Hi Emanuele:
___Be careful … Remember the Anandtech cooling article used an 80 mm Papst 8412NGL fan (~ 20
[email protected] dB(A)) installed on an Alpha 8045 on the 1.4 GHz T-Bird. The Alpha 8045 HS is undoubtedly the most advanced AMD T-Bird based HS available today and does work w/ 20 CFM fans but at some pretty scary under DIE core temps with the higher frequency T-Birds. The 60 mm Papst 612NGM adds more noise w/ ~ the same airflow rated at just 20.6 CFM. With the std. Coolermaster aluminum sinks, who really knows how the combination will perform when subjected to the kind of thermal output a 1.7 GHz P4 or higher can produce. Make darn sure you are watching the core temps because a P4 at 1.7 GHz outputs just 1 W less than the “
Heater†otherwise known as the 1.4 GHz T-Bird … The 2.0 GHz P4’s output over 10 W more that the 1.4’s depending on stepping … The cores will not break of course given Intel’s great thermal design capabilities and integrated heat spreader but low heat removal capability and high core temperatures are a killer in the long run no matter who’s chips you use … If you can wait, the 80 mm fanned T-Bird designs should eventually make there way to the latest P4’s but it may be a while given the Retail F/HS’s are reasonably quiet already IMO. The P4 retail CPU F/HS’s don’t match the Alpha and a Silencer or undervolted Sunon on the same in terms of lowered dB output but they are not anything like the Delta’s or any of the 4,500- 7,000 RPM + YS Tech’s and Sanyo Denki’s … If you are in need of some of these little screamers, I have a few you can purchase post haste
___Good Luck
___Wayne R. Gerdes
___Hunt Club Farms Landscaping Ltd.
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