Who has AMD Cool n Quiet activated?

Energize · 3 Jun 2006 at 01:45

Quixote said:
Pretty sure you have to set windows power managment to 'minimal' in the control panel for Cool n' Quiet to be enabled.
Aside from if you're an overclocker or cruncher, I can't see any reason not to use it - save on your electricity bill & do the environment some good (or at least less bad).

Its an option in the bios.

nikebee · 3 Jun 2006 at 02:07

Freezer 64 Pro owner here, with an A64 4000+ @ 2.6GHz...
never have used Cool n Quiet... i've just turned it on, and really can't see/hear (etc) any difference...

off it goes

my Freezer is dead quiet, the only annoyingly loud thing in there as far as i can tell is the Hiper PSU and/or the northbridge fan on bootup on my LanParty SLi-D

Raikiri · 3 Jun 2006 at 02:11

^ Get a seasonic and passive northbridge

nikebee · 3 Jun 2006 at 02:47

Raikiri said:
^ Get a seasonic and passive northbridge

Seasonic is on my wanted list...
see here

passive northbridge is something i've thought about... but on the SLi-D mobo the northbridge fan is RIGHT under the top PCIe slot so the graphics card overhangs it... theres litterally a few mm gap between the card and the fan

if you know of either a) a low running northbridge fan that is cool n quiet (to steal the term) or b) a passive heatsink that isn't the size of Japan... then please point me in their direction

Raikiri · 3 Jun 2006 at 03:16

The zalman and bend the fins, or get one of these http://www.bigbruin.com/reviews05/review.php?item=jingting&file=1.

If you only have the one graphics card you can do what I have on my Epox board, unplug the fan and use blutack to put a low rpm 90mm fan on the bottom of the case to cool it. 1000rpm fan = silent and cooler than stock

guobi0902 · 3 Jun 2006 at 08:24

it make no difference to me ,because my cpu speed is not fast enough,

3000+,ahhh

fini · 3 Jun 2006 at 08:27

or you can put the graphics card in the PCI-E slot further away - does nothing to your FPS and allows you to fit the northbridge without bending.

fini

keogh · 3 Jun 2006 at 08:41

Yeah I got a hiper PSU too... now the Ive quieted my arctic, I think all I can hear is my PSU... suppose theres no way of quieting those babies down

oh well