fanless Intel Pentium D?

well i already have a Pentium d 3GHz socket 775 with Antazone as-c1000 heatsink, but i wanted to know if i can run the cpu without the need of the cpu fan and the heatsink only. if i can then how?

if i can do this instead, can i just just a normal case fan to replace the hsf?

i don't want any damage done. becasue to me i think it's the hsf that is messed up witch is why it gives me random temp readings of 100c. yes i fixed it, twice the reason why i'm sking this is becasue my fan right now is blowing downwards towards gpu and the top fan is blowing upwards, out of the case so the 2nd top fan pretyt much has like no airflow. i wanted the cpu heatsink blowing either upwards or to the back so it's not hard on other fans but i wanted to know if i could just use a stock case fan to replace it without problems

Unless you plan on doing some cooking with your computer I strongly suggest keeping the fan !!!

LOL yea that pentium is based on the prescott core that runs very hot even with the stock CPU fan. so if you want a nice big fire in your case then get a fan. The last CPU`s that didn`t need a fan were back in the 386-486 days

Not true, I had a PentiumII 450Mhz that was passively cooled.

with Dougx1317. i have exact same cpu but like i said, using antazone fan, it's cause i think the fans messed up and that's prob why it was giving me 100c temp readings. with this cpu heatsink i have the cpu fan and a case fan on other side with top fans to help even more. my cpu usually runs at 30C in game i'd say 38C/40C. you cant' say it runs hot there, i even tried with just the heatsink without fans on it and still ran cool enough. if you call pentium d a heater, think about it this way, my friend has a p4 and his pc heats up the whole upstairs. and the reason i asked is cause i wanted to know if i could just use a case fan instead. also, how do cpu's with lcs run without a fan eh, no need to plug somethign in the cpufan pins, if so, tell me .

wow even my old pentium 75Mhz was actively cooled . although the fan barely moved any air at all. and my pentium overdrive 180Mhz actually had a fan that was built into the chip. you couldn't remove it from the top.

What about a TRUE? Shouldn't a cooler like that be more than enough to handle the thermals fanless. You can use it fanless on a quad core as long as you don't overclock.

Ok first you need to fix your air flow problems.
It should go front to back, bottom to top, in to out.
Next get a good HSF I recommend the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro.

ok i don't know why but your all almost off topic. the question was if i can take off the cpu fan form my hsf and switch it with a normal case fan and plug that instead. and my heatsink alone with no fans does great cooling as it is, the fans r just extra boost for airflow. but 1 of em came with it.

Just make sure that the fan blows in the same direction as your regular case fan and you'll be fine.

If the fan connects with the 3-pin header on your motherboard, then it will send data about how fast the fan is spinning (RPM).

100ºc = you didnt mount the HSF correctly

your initial post is unclear and not structured correctly as it seems so excuse the off topic posts

the hsf your talking about - your best bet is one fan blowing into it, and if theres a second - use it to assist and on the opposite side mount it in the same direction to draw out the heat/hot air etc

and no - you need a fan - thats not a passive design, there wont be any air flow without the fan and no way for the heat to escape - it will warp the plastic after an hour and cook the regulators

and pentium d's may i add bake the vrm on the motherboard - aftermarket coolers can do alot of damage because there not cooling the motherboard with it (the stock "spirial" coolers cool the cpu sufficently ASWELL as the surrounding VRM and chipset)

ECS btw is a poor motherboard brand at best

transfer speed issues - using vista SP0? DMA enabled? cache writes enabled? insufficent ram cause disk thrashing? wrong HDD configuration? faulty HDD? all i know it it definitly isnt ECS's problem especially when the board is out of any sort of warranty/support, and this is ECS we are talking about - "what support?"

My dad's crappy dell has a P4 2.4ghz in it and its kind of passively cooled. There is a large heatsink on the processor and then there is one fan on the back of the computer with a shroud going down to the heatsink.

Nice bump there.

Noticed it now too; I usually look 2 posts up to see the date...

I remember this thread well.

I love it how people are still responding to this.

I suspect its nothing wrong with their eyes, just their brains.