E6400 CPU Fan Racket

[GazzaMataz]

Bought a Core 2 Duo CPU (E6400 2.13) the other day and installed it no problems. The problem is I find that the fan that it comes with is really noisey...

I have heard the heatsink on these things are not too good either. Should I ditch it and get one of those there Zalaman ones?

BTW, the BIOS thing for adjusting the fan speed doesn't seem to make much difference.

 

[GazzaMataz]

Well, it seems to have gone quieter now, I have just checked with ATI Tool and it says that FAN1 is running at 1654 and FAN2 2280.

I am wondering that my PSU isn't enough. It is a 400W jobbie running a 4CoreDuo VSTA board with a 6400, two DVD drives, 2 80gb ATA drives, 1gb DDR RAM and an ATI X850Pro AGP.

Voltages say they are alright but it does give out very low resonating hum...

I read that an ATI X850Pro needs 450W.

 

[GazzaMataz]

It is an Eagle PSU. It came with the case from the shop I bought it from so I don't know if this is a generic crap one.

 

[GazzaMataz]

I am now in a complete dither…

My PSU make a faint resonating hum and I am really wondering if the system is straining. The fan seems reasonable quite though.

I am getting a ATI X1950 next week and from what I have read I need at least a 450W supply. Should this help the fan run slower and quieter still along with getting rid of the resonating hum? I have watched the 12v rail and it is saying 11.34 which is just outside of the 5% tolerance (or should it be 10%). It also only get 16A on that rail.

I have been reading in PC Format that the bog standard coolers that come with Core 2 Duo E6400 are crap and that I should replace it with a Zalman or similar.