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<font face="Arial">Wow, that's a cool looking heat sink. (NPI) It
seems that putting the fan in between the two "beach condos" would
provide better flow. Is there enough room?</font><br>
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Bob wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid438FEDC7.2090905@homeurl.co.uk" type="cite">Jeff
Simpson wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">I am upgrading the processor in my
myth/desktop box from an AthlonXP 1600 to a 3000 (because it's the
fastest processor my board can support and I was going to buy another
1600 for somebody else but opted to trade mine up and give them my old
one instead).
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I need to get a new fan because the one I have doesn't cool enough for
a 3000. I have always gotten the Thermaltake brand and really like
them, but I want to get something quiet. I looked for the Thermaltake
SilentBoost A1889, and while it seems like a great + quiet fan, there
are NO vendors that have any stock in these, except the ones selling it
for $50 (instead of $20).
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I have an order placed for one, but I expect it, like the others, will
be cancelled when they realize they have no stock.
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So my question: Anybody have other suggestions for good silent SocketA
fans that will be happy cooling an AthlonXP 3000? I'd like to keep cost
under $30 and preferably have the noise rating close to or under 20dBA.
Thanks
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I've got two of these
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.thermaltake.com/coolers/4in1heatpipe/cl-p0071SonicTower/cl-p0071.htm">http://www.thermaltake.com/coolers/4in1heatpipe/cl-p0071SonicTower/cl-p0071.htm</a>
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on two Athlon XP 3200s and they're awesome, my frontend goes up to 54C
under heavy load with one 40Gb 7200RPM Hard-Drive and one slow spinning
120mm fan, my backend is exactly the same but plus a 200Gb 7200RPM
/myth drive and I've seen 57C as measured by the sensor on the MB under
the chip, (I gather there is a 7~18C difference between that and the
on-die thermistor) I'm considering taking the thing out of the case and
mounting it on the wall at which point you wouldn't need a fan at all.
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