Wanted : Quiet Socket 478 cooler for 3.2GHz P4 HT

chippyteaforme

chippyteaforme

chippyteaforme

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Hi all!

Thought there may be a dedicated trading area, couldn't see one so sorry if this is in the wrong place.

Basically I've got an old Intel D875PBZ based Alienware rig (yes, it's rather old hat now :P)) and I'm now using it as a bedroom PC. However, it's got a stock Intel CPU cooler, and it's far too noisy.

I'm looking for something quieter, ideally fitting into the existing stock bracket on the motherboard, but if I need to remove the motherboard and fit a bracket for a specific heatsink, I guess that's not too bad :)

Can't see anything decent in stock on any sites now, and on eBay I can only see cheap models which I doubt will be quiet enough (many state they are only good up to 3.0GHz, which suggests to me that if I did use them with my 3.2GHz, the fan would be on high all the time).

New or used, doesn't matter :)

Cheers!
 
Welcome to the forums :)

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Not sure about what cooler to recommend as a replacement. Someone who has more experience with 478 coolers may provide you with some information.
 
Senture said:
Welcome to the forums :)

We do have a place to trade things here called the Member's Market.



Not sure about what cooler to recommend as a replacement. Someone who has more experience with 478 coolers may provide you with some information.
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Many thanks for that, didn't realise it wouldn't appear until I had loads of posts.

Hmm... I've been offered a Nexus cooler, which looks like it's designed for rackmount (so I wasn't sure how it would work in a full-size tower), http://www.nexustek.nl/ppr-1030_skivetek_intel_socket_478_cpu_cooler.htm

Ta for the help :)
 
All of the good p4/cores coolers are 775 and above, if memory server almost all the 478s are just variations on the stock one and probably quite difficult to find. If it were me I'd probably superglue a freezer7 pro to the motherboard :). If you can find a bracket then that would probable be the best way to go.
 
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