Overclocking but keeping quiet

Birdseye · Post by **Birdseye** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 9:08 pm

System:
XP 2600+
Gigabyte Ga7vt600l
512MB Samsung PC3200 w/ heatspreader
chaintech geforce 5200

I'm wondering if I can o/c at all or it is worth trying.

Also, what are the quietest case fans and heatsink/cpu combos? I would be happy not O/c if I had a really quiest cpu fan, but if it's loud it better be o/cing

Birds

BAAL · Post by **BAAL** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 9:33 pm

for a good quality hsf i would recommend the zalman cpns7000a-cu
Its huge, cools great and is practically silent. you could achieve a modest overclock with this cooler without sacrificing noise. On the other hand, if you want extreme overclocking, you either have to bite the bullet with a loud fan, or go watercooling to achieve the performance you need.

Note: the cooler i recommended doe NOT fit on all motherboards. See Zalman's site, they have a list of incompatable products.

Birdseye · Post by **Birdseye** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 11:37 pm

I would much prefer a modest overclock with silence.

fliptw · Post by **fliptw** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 11:46 pm

but the thing with successful overclocking is there is always a monetary dimension to it.

water cooling is the most expensive. thats the easy bit.

Yer probably not going to get maximum OC with just a HSF purchase.

Vindicator · Post by **Vindicator** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 11:51 pm

You could always get a high-end CPU cooler and attach a fan controller to it. I have a Vantec Aeroflow with the TMD fan. Its extremely noisy (especially since I've been using watercooling), but paired with a Vantec Nexus fan controller it cools well yet is no louder than my old Koolance Exos (which is no small feat).

fliptw · Post by **fliptw** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 11:53 pm

that zalman is looking nice.

which leaves me in a quandry: what do to with my Volcano 7+.

Birdseye · Post by **Birdseye** » Fri Jan 23, 2004 1:16 am

Where are the lists of compatable motherboards? I couldn't find one.

Jeff250 · Post by **Jeff250** » Fri Jan 23, 2004 1:29 am

Hmmm I slowed my Vantec down to 12/16 in the Asus BIOS.

STRESSTEST · Post by **STRESSTEST** » Fri Jan 23, 2004 11:29 am

Water

BAAL · Post by **BAAL** » Fri Jan 23, 2004 11:53 am

i'll link ya birds. 2 secs

BAAL · Post by **BAAL** » Fri Jan 23, 2004 11:56 am

http://www.zalman.co.kr/english/product ... t_eng.html

There is also a list for those that like this hsf but have a p4 board here:
http://www.zalman.co.kr/english/product ... _list.html

hope that helps

Ferno · Post by **Ferno** » Fri Jan 23, 2004 12:06 pm

uhhh...

That CNPS7000 is only compatible with either P4 of AMD64 CPU's.

You want the CNPS6000 if you're going the zalman route.

BAAL · Post by **BAAL** » Fri Jan 23, 2004 12:26 pm

ferno, read again, compatible with sockets 462,478, and 754

Birdseye · Post by **Birdseye** » Fri Jan 23, 2004 6:15 pm

Incompatable. Any alternatives that might be close as good?

BAAL · Post by **BAAL** » Sat Jan 24, 2004 12:42 am

Thermalright slk900 with a vantec fan perhaps use a fan bus to vary the speed for noise control.

Ferno · Post by **Ferno** » Sat Jan 24, 2004 1:11 am

Baal, I myself run a CNPS6000. I had a look at the CNPS7000 when i went to Fry's while being at califest. If the CNPS7000 was compatible with AXP mobos i'd be running that instead.

fliptw · Post by **fliptw** » Sat Jan 24, 2004 2:15 am

BAAL · Post by **BAAL** » Sat Jan 24, 2004 2:51 am

Fern, dude you're mistaken. I have one here on my desk with the installation instructions for socket462 mobos no less. You must have been looking at a diff model.

Mr. Perfect · Post by **Mr. Perfect** » Sat Jan 24, 2004 5:03 pm

Yeah, the Thermalrights are nice blocks.

Ferno · Post by **Ferno** » Sat Jan 24, 2004 5:53 pm

You would be correct baal. it wasn't the A model I was looking at. Wonder who bugged them enough for them to do a revision?

Looks like i'll be picking that up at califest, woop.