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Re: Guess I'll be the first... quiet CPU coolers

Posted by ketchup (A) on June 13, 2004 at 12:37:28

In Reply to: Guess I'll be the first... quiet CPU coolers posted by Peterloplop on June 13, 2004 at 02:55:13:

I have heard that that Zalman cooler is very quiet. i'm not sure if it comes with an adjustable fan or not, but you can easily add one and adjust it so it cools effectively at the lowest setting. use cpu temp. software to do this. the only problem might be that if you try to get away with very low fan speeds. with the fan adjusted really low it will not start when you start the system. why? they take more power to begin spinning than they do to remain spinning.

another option would be water cooling. since you dont overclock your system you will probably be able to get away with a very small system and have very, very low noise. water cooling is very common these days and is nothing to worry about. leaks are rare.

if you're really serious, you can get zalman's new fanless water cooling system. it's big and probably expensive, but if you're serious you at least have options.

also look at some heat pipe coolers. they are very efficient and can probably work well at very low fan speeds on a cpu that is not stressed like yours.

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