quiet Socket A HSF replacements?

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mikeblas

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I'm running an old dual-proc Tyan board with two AMD Athlon MP 1800+ chips on it. It's working great, and is fast enough for what I'm using it for ... but it's noisier than hell. It's got a pair of old ThermalTake HSFs on it. If I remember right, they're Volcanos.

How can I quiet this rig down? Can anyone recommend a compatible HSF that's quiter, or should I just try to replace the fans and keep the heatsinks? What's a recommended fan?
 
How much space do you have between the processors? Thermalright makes some good socket A sinks that you can slap your own fan on, but they're fairly sizeable.
 
I found the ThermalTake CL-P0295 at eWiz, and it looks nice and is rated at less than 20 dBa.

But, yeah, you're right; I've got to measure. Even the 92mm fans on that model seem like they might be too large. I think the fans I have now might be only 60mm, and I'm not sure how much larger will fit ...
 
Dual MP board are limmited to 80mm fans I've found.
Even then some board the two fans will be a very tight fit.

I know what you mean about the volcano's, I used to run 10 of them in the farm.

The SK6+, SK7, SK800 ? where about the best socket A coolers which will probably fit the mobo.
An old but good reveiw of socket A heatsinks http://www.overclockers.com/articles373/socketA.asp

Luck ........... :D
 
Sure. But, even if it's 50% more than that, it's still more than 50% quieter than my existing setup.

Thanks for the link, Tigerbiten.
 
During my research, I found that The Who endorses these ThermalTake Volcanos, and is using them on their current tour.

Meanwhile, I figure I'll just replace the fans. Socket A parts aren't too easy to find, and my choices for 80mm parts are pretty limited. I ordered some cheap, quiet fans from Xoxide, and I'm sure they'll be nicer...

Thanks for your helps, ya'll!
 
Dynatron made some really nice copper HSFs with 60mm fans that were like $11 at newegg.
 
I don't think you can mingle the words Socket A with QUIET. Most of the HSF units had 60 or 80mm fans, and alot of them were the DELTAs (Screamers).

Thermalright (not Thermaltake) had the best all copper coolers (with quiet 92mm fans) for Socket A platforms. I believe the trend of using heatpipes also started with Thermalright and the socket A based heatsinks.

Is watercooling a possible consideration or is air cooling your only desire for this dual CPU configuration?
 
Watercooling is too much of a hastle, and too unreliable for me. (This machine is one of my domain controllers, and runs ISA Server as my Internet gateway.)

I'm hopeful for the quieter fans I've bought; hopefully, they're here on Friday or Saturday.
 
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