Dissapointment in a new Fan. . .any tips?

[david42018]

i picked up a new Golden Orb "Copy" fan today. i took my old Fan and heatsink off, applied some Silicon compound on the chip, and got the fan on there. i booted up and looked at my CPU temp and it showed 36 degrees C! i was like wow man!, this fan rocks! then i remembered ohhhh yeahhh, just booted, silly me. :P my temp now at stock speed and settings is 48C. thats not much of an improvement for $20!! i should have waited and gotten a nice, name-brand Fan and some Arctic Silver but stupid me bought a generic-copy of an Orb. On the front of the package it says "Great for Overclocking!!" now i say ha, bull****, overclocking my ***. i guess thats what i get for buying cheap, crappy, no-name fan. Do u guys think i didnt put enough Compound or what? should i order some Arctic Silver? i just wanna get the best outta my new fan, i spent $20 and now im mad.

[Bob The Great]

Did you take the little plastic looking sheet of the fan before you installed it (the one you can use instead of the grease)?

[david42018]

if u mean a Thermal pad then no, i used a thermal compound made of Silicon.

[linux_guru]

These "orbs", genuine or copies are basically all show and no go. Look great but barely acheive minimum cooling. Check out the cooler review over at http://www.tomshardware.com

I've just ordered my 1 Gig Tbird & done a lot of research into coolers. One of the best coolers on the the market is the GlobalWin FOP32-1. Thats what I'll be getting. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[kingo]

ive just recieved my fop 38 today and clcoked my t bird 1gig to 1.3g no probs still staying cool, about 46c on full load. it not that loud, yes you can hear it but i can live with that..

kingo

[krusty the klown]

The FOP32 certainly is a good cooler, but pair it with a YS-Tech fan (not sure if this is standard spec) and it will be VOCAL!!!

[japan180sx]

Fact (from my experience): I received my Swiftech370 for my Athlon 1 week ago. I too had a orb wanna-be. That wanna-be kept my computer in the mid 40's... then i put a cheap $10 fan on cuz i thought that the wanna-be was broke, and man, it got to the high 50's!!! I put the swiftech on and that thing stays at 39. Usually, when monitoring, the cpu temp starts in the low 30's, then about every 10-20 seconds it goes up 1 degree, and ends up to the top temperature. The swiftech, SLOWLY reaches 39 on my PC (athlon 900 on ASUS A7V133). This is with a CLOSED case. On standby, my PC wakes up at 32 degrees!

[nunyadam]

go over to the user to user .
there are a couple fop-32's for sale for about $15.
they work great.


nunya

[thekingofpain]

Here is some good info---have ya also seen the CAK Global/Win all copper? http://www.sysopt.com/forum/Forum3/HTML/010623.html

[david42018]

no i havent, i will look into it. I am broke right now since I am only 15 and dont have a job or anything, so ill get one of the fans u guys suggested for sure.