If your board has the four holes surrounding the CPU (which is apparently not required by AMD in Socket A designs), then you can use one of the Zalman flower designs. When the fan is turned down to the lowest, it's very quiet, and still does a good job of cooling. (I use them in all of my PCs, including my socket 754 MythTV machine.)
Otherwise, another good heatsink is the Thermalright XP series. They're just a big block, and you attach your own (quiet) fan onto them (of course, you need to find a quiet fan). If you're looking to make a quieter PC, I highly recommend that you check out http://www.silentpcreview.com - they have reviews of many heatsinks along with noise readings. -- Joe --- Jeff Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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). > > 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). > > I have an order placed for one, but I expect it, > like the others, will be > cancelled when they realize they have no stock. > > 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 > > - Jeff > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users