Re: [mythtv-users] Silent Fan for Socket A (AthlonXP 3000)

2005-12-05 Thread Brad Fuller




Have you looked into a complete case change? Anyone have experience
with the Zalman tnn300 case?
http://www.zalman.co.kr/eng/product/view.asp?idx=176&code=020

 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
  
  
 - Je
  

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Re: [mythtv-users] Silent Fan for Socket A (AthlonXP 3000)

2005-12-05 Thread Raphael Pooser

Joe Votour wrote:


--- Meatwad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

 


Brad Fuller wrote:

   


Joe Votour wrote:

 


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.)
   


I just put in a all copper Zalman on a socket 754.
 

Much quieter than the 
   


stock.
you probably could get by with the copper and
 

aluminum mix. I think it 
   


was $20 cheaper at newegg.com.
 


I have three of the Zalman Cu/Al flowers right now -
first one bought 
over two years ago IIRC. No problems whatsoever. At
the speeds they are 
set at now, they cannot be heard over the
Silverstone power supplies 
I've been using. There may be quieter fansinks out
there but I haven't 
felt the need to improve on these.


Slightly off-topic, is anyone using a Seasonic power
supply? I was 
reading some reviews and they sound promising. 80+
efficiency across all 
loads sounds like a really good idea for and media
center machine. If 
they are as quiet as the reviewers claim, I'll

probably switch.
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I have two Seasonic power supplies actually - I have a
Super Tornado 400W in my MythTV machine, and an S12 in
my Via EPIA-based file server.  (I was also using a
Super Silencer in my desktop until I picked up a P150
case which includes the NeoHE).

I find that the Seasonic power supplies are great, and
are very quiet.  I can't say that I've actually
measured real numbers on them, but the noisiest thing
in my MythTV machine is the two 60mm exhaust fans on
the back.  With those fans undervolted, the machine is
reasonably quiet (by reasonably, I mean, I can't hear
it while sitting on the couch, 10 or so feet away).

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Yeah seasonics are the quietest supply I've ever heard, or not heard 
actually. We put an S12 in my girlfriend's athlon64 3000+ machine and 
the PS fan spins at a constant 600rpm. It is temperature controlled but 
I believe around 600 is the lowest it will go. Under full load it never 
goes higher. With the included fan speed reducing connectors (they just 
7 volt your fans) connected to the processor and case fan, the computer 
is completely silent, and I mean completely silent, from 3 feet away. It 
is more quiet than my mythtv machine by far.

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Re: [mythtv-users] Silent Fan for Socket A (AthlonXP 3000)

2005-12-05 Thread Raphael Pooser

Peter Loron wrote:



On Dec 1, 2005, at 10:46 PM, 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.




If the SonicTower won't work (needs the P4 style through-mobo  
mounting holes and is huge), I've had really good luck with the  
ArcticCooling Copper Silent 2TC. The Zalman 7000/7700 are highly  
regarded. Also check here for more info:


http://silentpcreview.com

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I second the suggestion for arctic cooling.  In my experience, arctic 
cooling is generally less loud than zalman, and often cheaper. Also you 
get a 5 year warranty, so if those bearings start to squeal, you're not 
gonna be out of luck. I got the arctic cooling copper lite: 
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835186131
It is extremely lightweight and also very easy to mount.  I 7-volted it 
using one of the in-series resistors that came with one of my zalman 
90mm fans.  One 7volted it is completey inaudible when inside a case for 
me.  It's cooling an athlon 1700+ Palomino, which is pretty much 
guaranteed to run hotter than your 3000+ thoroughbred or barton.  That 
said, under full load I reach only about 43C, showing how amazing the 
cooler is for the money.  Using my older AMD heatsink along with a 
zalman fan 7-volted I could get up to around 56 sometimes even 59C 
(talking summertime temps here).  For $10 this is the best socket A HSF 
you cna get for the money I'd say.
Just to tell you it's not that specific model, I also have the vga 
silencer rev 3 for my all in wonder 9700 pro.  Also silent in the low 
setting.  I also have the Silencer64 ultra TC.  That one is the copper 
lite's older brother (aluminum only though) and also an extremely great 
cooler with literally no noise whatsoever (talking max of 800rpm on the 
fan so that's why.

Raphael
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Re: [mythtv-users] Silent Fan for Socket A (AthlonXP 3000)

2005-12-03 Thread William Powers
It doesn't meet your cost constraint, but when I was considering doing 
the same thing you are doing, I went with the Thermalright SI-97A.  I 
got the 'A' model because it is also usable with socket 754 so I could 
keep using it when if/when I upgrade.  It doesn't come with a fan, but I 
had a 92mm Zalman fan which was fairly quiet to begin with and then I 
undervolted it to 5V which made it silent.  The best place to find out 
which fans are truly quiet is at www.silentpcreview.com.


The only tricky part is that the Thermalright fan mounting clips require 
your fan have "open corners" with the mounting holes accessible from the 
inside.  Fans with "filled-in" corners won't work, unless you're handy 
with a dremel tool.


Believe it or not, I've found that the best way to get a quiet heatsink 
is to find out what the air-cooling overclockers are using and use a 
quiet fan instead of the screaming Volcanos they use.


In the end, however, I did not upgrade my Athlon XP.  At the time, it 
turned out to be cheaper (and cooler)  to upgrade to a socket 754 
motherboard with an Athlon or Sempron 64 CPU, so I did that instead.

