AMD stock cooler fan?

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Whenever I play games - specifically the newer titles like AC:R - the AMD stock cooler gets very loud equivalent to a vacuum cleaner left on in another room. At the same time however it cools the CPU pretty well, only reaching around 60-65 C at load & 20-30 C at idle (HSF doesn't get loud at idle). The fan & heatsink doesn't have much dust buildup neither do my rear 120 mm exhaust fan, front 120 mm intake fan and PSU fan (its fan points downward). I tried using the BIOS & MSi's software to see if I can drop the noise but to no avail unless I want to risk overheating the chip. I also have a GPU that clocks at 50-60 C so that hot air could be making the CPU's fan to run faster. My CPU is a FX-4300 no-OC & GPU is an EVGA 650 Ti w/ one fan.

I was thinking of buying an aftermarket HSF like the 212 EVO or a new case, & I researched plenty about both options. But I would like to see what you guys think is better since I think AMD is pretty known for producing hot CPUs.
 
The stock fan is going to do that, naturally. They're usually not all that efficient, so they're instead running at rather high RPMs to get a decent cooling effect. Getting a new fan should be the best solution in this case, I'd say.
 
Yeah, I thought so. How about the case fans? Is one intake & exhaust fans enough to get the hot air out & cool air in?
 
AMD's usually run cooler than Intel's, or are rated for a lower max. Temp.

To really drop the temperatures, you should get an aftermarket heatsink. The 212 EVO is a good choice and so is the Xigmatek Dark Knight.

 
Grayfox
Or even a LCLC unit.
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I'm not so sure about liquid cooling as I'm in a tight budget.

The Dark Knight looks pretty snazzy but I think I'll stick with the Evo. However I fear that neither can fit in my case since it has a 158 mm clearance according to the manual.
 
All In One Water Cooling Units start at $55 and up on newegg.com. The air cooler I posted is cheaper and you do not need to worry about it leaking or the pump failing.
 
Yeah, that's what I was worried about if I switch to liquid cooling. Though it could be something I might experiment with in the future.
 
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I was running a corsair H50 for a while.

Never leaked, pump has never had an issue.

I now run a custom loop.
 
nick09
You can fit this nice piece of tech into your case. Nice cooler and it should run quiet.
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It has 92mm fans :scared:
I would be pretty cautious with the terms "silent" and 92mm fans, but I guess everybody defines "silent" differently.

Grayfox
I was running a corsair H50 for a while.

Never leaked, pump has never had an issue.

I now run a custom loop.
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Pumps on (especially) Corsair units tend to have either a high failure rate or be loud. The H50 is pretty much a waste of money, at least in my point of view. You can get coolers like the 212 EVO and get similarperformance and overclockability, potentially even better. Not too mention that the OEM fans Corsair provides with their AIO solutions are plain rubbish.

@Technicolors: Manufactures usually give quite an amount of buffer to their max. Clearance. I ran a Scythe Mugen 3 (158mm height) in my old Xigmatek Asgard Rev. I, which was rated at a max. Clearance of 150mm. Yes, it was tight, but it fitted.

There are plenty of options, but the Dark Knight and Hyper 212 are the best, and the 212's performance can even be further improved by adding different fans.
 
20832
It has 92mm fans :scared:
I would be pretty cautious with the terms "silent" and 92mm fans, but I guess everybody defines "silent" differently.
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92mm are more silent than 80mm
120mm are more silent than 92mm
140mm are more silent than 120mm
 
Problem is that the case specifies at most 158mm tall and the 212 EVO is 159mm tall. It's just too close to be sure that he won't have to send it back if it happens to be too tall.

It has 92mm fans
I would be pretty cautious with the terms "silent" and 92mm fans, but I guess everybody defines "silent" differently.
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It does not mean he has to run the fan at 100% to achieve good cooling. On that article they are cooling a Core 2 Quad to a temperature of 44C during load while the overclock to 3.6GHz is only 12C hotter. Both of those tests were done with 60% fan speed. So the OP just needs to buy a cheap fan controller to do the same.
 
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nick09
Problem is that the case specifies at most 158mm tall and the 212 EVO is 159mm tall. It's just too close to be sure that he won't have to send it back if it happens to be too tall.
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http://forums.overclockersclub.com/index.php?showtopic=191229

This guy put a 212 EVO inside the Xigmatek Asgard which, as stated by me previously, only officially supports up to 150mm heatsinks.

