Recommended CPU fan?

Hello - Iam after a CPU fan for an XP2100 - its main priority must be that its QUIET! - Iam not after mass cooling, or have any overclocking needs. All iam after is a nice quiet fan that will keep an XP2100 happy, without a jet engine in my room. Any suggestions, or anything that could point me in the right direction?

p.s.
Iam not after water cooling either.

Thermaltake Volcano 9 - keep it set at 1300rpm and you will have no complaints ;)

temps should be about 50C - and if you ever feel it necessary just turn it up a little... there is no discernable noise increase up to about 3000rpm.

Here are a couple of good choices NEO

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Vantec AMD Airflow @ PC CASE GEAR

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Cooler Master Xtreme @ PC CASE GEAR

OR FOR A FREAK HEATSINK

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Zalman CNPS2600 @ PC CASE GEAR

Delta 80mm 5700rpm. :)
Delta 60mm 8000rpm. :)

Just get a speed controlling device such as this

http://www.pccasegear.com.au/prod597.htm

Get the Zalman Flower Cooler =D. I dunno about our wet season heat though. Sometimes you must live with the fact darwin is hot a put up with a jet engine cooler.

For the purposes that he's not overclocking, his CPU is fine running hot.

Provided his CPU is running within the temperature operating limit something like -5C to 75C (not exact figures but close to common microprocessors)

Going quiet - get something like the CoolerMaster HHC-L61, Zalman coolers, or get a decent cooler like a SLK-800 and use a quiet brand fan with it such as Panaflow or Papst.

http://www.lownoisepc.com/

http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?s=&postid=1651748#post1651748 - Same question

Also check it up on the OCAU forums too - more varied opinons out there. CPUs don't have to be that cool.

Also check out http://www.dansdata.com

o.o 50c...

I worry if my processor goes over 38c... I want this processor to last a long time... but then again I have a celeron... these babies can get overclocked till the fins are red hot and still go strong...

Yeah I know, I have a Smeleron 1300 and I started it up and sat in bios for about 20 seconds with my finger ontop of the chip. After that it got too hot.
You boot any K7 processor without a HS for any length of time and it goes boom.

Found the fan for me :)
http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/cooling-systems/socketa-coolers-massive-shootout-feb2k3-part5.html

GlacialTech Igloo 2500

But I can't find anywhere to get it. Tried
www.gamedude.com.au
www.maitec.com.au
www.cws.net.au
www.pccasegear.com.au

Anyone have any others I could try?

Here is the specs for the GlacialTech 2500 in acrobat format.

Here is the Thermaltake Volcano 11

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Must sound like a mack truck if my Volcano 7+ is anything to go by. :)

But alas I looked for about 1/2 hour and couldn't find anyone stocking the GlacialTech fans :( ....soz....

if my comp sounded like a mack truck I'd be overclocked more...

Thermalright SLK900 + sunon 92mm fan :)

http://home.iprimus.com.au/bohblesku/Spire.htm

have a try of this if you are after great cooling and it is VERY quiet....
I think that they are the only ones in aus that actually sell them as yet,

Dansdata tested them with a nice loud 80mm DELTA 'make your ears bleed' and it was up there with the best of the best (actually pretty much the same)

only around $34 + Postage

Preapare for some reading :)
http://www.dansdata.com/coolercomp.htm

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Will make it mine
While never crying
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With my head in a sack
And I feel like I'm tied to a railroad track

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Thermalright SLK900 + sunon 92mm fan :)

slk900 ? never heard of them... hmm

Its the big brother of both the 700 and 800