New CPU fan

I know this is incredibly geeky, but just installed on of these:

<img src="http://www.overclockers.co.uk/pimg/HS-001-CS_400.jpg">

My computer is virtually silent now! The AMD stock fan really was noisy, I'm used to loud PC's, but wow now it's ultra quiet! So nice to listen music on now!

That's a geekin cool fan to have.When i replaced my old fan with the new one i thought the fan wasn't working lol That's how quiet the fan where compared to the older stock fan.

ooohhh this is some hot %% right here!

dont feel bad, im also in love with a thermaltake q-spin or whatever the name is.

im gonna buy it, im gonna buy it so bad. it is a work of art!

How much was that man? My studio machine is pretty loud so i've been considering getting a macbook to sort it out... Not too keen on becoming a mac fanboy though. This could be an option though

When I read the thread title, I thought it was about being a fan of certain CPU

It's �30, totally 100% worth it, it's called Corsair A50 I think, but it's big, my case isn't quite big enough so measure first!

It keeps it 10c cooler, so I've over clocked to 3.5ghz (on 6 cores)

gee well apple product tend to be load and HOT too.

there are cool cpus for like 15 bucks, the one i like costs 50 though

I have one of these myself : <img src="http://www.nordichardware.com/skrivelser_img/432/noctua_nh_u12f.jpg">

And with this babe I can keep my E4300 overclocked to 3.24ghz from the lousy 1.81ghz

oh those austrian brown fans, ive heard their super cool, what is their secret?

Here is mine:

<img src="http://www.tweaknews.net/reviews/bigwater735/img/2.jpg">

Just did a full flush after 15,000 hours of use. Not a single ounce of "crud" in the lines. I guess people either make that stuff up, or don't maintain their fluid levels properly.

~Sol

Nice, how cool can you run it? And do you overclock?

CPU redlines at around 70�C (Intel Q9300 from about 2-3 years back)

Sitting in windows at standard clock it hovers around 55�C on a 30�C day.

Under 100% load it gets to about 60�C.

Overclocked from 2.4Ghz to 3.1Ghz average temp raises about 7�C

On a 40�C+ day I don't turn my computer on.

My PC is in a detached "unit" or as we call it a "granny flat"... I think Americans might refer to it as an "office"... anyway there is no aircon out here. Last time we had a 42�C day it hit 54�C in this room. PC was still running but CPU was dead on 70�C which is where transistors start to screw up.

I guess with 2xGTX280 GPU's and 6 HDDs in this case... it like a 3-bar element heater running on full. The stock CPU fan that came with the thing was so crap, my system would overheat and bluescreen if I did anything beyond sitting at the desktop. If I take the video cards out and put in something milder (like a 9800GT or something) I notice about a 15�C drop in ambient temperature.

This thing is on the edge. :/

~Sol

You thought about underclocking it so you can use it when your room temp is too high?

Thought about it yes, but typically it doesn't get that hot here... and if it does the heat is so unbearable I can't use the computer anyway since I'D melt lol.

~Sol

I have to use my pc daily, or I die

Also, sol, since you're into this kinda stuff, just thought id share

My kids have inherited my 5870(flash based web games never ran so smoothly)

I recently upgraded to a hd6970

Kabaam!, fool

Don't know if you play bc2(best fps out), but battlefield 3 is coming later this year, and Dice says to start saving your money for upgrades. Find a vid and check it out, it looks stupidly amazing. its the first pc game to take full advantage of pc's in a long time, unless you count metro2033, and I dont