Building a quiet PC (Athlon 2500+ based)

Hi, After a LOT of research, I've decided against water-cooling (it's just a big pain in the @$$ right now). I was wondering how I could make an Athlon CPU quiet without it constantly overheating, or me underclocking it.

Windows Hardware 9627 This topic was started by HawkBoy, 2003-03-15 18:55

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HawkBoy

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#105920

2003-03-15 19:55

Hi,

After a LOT of research, I've decided against water-cooling (it's just a big pain in the @$$ right now). I was wondering how I could make an Athlon CPU quiet without it constantly overheating, or me underclocking it.

Better nForce motherboard??

installing patches

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Nemesis

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#105921

2003-03-16 00:12

Quote:Hi,

After a LOT of research, I've decided against water-cooling (it's just a big pain in the @$$ right now). I was wondering how I could make an Athlon CPU quiet without it constantly overheating, or me underclocking it.

Try Quiet PC
or the Hush Mini-ITX

Immortal

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#105922

2003-03-16 13:34

Ever considered Zalman flowers.....
Its near silent except for the large 92mm fan spinning slowly above it.
I think its only aropund 17-20db noise....

Tomay

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#105923

2003-03-16 20:43

I agree with Immortal Zalman's are really cool.

http://www.zalman.co.kr/english/product/cnps6500b-cu.htm

CyberGenX

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#105924

2003-03-17 00:23

I too was tired of a loud pc so I mounted an 80mm on top of my OCZ all copper heat sink. System stays around 100F. The important thing is that the system is super quiet now.