Can anyone recommend a QUIET inexpensive CPU fan?

[drpeppercan]

Hi all,

These are my specs:
Micro ATX motherboard: MSI 760GMA-P34, CPU AMD Phenom II X3 710, 2.6 Ghz (triple core).

Thanks in advance guys!

[DaveLembke]

Larger the fan the slower the RPM and quieter. Additionally in the BIOS turn on Cool n' Quiet and let the system control fan speed vs the fan speed set to maximum all the time. Fan speed should be set to auto which is system controlled speed. Some BIOS's have a fan speed calibration where it will step the CPU fan through  PWM signal outputs and calibrate what speeds will be used.

If setting to auto in BIOS with original fan and cool n'quiet enabled and still noisy then if you have a tower ATX case you can go with a tall heatsink like this one which will be very quiet and also will keep the tripple core CPU cool. With fan speed set to auto it may actually passively cool the CPU when idle due to how extensive the heatsinking of this heatsink is without the fan on. https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186066&ignorebbr=1&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-CPU+Cooling-_-N82E16835186066&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIko3E7prT2gIVTz0MCh0-mgH4EAQYAiABEgLgyfD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

[drpeppercan]

Thanks a bunch for the info DaveLembke