Well, three years ago, my dad bought a computer for me. This one had an Intel Pentium 4 processor. And I could use it without he saw it, when he came, I just turned off the screen and started to do something else

After some months, his computer crashed, and he needed a new one - fast, so he used mine. So he bought a new one for me, which had an AMD Athlon processor. But this time he knew that I used the computer, since it was very noicy.

This christmas, I got a new computer again, and my brother used the old one. I had to build it myself, since he just bought the different parts. I complained about the second he bought for me, since it was very noicy, so he bought a computer-case which was veeeeery silent. However, the new computer was still veeery noicy!

Last week, I got a new computer at my mom's house. This time we couldn't spend that much money, so we bought a... hmm... "normal" computer... This time with Intel Pentium 4, like the first one. When I turned it on the first time, I noticed that I almost couldn't even hear the fan(s) in the computer.

So the first and the last computer, were very silent, and they used Intel Pentium 4. The second and third, veeery noicy, uses AMD.

So, is AMD really more noicy?

I know you can buy lots of things to do the processor silent, but, without all these add-ons, just a normal processor, is AMD the most noicy?

Fans are noisy, not processors.

dexter is right. Processors themselves do not make any noise, it is the fans inside your case that create the 'whirring' noise of a computer. AMD and Intel use different fans, so they will create different noises. If you need your computer to be quiet, just replace the CPU fan with a quieter model and see if that helps. If not, replace all the fans with quieter models, just make sure you have enough cooling to stop the computer overheating and switching off or worse, damaging components.

If you spend pile of bucks for new comp. Then you can spend little more for water coling system i guarant you never hear even bubbles (of cours if procesor not get water then you hear scretch ). Joke. But i'm serius, i use water cooling system and no hear any sounds, any fans.

Yes, amd procesors really more noicy!The amd faster get hot! Actually 3 sec without fan Amd procesor die ,but for intel procesor this proces is longer! when intel procesor. is to hot, PC Shuts Down , and u need only to change fan, becouse without u can t turn on you system!
Use water coling system and special case! It is not cheap but it is effective!
P.S. sorry for my bad english

Open up your PC case and locate all of the coolers inside. Do this while the PC is on, and avoid touching the circuits on the motherboard, graphics card etc. because you may get electrocuted and fry your equipment.

Once you have done that, try to figure out from which cooler is the noise coming from. Computers can be very loud sometimes because of these coolers:

1) The CPU (most common) cooler
2) The case cooler (the one that is attached on the back side of the PC case, most users don't have one)
3) The fan on your power supply
4) The built-in chipset cooler on your motherboard (most motherboards don't have one, nor do they need it, but be sure to double-check)

In your case, the 3rd cooler (power supply fan) is not the loud one because you changed the PC case recently (the case is shipped with the power supply).
I doubt that you have the 2nd cooler (the case cooler), because they are usually quiet (but become loud a few days before they go out of order, but their life span is more than 10 years!).
You don't probably have the 4th cooler, and I haven't heard anyone complain about them.

So, the cooler that should be replaced is probably the 1st one - the CPU cooler. You can buy a new cooler that is probably very silent for a very low price (if you decide not to choose to use a water cooling system).

Here are some websites of cooler/cooling system manufacturers:
www.coolermaster.com <--- The best!
www.speeze.com
www.silenx.com

PS: Be careful! Only buy a cooler that is MADE FOR AMD CPU's! (they are called socket A coolers)




A processor does not generate noise! End of story...
AMD heats up less than Intel, but AMD can't stand high temperatures (>70 degrees C) while Intel works just fine at those high temperatures.

If you have a newer motherboard, whether you have an Intel or an AMD system, the PC will shut down automatically to prevent any damage to the CPU. This feature is pretty much a standardized one, and many motherboards have it (example: my Asus A7N8X-E has C.O.P. - CPU overheating protection - I have witnessed it in action when my PC turned off because of a high room temperature). So, the BIOS decides if the PC will shut down because of a high temperature, not the CPU itself.

I agree with the post above. The fans cooling the CPU are more noisy, but not the CPU. CPUs do not make noise. Generally speaking, yes, AMD fans are more noisy than Intel's.

This could be due to the core heating in the AMD processor, they have a smaller area that heats up faster then a P4 and as such needs to be cooled more, this would require a faster more powerful, and accordingly louder fan.

About the high heat shutdown my MoBo has that feature too, soltek calls it the ABSII, Anti Burn Sheild.

They're all right, AMD processors increase the heat faster than other processors do, that is why they need to put nice fan to maintain the heat or else it will hang and could damage the devices. The noice that you heard was the fan not the processor itself. I used amd before and encouter the same case as you have, but I can't do nothing, I try to attached the fan very tightly in will decrease the sound a little but still there.

try to check your fan attached to the processors maybe it may not fitted properly just to lessen the sound not to remove the sound...