P4P800 Deluxe CPU fan noise

[Navid]

I have a P4 2.6GHz, 800MHz FSB on this board. It is a retail cpu (with
heat sink and fan). I am not doing any over clocking.
I have activated the fan rpm control in the bios and have set the rpm ratio
to minimum (11/16 is it?).
The CPU temperature under no-load conditions, according to PC probe
is only 32C, when the cpu fan rpm is reported to be 2045.
I don't mind if the rpm goes up when I am playing games.
But when I am not doing anything and the CPU is not hot at all (33C),
I'd rather have a quieter fan.

Is there a way to further reduce the RPM under no-load conditions?
Or do I have to get a different cooler?

Thanks,
Navid

 

[sheer]

I replaced my standard with a Zalman to improve the noise and it was well
worth it.

 

[Navid]

I replaced my standard with a Zalman to improve the noise and it was well
worth it.

You are saying that the noise improved (decreased). That is good.
Did you by any chance record before and after cpu temperatures?

 

[Steve Simmons]

I replaced my standard with a Zalman to improve the noise and it was well
worth it.

Seconded. I've not been able to monitor the temp under heavy load
(running FreeBSD), but the mboard was quite happy during a multi-hour
compile session. Answer: it's cool enough.