Erm... I opened the case of my friends PC, and took a look basically a large
heat sink and fan combo... can see why it's so noisy.
I take it the stealth fan is just to replace the fan over the heatsink - how
do I know that it will provide adequate cooling? I'm also concerned that the
fan may not be mountable on the current heatsink after removal of the old
fan. (Is this a valid concern, or isn't it a worry?)
No. :) -- The stealth fan is to sit in the case, drawing air across the
components. I don't suggest you trade fans on a heatsink at all, rather to
buy a new heatsink/fan combo, as you have listed below.
Eyo also sell other heatsink/fan combos suitable for the PC in question
being:
Be aware that you can void any warranty on the machine by changing the
HSF. You can also crush the CPU in the process (widely acknowledged design
flaw in the athlon that AMD will do nothing about). There are various
guides on how to properly mount a HSF on an AMD CPU around. The Taisol
below even comes with one, I think.
Taisol socket A CPU cooler CEK739092 $16.50
ThermoEngine Socket A/370 CPU cooler V60-4210B Black $11.40
Usually the Product link on an EYO page will tell you about noise output.
I use the Taisol in a dual athlon system and it's not too bad. The
thermoengine may be better (as you can see in the product description,
they reckon it's quiet).
Vantec Socket 478 Pentium 4 CPU cooler VP4-C7040 Aeroflow $55.00
This is a cooler for a Pentium 4, and would not suit an Athlon.
Vantec Socket A/370 CPU cooler VA4-C7040 Aeroflow $55.00
This looks cool, but it's loud, and way overkill for anyone not overclocking.
Does anyone know how relatively noisy these are (by chance)? Would they be
more worthwile (in terms of noise reduction) than replacing just the fan
with the stealth fan?
All help / advise offered appreciated
Cheers,
Matt
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