CPU Cooling Fan

Hello I am looking for a good CPU cooling fan/system that is quite and keeps my CPU cool. I was trying to bear with the stock AMD cooling fan, but over the past 2 weeks the fan has become much louder and my CPU core temp is beging to rise.

So I am looking for a CPU fan that can keep my CPU at a decent temperature and be able to be so quite that I actually have to listen to be able to hear it.

Please keep all sugestions under $100. (If it is water cooling please make it maintence free)
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When adding a suestion please post an aproximite CPU temperature if possible

Thanks for all your resonces
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i have a cpu cooling fan / heatsink like:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103057

But it's ocz i think, and a little bigger

 

I bought this Amazon.com: Scythe Mugen 2 rev.B SCMG-2100 - Processor cooler - ( Socket 478, Socket 754, Socket 940, Socket 775, Socket 939, Socket 1156, Socket AM2, Socket AM2+, Socket 1366, Socket AM3 ) - copper with nickel-plating finish - 120 mm: Electronics for my AMD Phenom II x4 955 BE overclocked to 3,8ghz. Its realy quiet!

 

Just about to buy this, but was wondering can this be powered by a 4-Pin connecter? I think I see one in the picture.

 

2nd post about motherboard.

My botherboard powers the CPU cooling fan through a 4-Pin connecter. Is it possible for this fan to work with this motherboard?

 

4-Pin and 3-Pin are interchangeable, the only difference is 4-Pin supports PWM (pulse-width modulation) allowing you to control the fan RPM dynamically.

 

So how to I get the 3-Pin fan to work with the 4-Pin motherboard?


OR should I just got with this instead: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103055

 

3-pin fans will fit on a 4-pin fan header and 4-pin fans will fit on a 3-pin fan header.

That cooler is decent but I've no idea how good the stock fans are. The Akasa Venom is supposed to be a great mid-range cooler and the stock fan is very good. You can buy also stick a second Akasa Viper on it for a push-pull set up.

Also beware of any performance air cooler if all your memory modules are taken... memory with high heat spreaders don't work well with a lot of air coolers.

 

Aquacomputer.de old i7 in 4.2ghz is nice!

 

Yeah, stock AMD is SUPER loud, I'm replacing mine aswell.

 

I love this CPU Cooler: Scythe - The Cooling Experts with scythe gentle typhoon ventilation, cooler master or noctua are fine too, but if you are looking for low temperatures in yout pc intel is better, sorry for my bad english, bye

 

Everyone who wants real air cooling should look at the Noctua NH-D14, there are no air coolers that do a better job. The ONLY downside to this cooler is its massive size, you need plenty of room in your case for this beast.