My delta fan is starting to annoy me... so i'm thinking of getting a new fan.. but i don't wanna spend that much of money again for another CPU cooler. Cna i just use the Swiftech Heatsink .. with another fan?? (maybe silent one??)
Get at thermaltake smartfanII....it will put out just as much air and it has an adjustment knob where you can turn the rpms up and down and even a temperature sensor if you want to go that route
Yep. no hastle at all. Just unscrew and replace.
Ive got a MCX-462 and ive tried every from the 5000rpm delta screamer to a 2000 silent panaflo.
The panaflo is good, as is a Smartfan2 thats temp controlled. very nice. Not too loud either!
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Well first i tried the Delta fan:
4900rpm, 45dBa, 68.5cfm.
That was waay too loud. Next i tried a pabst fan:
3600rpm, 34dBa, 45cfm.
That wasnt bad, but still too loud.
Recently, when i got my shiney new aliminium case and overclockable cpu i tried a really low speed fan, The Panaflo:
2000rpm, 21dBa, 24cfm.
It is one SILENT fan!
Probably the best allrounder is the Smartfan2, as it varyies according to the temp of its probe. with the probe stuck to the copper block of my heatsink it usually varies from 2500 to 3500rpm. With quite decent noise levels.
Mind you, even the panaflo worked well with my XP1700+ overclocked to 1833Mhz @ 1.70v (25% OC)
<b><i>The Very Hungry Caterpillar</i> - George W. Bush's favorite childhood book.
Note: This book was first published a year after Mr Bush graduated from College.</b>
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