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Roundup of Eight Horizontal CPU Coolers

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the welding-is-bad dept.

ThinSkin writes "ExtremeTech has done a roundup of eight sideways-gusting CPU coolers under fifty bucks to see if they can keep an overclocked Athlon FX-60 from welding itself to the motherboard. In addition to temperature testing, much emphasis was placed on noise reduction, which with some coolers can be improved by adjusting fan speed or even removing the fan from the cooler."

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  1. yeah, um... by iogan · · Score: 2, Funny

    .. I have a problem with my 700 mhz webserver that lives under my bed. How do I shut that up? It's driving me nuts. I'm not trying to be funny here, I'm really starting to loose it over this thing.

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    1. Re:yeah, um... by Maxo-Texas · · Score: 4, Funny

      Well there is no money and no money...

      If you mean "very little money" then you can get a lot of quiet out of those gaskets and some inexpensive ($12) fans.

      If you mean "no money", then there is this little switch on the back. You flip it into "quiet" mode and your webserver will stop making any noise and will not generate any heat. Even better, it consumes no electricity in quiet mode.

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    2. Re:yeah, um... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      ...loose it over this thing.

      Um, crapping on it probably won't help.

    3. Re:yeah, um... by Misch · · Score: 4, Funny

      I hear the ping times are horrendous though

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    4. Re:yeah, um... by hador_nyc · · Score: 3, Funny
      I have a problem with my 700 mhz webserver that lives under my bed. How do I shut that up? It's driving me nuts. I'm not trying to be funny here, I'm really starting to loose it over this thing.
      that's not the fan... it's a monster... don't go near it!!!
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