Check the size and rotation speed of the fan on the retail, and then check the same on the 6u. That should show you which will be quieter.
I believe we discovered the Tbird's retail HSF was made by Globalwin. That might have changed with the XP, but I doubt it.
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I believe we discovered the Tbird's retail HSF was made by Globalwin. That might have changed with the XP, but I doubt it.
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I think the retail is a bit quieter, but the 6cu is still very quiet. I doubt there's more than a couple dB difference. It's tough to say since I don't have a retail hsf running on a pc in the same room as this one.
As far as performance though the 6cu is pretty damn good. At 1000 I hit 45 running toast at 100%. At 1150 I only hit 47. My idle is still in the 30's though and under normal usage I never get above 42. Find out what people get running the XP, but I'd guess it's pretty good. Considering that the HSF only costs $15 with shipping there's not much to complain about.
Whatever you do, don't get the 6cu+ since it's a lot noisier but not much of a performance difference.
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As far as performance though the 6cu is pretty damn good. At 1000 I hit 45 running toast at 100%. At 1150 I only hit 47. My idle is still in the 30's though and under normal usage I never get above 42. Find out what people get running the XP, but I'd guess it's pretty good. Considering that the HSF only costs $15 with shipping there's not much to complain about.
Whatever you do, don't get the 6cu+ since it's a lot noisier but not much of a performance difference.
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With an XP 1600+ and a Volcano 6 CU (Not Plus), I run at about 45-46, but I keep Seti running 24/7. If I turn it off, I get down to 42 in under a minute, and I've seen it as low as 39. And that is with the default compound and no sham. With paste and a sham, might cool even more. Probably another degree or two.
Noise wise, the specs say 31.5 Db I believe. It's pretty quiet, but I have 4 case fans going too, so I may not be the best judge.
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Daylight comes and I have to go to work :frown: <P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by bront on 10/29/01 11:48 PM.</EM></FONT></P>
Noise wise, the specs say 31.5 Db I believe. It's pretty quiet, but I have 4 case fans going too, so I may not be the best judge.
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Daylight comes and I have to go to work :frown: <P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by bront on 10/29/01 11:48 PM.</EM></FONT></P>
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