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?

Bob wrote:
Jeff Simpson 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

I've got two of these
http://www.thermaltake.com/coolers/4in1heatpipe/cl-p0071SonicTower/cl-p0071.htm
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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