I am running an AMD 2200xp+ on an ASUS a7n8x. I am trying to find a heatsink/fan which will provide stable cooling at a minimal noise. (I'm not overclocking)

I have looked into the zalman cnps6000 but general consensus seems to be that their performance isnt good enough for higher end AMDs.

I considered the Vantec aeroflow which according to some postings here and the review on THG gives reasonably good performance but is still quite noisy.

Someone suggested the Silverado from NoiseControl but although nice and quite and suitable for chips such as the AMD xp 1700 dealers advised me that its performance was worse than the zalman cnps6000.

Can anyone suggest a solution to my dilemma? The chip doesnt have to be running at sub-zero temperatures, just stable but quiet.

anybody?

how about a Theralright SLK800 or an SLK900 with a panaflo fan, or even a Swiftech MCX 462 with a panaflo as well... you can also take a look at thermaltake's smartfan2... good cfm, quiet when on low settings, and comes with a speed controller thingy

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The thing you really want is a good cooler...

Here's one example:
<A HREF="http://www.spirecooler.com/asp/fcc.asp?ProdID=95" target="_new">http://www.spirecooler.com/asp/fcc.asp?ProdID=95</A>

For an XP 2200 look for a hybrid (copper bottom, aluminum fins) like the picture, with a thermal resistence of .6 or less. It doesn't much matter who makes it, so long as it meets the basic criteria.

Get it on and working, then take noise elimination measures after the fact.

One of the simplest tricks is to put a 10 ohm 5 watt resistor in series with the fan's power lead (the red wire). It will only knock about 10% off the speed of the fan, which usually quiets them down considerably and only costs you about 1 or 2 degrees in cooling. The neat part is this will only cost you about 50 cents.

On the more exotic end there are no end of fan speed controls out there. Some driven by temperature sensors, others by rheostats, still others with 2 speed switches that click over to high speed at a pre-set temperature. You can use any of these to knock the noise of the fan down.

Here's a page with a number of fan control options:
<A HREF="http://www.directron.com/speedcontrol.html" target="_new">http://www.directron.com/speedcontrol.html</A>


Hope this helps...



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