Also, you cannot compare an old Quadcore to a modern CPU. The arcitecture is much smaller, and the smaller it is, the more heat it generates. Just take a look between the Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge Intel's, Sandy's usually run cooler because they have a bigger architecture. Besides 60% on a 92mm would be (roughly) be the equivalent to 35 - 40% on a 120mm, meaning it move the same amount of air (possibly even more) at lower stress and noise.
You should NEVER compromise performance, because the heatsink might not fit, which isn't the case as the provided link states, and again the Asgard has much less clearance than his case.
 
Grayfox
92mm are more silent than 80mm
120mm are more silent than 92mm
140mm are more silent than 120mm
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I thought of something like this too, since bigger fans = more air volume at the same RPM or lower RPM = equivalent air volume to a smaller fan.

Grayfox
I was running a corsair H50 for a while.

Never leaked, pump has never had an issue.

I now run a custom loop.
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I'm not confident in myself to switch to water cooling even with a simple sealed unit, but as I said before I'll probably try it out in the future.

nick09
Problem is that the case specifies at most 158mm tall and the 212 EVO is 159mm tall. It's just too close to be sure that he won't have to send it back if it happens to be too tall.

It does not mean he has to run the fan at 100% to achieve good cooling. On that article they are cooling a Core 2 Quad to a temperature of 44C during load while the overclock to 3.6GHz is only 12C hotter. Both of those tests were done with 60% fan speed. So the OP just needs to buy a cheap fan controller to do the same.
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Since I won't be overclocking my FX any time soon, 92 mm seems pretty effective. I would really love to try the Evo though as that's the one I've been eying towards for a while. That fan controller is pretty cool too.

20832
It has 92mm fans :scared:
I would be pretty cautious with the terms "silent" and 92mm fans, but I guess everybody defines "silent" differently.

Pumps on (especially) Corsair units tend to have either a high failure rate or be loud. The H50 is pretty much a waste of money, at least in my point of view. You can get coolers like the 212 EVO and get similarperformance and overclockability, potentially even better. Not too mention that the OEM fans Corsair provides with their AIO solutions are plain rubbish.

@Technicolors: Manufactures usually give quite an amount of buffer to their max. Clearance. I ran a Scythe Mugen 3 (158mm height) in my old Xigmatek Asgard Rev. I, which was rated at a max. Clearance of 150mm. Yes, it was tight, but it fitted.

There are plenty of options, but the Dark Knight and Hyper 212 are the best, and the 212's performance can even be further improved by adding different fans.
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Yeah, as long as the HSF doesn't get nearly as loud as how my stock cooler runs or vibrates in place, it's totally fine by me.

I'll probably have to measure the insides myself to really see if those fans could fit (that 1 mm difference...).
 
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Technicolors
I'll probably have to measure the insides myself to really see if those fans could fit (that 1 mm difference...).
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I was looking at the 212 Evo and then changed it up to the Hyper TX3 due to space concerns.

Link:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103064

As for fan controllers, before you buy anything, check your motherboard out as it might already have that capability.
 
TB
I was looking at the 212 Evo and then changed it up to the Hyper TX3 due to space concerns.

Link:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103064

As for fan controllers, before you buy anything, check your motherboard out as it might already have that capability.
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That's another good HSF, very similar to the N 520 linked earlier. As for mobo support of fan control, I have MSi software that allows me to configure fan speed to CPU temp via a graph, though it's limited to two nodes (one min and max).
 
Technicolors
That's another good HSF, very similar to the N 520 linked earlier. As for mobo support of fan control, I have MSi software that allows me to configure fan speed to CPU temp via a graph, though it's limited to two nodes (one min and max).
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However the H 520 is only a three pin fan and you can't control the fan speed via software settings. It has to be a four pin fan for you to control it from the software. Hence the reason why I posted that fan speed controller.
 
nick09
However the H 520 is only a three pin fan and you can't control the fan speed via software settings. It has to be a four pin fan for you to control it from the software. Hence the reason why I posted that fan speed controller.
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Ah I see. Thanks for telling me

I looked around a bit more & I found that the 212 Evo might fit in my case according to this forum here, however on the Coolermaster forums the moderator said it might not fit. Note that I have the exact same case as both links suggest. The former link also has pictures that shows the Evo could actually fit, barely missing the heat pipes.
 
Sorry for the bump, but can the aftermarket coolers be set up to aim to the back of my case's exhaust fan? I can tell why these coolers are set up in an upward airflow since hot air rises and/or that there's an exhaust fan mounted at the top of the case. Unfortunately my case doesn't have one so I was wondering if I could just instead aim it to the back.
 
You mean like this?

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