Quote Originally Posted by Calmatory View Post
But what I've understood AMD has been using the cheapest possible cooling solution, the fan dating back to HD2900 series, no more than 4 years old and far from the most efficient blade design. It's not like they're at limits in this regard, they can improve the noise levels and cooling efficiency if they want to, but it isn't as cheap then.
What did you expect? Reference coolers are always just sufficient to do the job and as cheap as possible. Noise is somewhere at the bottom of the paper with the requirements.