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quite power supply and cpu fan
Name: Tod Date: April 28, 2002 at 10:33:26 Pacific
Comment:
Can anyone recommend the quitest possible power supply and heatsink/fan?
1. Power supply, at least 300W. The fan on my current power supply is very loud.
2. Heatsink/fan - I have an AMD Athlon 1.2 ghz processor but the fan sounds like an F-16.
Name: Krezno Date: April 28, 2002 at 10:45:35 Pacific
Reply:
Antec makes reliable, quiet PSU's. My 400W Macron is pretty quiet too.
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Response Number 2
Name: Krezno Date: April 28, 2002 at 10:48:25 Pacific
Reply:
And the Thermaltake Volcano 7 is bearable too, while cooling pretty good. I reccomend getting it from thecardcooler.com though, cause they have moved the thermal sensor so it takes readings from the CPU core instead of ambient temp.
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Response Number 3
Name: urbanmilitia Date: April 29, 2002 at 00:27:11 Pacific
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I'd also recommend the Thermaltake Volcano 7, especially the Volcano 7+ model, which has a fan selector speed
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Response Number 4
Name: Krezno Date: April 29, 2002 at 10:17:37 Pacific
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Heh, I'm using the V7+ right now, on its highest setting it sounds like a jet engine, and is only coolin about as well as the V7 would on full speed, which is about as loud as my V7+ on medium speed :b
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Response Number 5
Name: applejacks Date: April 29, 2002 at 11:10:16 Pacific
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seems everyone is putting in their 2 cents worth for the Volcano 7. I have it to. The fans speed is proportionate to the CPU temp. It never goes above 3600rpm for me. I think it maxes at 6500rpm. It has a nice 80mm fan that blows lots of air. On startup, when the CPU is at its coolest it spins at a modest 2100 rpms and speeds up gradually. Maybe I'll have to wait until the middle of Aug for it to hit its highest setting. Anyway great fan at a great price.
as for Power supply - go with antec.
check out www.pricewatch.com for price comparisons.
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