cooling fans

[stevenperini]

Hi. I'm new to this site that which was highly recommended by a friend. I purchasd a used 733MHz PIII cpu and mother board and the cpu fan (make unknown) in rather noisy. Does anyone have any recommidations for a decent quiet fan out there. This is for light to meduim usage of a home system. Thanks and God bless!

[BigBlue66]

Hi and Welcome!

With CPU cooling fans, you generally get what you pay for.

Any high-quality ball bearing fan will run quiet and last a long time. A few of the favorite brand names I've either used or heard about are:

Power Cooler
ThermalTake (any of the Orb flavors)
Cool Master
Taisol

And the list goes on. Just remember to get one with a ball-bearing design, and you should do it soon! Don't trust the noisy fan because that most assuredly means that it's on its way out.

Happy shopping.

Big Blue 66


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[bassman]

Hi Steven and welcome,
Thermaltake makes a decent working/decent priced fan/heatsink combo. Should be able to get one localy for around $10.00

Blue beat me to it http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

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[This message has been edited by bassman (edited 11-02-2001).]

[stevenperini]

Originally posted by bassman:
Hi Steven and welcome,
Thermaltake makes a decent working/decent priced fan/heatsink combo. Should be able to get one localy for around $10.00

Blue beat me to it http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/biggrin.gif



Thanks for your reply. I know that some fans have lower dB ratings than others. Both you and Blue suggested Thermaltake so I'll look into on of those. Thanks again and God Bless.
Steve