger ones are better, of course, because they can blow the same amount of air at slower speeds.

Your temps look okay, especially for this time of year, IMO.

Bryan

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[CompIliterate]

Thanks for your reply. It doesn't say what kind of PSU it is. It's probably a cheap one because it came with the case. So it's probably the PSU that's making all those noises. Yeah I'm thinking bout the Emerax or Antec. What's the noise level for the Volcano 7+ do you know?

 

[btvillarin]

It depends. <A HREF="http://www.thermaltake.com/products/heatsink/v7plus.htm" target="_new">Volcano 7+ Info page</A>

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[travbrad1001]

I have the Volcano 7+ and the noise level is REALLY DAMN LOUD! I say the louder the better though. I would never turn the speed of my fan down. I like it just the way it is running at 6490RPMS

 

[CharlesHF]

Go <A HREF="http://www.overclockers.com/articles373/" target="_new">here</A> to get good, unbiased HSF ratings.

Soyo Dragon+ Motherboard
AMD Athlon XP 1600+ AGKGA-Y
H20 Bong Cooled
256MB DDR RAM

 

[bum_jcrules]

This is nothing aganst you by no means.

OC's unbiased? Perhaps. They, however, show the Alpha PAL8045 with the Oriental Motors "Orix" fan. (probably the MD825B-12) That is terrible, it is semi-noisy at 35dBA, but not so great in CFM/dBA. Put a better fan on it and it would have done much better. For instance, if they used the Delta AFB0812SH-F00 they would have gotten results around 0.28C/W and an additional 4-5dBA, but 0.06C/W better. The same would have happened i'm sure for a few of the other heatsink designs.

Besides that, the maximum wattage is 76W. Table 1 of the <i>AMD Thermal, Mechanical,and Chassis Cooling Design Guide</i> page 4. I know that they are just trying to show what would happen just in case the CPU put out a lot of heat. But 100W is a little rediculeous. Anand did his at 61W.

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