{"id":145,"date":"2007-01-30T06:16:49","date_gmt":"2007-01-30T06:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.danmarx.org\/blog\/?p=145"},"modified":"2007-03-13T05:25:40","modified_gmt":"2007-03-13T05:25:40","slug":"cool-new-heatsink-drops-cpu-temps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danmarx.org\/blog\/cool-new-heatsink-drops-cpu-temps\/","title":{"rendered":"Cool New Heatsink Drops CPU Temps"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the process of building the kids’ new computer, I bought a new heatsink\/fan for our P4 computer<\/a>, along with a 320GB WD SE16 SATA hard drive<\/a>. We were down to 1GB on the main drive, which amounts to 1% free space, which wasn’t enough to do anything, not even dump the latest set of pics off the digicam, so the new HDD was a must. The new heatsink was simply because I was getting tired of hearing that stupid fan whine up and down depending on what I was doing, and the CPU temps were still upwards of 70\u00c2\u00baC. Computers should be quiet and not sound like a freaking Shop-Vac.<\/p>\n

CPU heatsinks for Intel’s 775 socket come in a variety of flavors, but the main criteria I was looking for was one that snapped in using the stock mounting configuration without requiring the MB to be removed in order to mount some fancy bracket. I didn’t want the new heatsink and HDD project to take all day. That and I didn’t want to spend $50+ but I still wanted it to be quiet. So I ended up picking up the Sunbeam CR-SW-775 Ceramic Shaft and Bearing CPU Cooling Fan\/Heatsink <\/a>. It’s definitely not one of the most popular coolers available, but for only $18, I figured it had to be better than the stock Intel cooler. And I was pleasantly surprised to find that it worked A LOT better than the stock Intel cooler.<\/p>\n

My idle CPU temps dropped from 42\u00c2\u00baC to 40\u00c2\u00baC and my full-load temps dropped from 65\u00c2\u00baC to 51\u00c2\u00baC. The noise level dropped from unbearable to barely noticeable as the fan speed before was over 2600 RPMs and now the fan speed never goes above 1500 RPMs, and has no problems keeping the CPU 14\u00c2\u00baC cooler under load than before. That is a significant improvement in cooling and a lot nicer on my ears. Now the fan in my Radeon 9800 graphics card is the loudest thing that can be heard, which is the next thing to try and quiet down, possibly with a bigger, slower-spinning fan. These temps are definitely better than what they used to be, but still hot compared to an equivalant AMD processor, but I am overclocked to 3.6GHz, so for a Prescott core P4 on air cooling, it’s not bad for only $18. Overall I am very pleased with the new heatsink\/fan and would recommend the Sunbeam for anyone trying to get better cooling with less noise and a hassle-free installation into any socket 775 mobo.<\/p>\n

Stock 775 Intel heatsink\/fan and a lot of dust<\/strong>
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The surface area of the Sunbeam is at least 3X that of the stock unit<\/strong>
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Asus P5P800 MB and a clean Intel Pentium 4 CPU ready for the new heatsink<\/strong>
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Perfect fit. I mounted the unit with the air flow going from front to back<\/strong>
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Stock Intel Cooling vs. the Sunbeam CR-SW-775 while running Prime95<\/strong>
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