Intel Processors
Low-End: Pentium Dual Core E2160
The Pentium Dual Core E2160 is an old friend of ours, as it keeps serving us very well in one of our test lab computers. We recently drove the 1.8 GHz processor all the way up to 3.2 GHz, at which it can actually compete with a Core 2 Duo at similar clock speeds - but a ridiculously low price.
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Potential fan failure is a good reason to use a push/pull fan set up on a tower CPU cooler.
I've yet to have a CPU fan fail as I've always bought quality fans with ball bearings, but if you use sleeve bearing fans, or have a problem with dust then the fans is a lot more likely to fail.
This is very interesting. I am suprised that the Athlon BE series does not run cooler than the Pentium DC.
All of this begs the question - If I want to build a system with decent performance (read: modern dual core CPU), but I want it completely silent, which CPU, and which heatsink would I have to buy?
I am presuming that a 3rd party heatsink might provide enough cooling to enable some of these CPUs to run without a fan without throttling.