Hello, I have an Athlon XP 1800+ Palomino, and I am currently running a horrendous Aeroflow. In the near future I will turn this computer into a 24/7 computer, and it will be right next to my bed. I might do some light overclocking. The stock fan has several broken fins, so I cannot reinstall it as a temporary solution. I have been doing some research on cheap quiet cooling, and I have come up with the following

Arctic Cooling Copper Silent 2 TC, Revision 2
http://store.yahoo.com/svcompucycle/cop ... -rev2.html

and

Spire WhisperRock IV
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDe ... ory=BROWSE


Of course any others that are as cheap good. Which one would be better?



I also have a AMD stock heatsink without the fan. Would a Vantec 60mm Stealth on the stock heatsink work well enough to run my system 24/7. It would be the cheapest option.

Vantec "Stealth" Double Ball Bearing Case fan, Model "SF6025L" (60mm)
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDe ... ory=BROWSE

Would this work?


Thank you for your time

The whisperrock has an 80mm fan. Maybe you can replace it with a Panaflo. I don't think any of the HSFs you have listed will perform as well as the Aeroflow (I agree, extremely noisy). How about the 7-8 rated heatsinks on SPCR's recommended list?

Performance is not my first priority. Noise and price are the two most important.

http://www.silenthardware.de/reviews/cp ... index.html
Here's a review of the Spire and the Arctic without thermal control. The Spire cools better and is less noisy.

I run the falcon rockII (almost the same as the whisper rock) on my TbredA @ 1840Mhz. The stock fan undervolted on a fanmate to about 8v is audible, but not at all loud. Temps idle in the low-mid 40's and go up to mid-high 50's running prime 95.

I'm planning on replacing the HSF with my next round of upgrades, but for the price, it has been very decent.