Quiet Heatsink for A64-3000

[none]

I just built a Media Center PC with an Athlon 64 - 3000 Venice, and the
stock heatsink/fan. Even with cool n' quiet enabled, the processor fan
is still a little loud for a living room PC.

Any suggestions on quieter cooling solutions. Not water, BTW. I'm
thinking about something like the Zalman 7700Cu, but I don't really want
to spend over $50 on a heatsink!

Thanks!

 

[Ed Light]

I took the fan off my heatsink and made an aluminum tape duct to the case
fan. Works great.

It's an Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 (the one with the very rough base).

Right now, with the 80mm case fan at 2300rpm, it's at 27C.

So, though the Freezer is a heat-pipe model, I'd guess that the stock cooler
sans fan may be adequate.
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[Wes Newell]

I just built a Media Center PC with an Athlon 64 - 3000 Venice, and the
stock heatsink/fan. Even with cool n' quiet enabled, the processor fan
is still a little loud for a living room PC.

Any suggestions on quieter cooling solutions. Not water, BTW. I'm
thinking about something like the Zalman 7700Cu, but I don't really want
to spend over $50 on a heatsink!

I removed the loud little 70mm fan and replaced it with a 70->80mm fan
adapter and 2500rpm 80x25mm fan. They also make 70->90mm fan adapters if
you prefer something real quiet.

 

[TonyC]

I just built a Media Center PC with an Athlon 64 - 3000 Venice, and the
stock heatsink/fan. Even with cool n' quiet enabled, the processor fan is
still a little loud for a living room PC.

Any suggestions on quieter cooling solutions. Not water, BTW. I'm
thinking about something like the Zalman 7700Cu, but I don't really want
to spend over $50 on a heatsink!

Thanks!

Akasa AK913 Evo33, works great, adjustable, very quiet.
AMD64 3200+ @ 2.7Ghz 31c idle 38c load.

Tony

 

[Flint]

I just built a Media Center PC with an Athlon 64 - 3000 Venice, and the
stock heatsink/fan. Even with cool n' quiet enabled, the processor fan
is still a little loud for a living room PC.

Any suggestions on quieter cooling solutions. Not water, BTW. I'm
thinking about something like the Zalman 7700Cu, but I don't really want
to spend over $50 on a heatsink!

You don't have to. Go for the Zalman 7700 copper/aluminum variant
instead, it's only about $35, and is very quiet (I use one myself).
It's cooling is lesser by only a couple of degrees (farenheit) than the
all copper unit -- barely worth considering.


-Rick

 

[Ed Light]

Maybe the stock heatsink is good enough that if you took off the fan and
made a duct of aluminum tape from it to the case fan it would work like a
charm.

Venice's don't get real hot, so it probably would work.

I did it myself for my Winchester but using a Freezer 64 -- except I can't
say get that because the base was so crude, and when I lapped it I couldn't
get it flat. But it's working anyhow. It's hooked up to a 2300 rpm 80mm case
fan, on the back of the case. Idles 26C with cool'n'quiet -- though,
actually I'm using CrystalCPUID with no AMD driver. Flat out and eating the
heat from a 6600GT it goes up to 45C on a warm day.
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