replace stock HSF fan?

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Glacian22

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So it seems to me that the fan on my x2 3800+ 939 stock HSF is dying, can I pull the fan off of the heatsink and replace it, or do I need to buy a new HSF entirely?
 
I'm sure you could find away to strap an 80 MM or 120(though that would be overkill) on there. If you didn't want to try and find a 70mm
 
There are two versions of the AMD heatpipe heatsink, there's the 80mm one and here's the 70mm one. Which one do you have? Just in case you buy the wrong fan...:p
 
I have the older, non-heatpipe version, so I'm guessing that's the 70mm one. In replacing it I'd really really like to find a quiet, near silent even, fan. So assuming I can stick an 80mm on it (any suggestions?) what would you guys recommend for super duper fantastically quiet fans? Or are there any really quiet 70mm fans, just to keep things simple?
 
You can slap any fan on it if you find a way to attach to the HSF.

Personnally, I got a heatpipe heatsink from AMD with a 70 mm fan. I ditched it and slapped a Panaflo 80 mm M1A with small zipties on each of the pipes and it works fine. Just make sure you are placing so the airflow goes toward the CPU and make sure the heatsink fins won't block the fan blades from spinning.

I also have a few non-heatpipe AMD HSF and you can either get another 70 mm fan but it's easier to get a 80 mm fan of your liking then drill 4 holes on each corner to pass zipties.
 
Ah, thanks. Still, anybody have preferences for 80mm fans? I've heard yate loons are pretty good, but I'm going for as dead quiet as possible...
 
Ok, from browsing Newegg I found this fan, the arctic cooling 8. Reviews say it's very quiet, but also that it can only be mounted as an exhaust fan...do you think this would pose a problem?
 
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