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Overclocking but keeping quiet
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2004 9:08 pm
by Birdseye
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
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2004 9:33 pm
by BAAL
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.
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2004 11:37 pm
by Birdseye
I would much prefer a modest overclock with silence.
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2004 11:46 pm
by fliptw
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.
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2004 11:51 pm
by Vindicator
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).
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2004 11:53 pm
by fliptw
that zalman is looking nice.
which leaves me in a quandry: what do to with my Volcano 7+.
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2004 1:16 am
by Birdseye
Where are the lists of compatable motherboards? I couldn't find one.
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2004 1:29 am
by Jeff250
Hmmm I slowed my Vantec down to 12/16 in the Asus BIOS.
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2004 11:29 am
by STRESSTEST
Water
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2004 11:53 am
by BAAL
i'll link ya birds. 2 secs
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2004 11:56 am
by BAAL
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2004 12:06 pm
by Ferno
uhhh...
That CNPS7000 is only compatible with either P4 of AMD64 CPU's.
You want the CNPS6000 if you're going the zalman route.
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2004 12:26 pm
by BAAL
ferno, read again, compatible with sockets 462,478, and 754
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2004 6:15 pm
by Birdseye
Incompatable. Any alternatives that might be close as good?
Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2004 12:42 am
by BAAL
Thermalright slk900 with a vantec fan perhaps use a fan bus to vary the speed for noise control.
Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2004 1:11 am
by Ferno
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.
Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2004 2:15 am
by fliptw
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Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2004 2:51 am
by BAAL
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.
Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2004 5:03 pm
by Mr. Perfect
Yeah, the Thermalrights are nice blocks.
Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2004 5:53 pm
by Ferno
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.