Looking For Quiet HSF

I have an A7N8X-E Deluxe, AMD Athlon XP 2600+ (Thoroughbred) and a Raidmax Cobra case. I am looking for a quiet heatsink/fan. I've researched so many and lots of them look massive or are too heavy. I have a Thermaltake Volcano 11+ Xaser and the clearance between PSU and this thing is almost none, it's also loud when turned up. Any suggestions are appreciated, thanks.

 

Have you looked into a fan controller? I run a 50CFM 60mm Delta fan on my sink (The loudest fan you can get), but I run it on a fan controller so that I can't hear it at all outside the case..

 

The Thermaltake Volcano 11+ Xaser comes with a fan controller which I am using. It's quiet when turned all the way down, but doesn't do a good job cooling when it's on low.

 

Are you useing Artic silver paste, or a thermal pad. Mine runs around 40-45C under full load.. I've even ran it without a fan on it for about a month once when I accedently broke a fan blade off while blowing the dust out.

 

This is the sink I'm useing.. Hmm, their not offering the 50CFM delta on it anymore. People probably complained too much about the noise.. lol
http://www.hardcorecooling.us/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=137

 

I'm using paste. At full speed the Volcano 11+ runs at 48dB! I can't stand that much noise. I've turned it down a bit and my CPU hovers around 122F.

 

122F isn't that bad.. It's around 50C.. You could go lower..