Processor Fan (Do I need a faster one?)

Colly

Hi

I wonder can anyone help or offer there opinion.

I had a 478 pin config 2.8Ghz P4 processor in my mother board. Recently I put in a 3.2Ghz P4 same pin confige and bus speed 800Mhz. Do I need a faster fan (not sure of the fan spec do you need that for you to give an educated opinion?) I have noticed the fan pulsing on and off as it works especially with graphics programs like games or video.

But the fan is not continually churning so wonder how do I know if I have to get a better fan is there a reference site or something?

Lydesia

You can buy new fans and heatsinks off komplett.ie for fairly cheap.
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Dr_MalPractice

video and audio playback and encoding/decoding do put greater load on the processor, so it's only natural it'll spin up a bit. most large motherboard makers now build in some form of over-heat shutdown mechanism in the socket a fact which has saved my athlon more than once :eek:
if you start having mysterious shutdowns then get worried.
if you'd rather not have to worry about that, post some info about your machine, particularly motherboard maker and model no, heatsink & fan manufacturer if possible. or if you don't have a clue, tell us if its made by dell, compaq or whoever. someone will surely be able to give you more specific feedback