[mythtv-users] Recommendations for quiet Athlon cooling?

[Jeff Williams]

Just out of curiosity I looked up the Glacialtech cooler at my favorite cooler comparison page:  http://www.dansdata.com/coolercomp.htm

Seems to be an ok cooler, but I'll just plug the one I currently have in my htpc also, as it actually scores better and when I bought it only cost $9 at newegg: http://www.dansdata.com/coolercomp_p5.htm#sfr2

I like Dan's comparisons because he actually measures the ability of these things to carry away heat rather than an indirect (and inaccurate) measurement like the temperature of your CPU with a particular cooler attached (as a lot of reviews do).

The PAL8045 and other large HSF's are there too, and they still score better...  But it all depends on how much you want to spend, how cool you want your system to be (there's obviously an acceptable range), and what your environment is, including the environment inside your case.  You can definitely get decent results from a cheap cooler if you're careful with everything else (and careful in selecting a decent cheap cooler, like one of these mentioned here).

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob Snow [mailto:lists at dympna.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 4:01 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Recommendations for quiet Athlon cooling?
> 
> 
> First off, do the Athlon Cooling stuff...it's worth it if, 
> unless it causes 
> you any of the issues mentioned.  My two Nvidia machines work 
> fine (1 & 2).
> 
> I used to use 8045's and the like, but someone turned me onto 
> Glacialtech 
> coolers from Newegg and they work wonderfully and around $12. 
>  They don't 
> seem to make the ones I currently have anymore, however, the 
> ones they have 
> now seem to be the same but with 25mm fans instead of 10mm 
> height fans.  I 
> use them on a 2.0GHz and a 1.9GHz XP that are actually 1800's 
> (1.533GHz)
> 
> http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?
> submit=BROWSE&manufactory=1478&depa=1
> 
> -Rob
> 
> On Thu, 4 Sep 2003 08:13:46 -0400 (EDT), John Wells wrote
> > I have a box I'm converting to MythTV that has an Athlon 2200+ XP. 
> > Athlons are known to run hot, so when I built this box eight months 
> > ago I added quite a bit of fans.
> > 
> > Now that the box is sitting beside the TV, the fan noise is *very*
> > noticeable.  I currently have a Thermaltake Volcano 6 CU+ 
> with 7000 rpm
> > fan.  This is a very *loud* fan, and I feel the overall 
> noise in the 
> > box would be significantly reduced if I replaced it.
> > 
> > Can anyone recommend a low noise cooling solution for Athlons that
> > actually cools?  I've heard nightmares regarding the Zalman zero-fan
> > solutions, so I'm hestitant to go that route.
> > 
> > Thanks for your input...
> > 
> > John
> > 
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