In summary, My Stock Core 2 Duo fan spins only at 1100 rpm due to Automatic Fan Control due to which the CPU temperature rise to dangerous levels while playing games. The stock fan has 4-pins (4th pin is used to control the fan speed)
Now, i want to buy a good **3-PIN (without fan control option) **CPU Fan which i can use instead of the stock CPU Fan..
So, please suggest a good fan and also confirm if using a third-party fan would resolve my issue (i.e. the new fan should run at full speed).
I can offer U a Asus Cooler-Crux P5M2-8SB3W for socket 775-runs at 3000 RPM with PWM control - bought it new did not need it- It is Rs. 600 plus courrier.
Stock cooler for Athlon64 are good enough .. with proper air circulation , ur CPU will barely touch 50c … mine hardly went beyond 45c under full load …
It won’t make much difference … coz a friend of mine has a 96mm fan blowing air onto the cooler , and the temp. diff. between his and my CPU at full load over many hours is a max 1-2c … its the design of the cooler i think … u need a 3rd party CPU cooler to get better results …
not sure what is the fan size for intel core 2 duo’s but amd 64 stock fans are 70 x70 x 15mm.. .so find out the size of your fan and look for replacements.
delta makes fans for amd heatsinks… 10 $ shipped thru ebay US… not sure how much improvement it would be over stock fan ( maybe 1 or 2 degrees )
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