Cooling Heatsink for Core 2 CPU

That's why they come with a Fanmate, the Zalmans are always loud on full voltage but still give good cooling at lower volts and therefore volume.

Silentpcreview modded the 9500 to add a quieter fan but you'd be as well just buying a Ninja or XP-120 unless your heart is set on copper flowers. I do like my Zalman cooler for my 7800 though, when I get an 8800 it's most certainly getting a Zalman HSF chucked onto it.

 

Scythe Infiniti

 

that mod is ace! and the 120 fan on the next page is what i want!

shame he don't live in UK or i would have posted my 9500 to him and ask for a mod

 

i installed my Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro over the weekend dropped the temps by about 12degc so far, but for some reason its stuck running at 2200 rpm, so is a little loud, and i cant figure out how to turn down the fan speed

 

I looked at the install instructions for the freezer 7 pro and it said that because the fan speed is controlled through the bios, you need to set a "target temperature" for the cpu in the bios.
http://www.arctic-cooling.com/downloads/installation/install_freezer7pro.pdf
at the bottom of the page right after step 8.

Hope that helps.