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Re: [mythtv-users] Silent Fan for Socket A (AthlonXP 3000)

2005-12-02 Thread Peter Loron


On Dec 1, 2005, at 10:46 PM, 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.




If the SonicTower won't work (needs the P4 style through-mobo  
mounting holes and is huge), I've had really good luck with the  
ArcticCooling Copper Silent 2TC. The Zalman 7000/7700 are highly  
regarded. Also check here for more info:


http://silentpcreview.com

-Pete
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Re: [mythtv-users] Silent Fan for Socket A (AthlonXP 3000)

2005-12-02 Thread Bob

Richard Bronosky wrote:

Bob wrote:

Jeff Simpson wrote:


8< Snip need new quiet heat sync


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.


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?


Yes, there's probably room (the heatpipes are a bit flexible) but 
there's a non-insurmountable problem that the holes that the fan holders 
screw into are on the outside, (both sides so you could have the fan on 
either side) but I don't have a fan on it at all, it's quite close to 
the power supply and the very slow spinning and quiet 120mm fan on that 
in conjunction with convection causes easily enough airflow to keep 
things cool, the next step for me (if I needed more cooling) would be to 
build some cardboard ducting to direct more of the suction from the PSU 
fan past the CPU heat sync, after that I'd put in a case fan and 
cardboard ducting.


I find that breakfast cereal boxes and masking tape are the best 
combination for home-brew ducting.


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Re: [mythtv-users] Silent Fan for Socket A (AthlonXP 3000)

2005-12-02 Thread Richard Bronosky




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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Re: [mythtv-users] Silent Fan for Socket A (AthlonXP 3000)

2005-12-01 Thread Bob

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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(new type Model 401)
model name  : mobile AMD Athlon(tm) XP Processor
cpu MHz : 2277.214
cache size  : 512 KB
(Plenty o' grunt on an ECS k7s5a MB)
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Re: [mythtv-users] Silent Fan for Socket A (AthlonXP 3000)

2005-12-01 Thread Joe Votour

--- Meatwad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Brad Fuller wrote:
> 
> > Joe Votour wrote:
> > 
> >>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.)
> >
> > I just put in a all copper Zalman on a socket 754.
> Much quieter than the 
> > stock.
> > you probably could get by with the copper and
> aluminum mix. I think it 
> > was $20 cheaper at newegg.com.
> 
> I have three of the Zalman Cu/Al flowers right now -
> first one bought 
> over two years ago IIRC. No problems whatsoever. At
> the speeds they are 
> set at now, they cannot be heard over the
> Silverstone power supplies 
> I've been using. There may be quieter fansinks out
> there but I haven't 
> felt the need to improve on these.
> 
> Slightly off-topic, is anyone using a Seasonic power
> supply? I was 
> reading some reviews and they sound promising. 80+
> efficiency across all 
> loads sounds like a really good idea for and media
> center machine. If 
> they are as quiet as the reviewers claim, I'll
> probably switch.
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Super Tornado 400W in my MythTV machine, and an S12 in
my Via EPIA-based file server.  (I was also using a
Super Silencer in my desktop until I picked up a P150
case which includes the NeoHE).

I find that the Seasonic power supplies are great, and
are very quiet.  I can't say that I've actually
measured real numbers on them, but the noisiest thing
in my MythTV machine is the two 60mm exhaust fans on
the back.  With those fans undervolted, the machine is
reasonably quiet (by reasonably, I mean, I can't hear
it while sitting on the couch, 10 or so feet away).

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Re: [mythtv-users] Silent Fan for Socket A (AthlonXP 3000)

2005-12-01 Thread Meatwad

Brad Fuller wrote:


Joe Votour wrote:


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.)


I just put in a all copper Zalman on a socket 754. Much quieter than the 
stock.
you probably could get by with the copper and aluminum mix. I think it 
was $20 cheaper at newegg.com.


I have three of the Zalman Cu/Al flowers right now - first one bought 
over two years ago IIRC. No problems whatsoever. At the speeds they are 
set at now, they cannot be heard over the Silverstone power supplies 
I've been using. There may be quieter fansinks out there but I haven't 
felt the need to improve on these.


Slightly off-topic, is anyone using a Seasonic power supply? I was 
reading some reviews and they sound promising. 80+ efficiency across all 
loads sounds like a really good idea for and media center machine. If 
they are as quiet as the reviewers claim, I'll probably switch.

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Re: [mythtv-users] Silent Fan for Socket A (AthlonXP 3000)

2005-12-01 Thread shadestalker
On 12/1/05, Jeff Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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'm happy with the Thermalright SI-97 and Panaflo L1A on my Duron 1400.  I'm not sure this HS scales up to the 3000+, but as mentioned, there's always the XP-120. ;)
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Re: [mythtv-users] Silent Fan for Socket A (AthlonXP 3000)

2005-12-01 Thread Brad Fuller




Joe Votour wrote:

  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
  

I just put in a all copper Zalman on a socket 754. Much quieter than
the stock.
you probably could get by with the copper and aluminum mix. I think it
was $20 cheaper at newegg.com.


  
--- 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


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Re: [mythtv-users] Silent Fan for Socket A (AthlonXP 3000)

2005-12-01 Thread Joe Votour
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
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