Wolfdale stock fan?

anakintjc · Post by **anakintjc** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 6:16 am

Hi,

I'm looking to purchase a E8400. Now my question is if it's possible to make the stock fan quiet with f.e. gigabyte's easytune or asus' q-fan ?

Any ideas how many rpm's the fan should spin for +- 22 dBa or does it become to hot for that?

PretzelB · Post by **PretzelB** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 6:54 am

I haven't found the stock cooler very loud yet but it all depends on personal taste. I also don't mind the stock fans on my p182 (set to low) and I've heard others say they are terrible.

jessekopelman · Post by **jessekopelman** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 7:54 am

Well, if not with MB utilities, then surely with Speedfan. Just keep in mind that it will only be very quiet at idle. Once the fan has to spin up much past 1200 RPM, you will surely hear it. Going with an after market HSF gives you the potential to be silent/near silent even under load.

tehcrazybob · Post by **tehcrazybob** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 8:16 am

I'm currently using the stock fan on my E6550, and using the Gigabyte motherboard's speed control. It spends most of its time around 500 RPM, and is very, very quiet. However, when it heats up and spins any faster than 800 RPM, it's got a very poor noise character and calls attention to itself. I'd expect the new series to use a similar fan.

tehfire · Post by **tehfire** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 8:58 am

IIRC the fan on the new Wolfdales is about half the height of the original Core 2 Duo heatsinks, but still has the same fan. If that's the case, at idle it is pretty quiet. It will have less cooling capability compared to the original heatsinks, but since the Wolfdales are 45nm they shouldn't produce near as much heat.

Lawrence Lee · Post by **Lawrence Lee** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 11:05 am

Not only is it half the height of other Core 2 stock heatsinks, the fan is actually louder, at least at mid to full speed (E8400 vs. E4400 heatsink). At low speed, you can live with it, but when it ramps up, you'll want to kill yourself.

JLee · Post by **JLee** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 12:36 pm

Lawrence Lee wrote:Not only is it half the height of other Core 2 stock heatsinks, the fan is actually louder, at least at mid to full speed (E8400 vs. E4400 heatsink). At low speed, you can live with it, but when it ramps up, you'll want to kill yourself.

at times i wonder how i used to live with a 80mm vantec tornado on my swiftech mcx-478 lol...