01-16-2005, 06:48 PM | #1 (permalink) |
Junkie
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CPU fan recommendation
I've frequently heard that retail cpu fans are not good, so I wanted to buy a fairly good fan.
What would you suggest, since I might want to Overclock it? CPU to cool is P4 socket 478/Pentium 3.20E I was thinking about the following two, but I really want to hear others suggestions: http://www.zalmanusa.com/usa/product...x=141&code=009 http://www.coolermaster.com/index.ph...-V81+Hyper%206 And one last question, will a 350 power supply be sufficient, or should I get a 500 or 550 power supply? |
01-17-2005, 01:32 AM | #4 (permalink) |
Adequate
Location: In my angry-dome.
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Agreed on the coolers.
A good 350W supply will be fine unless you get into hungry combinations. A hot P4 + motherboard combination may need 200-250W. AMD64 50-75 less. Video card, up to 45W from AGP. Monster video card, something like a 6800Ultra, can consume 80-100W on the aux connector in addition to the AGP draw. Add 15W/HD, 20-30W/optical, 5-10W total for 2 or 3 fans. My rule of thumb has come to this: For an average system without a bunch of drives, if your video card doesn't have an auxiliary power connector then 350 is plenty. if it does then evaluate 12V & 5V independently or jump to a 400+ supply. Problems can arise from ratings vs. actual, and how your parts' 12V vs. 5V requirements match the supply. |
01-17-2005, 08:49 AM | #5 (permalink) | |
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01-18-2005, 11:07 AM | #7 (permalink) |
Completely bananas
Location: Florida
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Have you seen this thing?
http://www.asus.com/products/pccompo...e/overview.htm It's pretty obnoxious-looking, but apparently it does a really good job, according to some reviews. |
01-22-2005, 08:32 PM | #8 (permalink) |
Junkie
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I looked over the Asus fan, but from what I read at tom's hardware, they recommended, the Coolermaster and Zalman over it.
So I decided to go with the Zalman fan. I put everything together on Thursday, and on Friday, I re-installed XP. The reinstall took roughly six minutes, amazing! The only problem now is that, my wiring looks like pure chaos. The fact that my computer case has a window doesn't help either. I'll probably use bread ties, unless someone suggests something better. |
01-23-2005, 03:02 AM | #9 (permalink) | |
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you need Kabelbinder! (I build computers for a living and that's what we use. v. handy just to have, for other messy household cables). Good choice on the Zalman, btw. that's what my bf has in his machine.
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01-23-2005, 03:34 AM | #10 (permalink) |
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Location: The Netherlands
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The Zalman is good. You might think about getting the Al-Cu version, though; it is almost half the weight, and does almost as good a job at cooling (+2 degrees C maximum). But whatever you do, you *have* to measure the area around the CPU first, and compare the results with Zalman's requirements. There are a lot of motherboard/case combinations that simply don't have enough room for those coolers.
As for the Hyper6... it's good, it's heavy, and it's huge. Oh, and it's HEAVY, almost 1 Kg of metal, where the official maximum is 450 grams... If you do put it in, make sure you always carry your computer on it's side when moving it around; if not, the results can be catastrophic. The same goes for that Zalman-7000 cooler, by the way; even if they weigh less. |
01-24-2005, 07:43 PM | #12 (permalink) |
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what kind of case do you have? that might help us decide better. i personally like Thermalright; their SP-94 (that's the p4 version i believe) performs very well, but you need to supply your own fan. you could also check out the XP-90 or (if your case allows for it) the XP-120.
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