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AMD Aircooling Round-Up of 2003

Posted by Cliff on from the cool-and-silent dept.

JMke writes: "If you want a silent AMD system you almost always have to get yourself a higher-class heatsink. Thermalright and other manufactures have brought out updated products that can keep your CPU cool while keeping the noise down, hardware geek site Madshrimps has published a roundup of the best heatsinks from 2003 that money can buy in 2004, read it here."

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  1. The CPU fan is almost always quieter than the PS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The CPU fan is both more important and, generally, quieter than the power supply. It seems quite an unreasonable risk to jeopardize your CPU for a few extra decibels when there are easier, safer ways to quiet down a system.

    Usually something as simple as moving the case can make a significant difference.

  2. Re:The CPU fan is almost always quieter than the P by CracktownHts · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Guide to getting modded up:

    1. Post early
    2. Make sure at least one word is on topic
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    4. Profit!

    Anyway, in response to the AC - the article was supposedly about heatsinks, not CPU fans. Although some heatsinks come with a fan permanently attached, the better ones let you pick your own fan.

    OTOH, this is said without having RTFA so YMMV and IANAL.

  3. Re:Slashdot mirror by phorm · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Google cache does it. Why not slashdot? Sites that don't want the mirror could have a tag to disallow it and suffer slashdotting instead.