Reply 20 of 27, by Tetrium
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I second the suggestion to replace the fan or to run it at 7v. if running at lower voltage, do make sure the fan will start as many fans will get 'stuck' when you try to run them at below their rated voltage. Once they do start, they should remain running till the PC is shut down again.
I agree, that heatsink is rather nice (I wouldn't use it on a sA though but for a Pentium it's really kinda the best you could get, except for the loud fan that is). Definitely a keeper 😀
I'm not familiar with Starteck myself. This manufacturer started making new HSFs for older standards at some point. I never got any since I'm already well stocked so I have no personal experience with them but thus far I've heard rather good things about them (but really, how difficult could it be to make a decent aluminium Socket 7 heatsink and slap a small fan on top? 😜 ).
It'll be hard to recommend any particular HSF, since most are simply nowhere to be sold anymore. I liked one of the Socket 7 Cooler Master ones since those fans were quite silent and I got a bunch of those HSFs for cheap. I often used these fans to replace loud fans on better heatsinks with great success 🙂
They basically had boxes filled with 'derelict' HSFs back then at a computer fair I regularly visited back in the day (PC Dumpdag).
But anyway, I'd say replace the fan with a quieter one of the same size.
Here in The Netherlands FIC PA-2005 was definitely popular. Iirc these boards could use single sticks of SIMMs which make them great for testing.