Got my nexus 80mm now, and it's awesome - can't even hear it when I put my head close to it (cause of the of my arctic vga cooler set on high mostly and my PSU less so)! Though my CPU does run a couple of degrees hotter: ~50°C when in use, hope that's fine - I am overclocking it a wee bit. ...next s...

Oh, I should have asked this sooner ...I hope the nexus 80mm will be able to cool my 2500+ barton cpu. I'm just using the stock heatsink, and bought a 60mm -> 80mm adapter to funnel the air to the heatsink. Reckon that'll be fine?

but it is easy to use too much, resulting in worse transfer Yeah, I can attest to that - first time I used it on my VGA cooler my card overheated a couple of times (granted I was soft-modding/overclocking my 9800se to a pro). Turns out I was a little too liberal with the usage, so next time I used ...

They do have a cool (if not misleading) name going for them

Thanks for all the info guys, you've been most helpful

I've had a look at the recommended fan list, and it seems the Nexus Real Silent is the one to go for as Slaugh said. A bit pricier than the rest, but then you get what you pay for huh

A fan is a fan. If you were really in a bind, you could even aim a hairdryer set to cold or a leafblower at your CPU. A real leafblower that is, as opposed to a delta/tornado/etc "leafblower". Okay, cool - so a fan's a fan then - just that a mate of mine told me case fans are generally of lower qua...

Okay, cool - so a fan's a fan then - just that a mate of mine told me case fans are generally of lower quality. But you guys are the experts

Thanks quizzicus. I'm not much of a slient PC enthusiast - all I'm after is a fan that's pretty quiet and I don't really wanna be buying a volt modifier or messing with such things. That list you showed - those seem to be mostly case fans, would it be okay to use a case fan on my CPU? If so, then th...

Thanks Brian, So I did some digging on the auction site and here's what I've found: New Coolermaster (but no details on it so I've left a question) New SilenX 80mm Fan * 9dBa * 15CFM (dunno if it's specifically a CPU fan, does that even matter?) Used 80mm Panaflo Fan FBP-08B12HB Used Panaflo FBM-08A...

Yeah, thanks - they don't even have product details. I'm quite happy purchasing from an auction site though - seems I have a better choice there too.

Lol - pity it seems to be the ONLY *supposedly* quiet 80mm CPU fan that seems to be listed in New Zealand's online stores. I'm interested as to what may be good alternatives ...it needs to be quiet remember (that's kinda the point). I'll see if I can source 'em from an auction site or something. Jus...

Thanks Brian! - it must definately be damaged then. (No, you could hardly call me descriminating - I'm not after a supa-dupa-silent PC).

They better return or at least exchange the thing....

EDIT: just noticed ur post frankgehry about 92mm fan - I can't go larger than 80 since my PSU is in the way. And as I said, this 80mm fan is making way more noise than my previous 55mm fan. Okay, so I made a bad purchase it seems - still, I cannot comprehend that they could release a product that ma...

I understand that they can exaggerate the noise ratings - but the noise is insane ...something HAS to be wrong.

In all my wisdom I purchased one of these: http://www.thermaltake.com/coolers/comboCool/a1780silentCat8/SilentCat8.htm to replace my tiny 55mm stock fan for my 2500+ Barton which was a little too noisy for my liking. BUT this new Silent Cat (which has words like 'EXTREME silent' & 'Low noise' writte...

Fanks elixer.

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That looks way cool - I may just give that a shot

You are correct sir - it's coming from my new WDse 200GB. The bugger vibrates quite a bit, whereas by seagate doesn't seem to vibrate at all!

Off to buy some rubber bands Or is there anything else I should use that works better?

Damnit, I was half hoping this question was gonna be more challanging :P All quiet now :mrgreen: However - this could be totally unrelated, but I'm now hearing this low hummmmmm ---- hummmmmmm ---- hummmmmmm etc., kinda like the islamic chant :) I'm not certain, but it DOES seem to be coming from th...

Hi all, I'm very new to this pc quietening scene, and in an effort to quieten my PC I bought 2 things: 1. Arctic VGA cooler for my 9800se moded to pro - this work great - very quiet - no complaints :mrgreen: 2. Enermax 420w Noisetaker PSU (ATX 12V V1.3) - i'm using this with a DFI NFII Ultra-AL mobo...