The low speed 92 mm fan reduces the noise level to a minimum. The patented fan holder is able to practically eliminate the typical buzzing sound of 92 mm fans.
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Advantages: Quiet, Cheap, Effective cooler Disadvantages: Can be tricky to fit in some cases
When my amd 64 3200+ was geting a little hot using the stock fan i decided to look for a new, but cheap, alternative.
This fan will fit on any motherboard that supports skt 939, skt 940 and socket 754 type AMD processors. But i have read even though it is compatible and will fit it hasn't in some cases. But in my case it fitted fine.
The first thing i noticed was the size of the thing! It only just fitted in my case, and i have a reasonably sized ... ...this is to reduce vibration and noise. Also it is a fairly heavy piece of kit and some of the corners can be sharp, so watch your fingers. On the bottom there is a thermal pad/paste concoction so you wont need to worry about applying thermal paste directly on to the CPU, this made fitting the fan much easier.
Performance wise my CPU was idling around 50 degrees on the stock AMD cooler, but after adding this it reduced it by around 10 degrees so ...
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The low speed 92 mm fan reduces the noise level to a minimum. The patented fan holder is able to practically eliminate the typical buzzing sound of 92 mm fans.
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