MSI K8N Neo Platinum Fan Speed

I have a zalman 7000AlCu cooler and my system lowers the fan speed when temperatures drop.
according to Corecell:
CPU Temp: 35C
SYS Temp: 44C
FanSpeed: 1298RPM
Is there any way to lower the fan speed even more?
BTW: Bios 1.48b finally gave me reasonable temperature readouts. It used to 50C idle, but now that i have 1.48 they dropped to 35C idle

Quote
Originally posted by KenAF2
shahid,
That's totally unnecessary because the 7000AlCu at its lowest setting is more than capable of cooling an Athlon FX53 under load.  I leave mine under load all night on weekdays and it does just fine with the 7000AlCu at its lowest setting.  No Cool N Quite is necessary; the only benefit of CNQ to someone with a "man's heatsink" is to save a few bucks off the power bill every year.
Thanks for that, as I said I don't have the Zalman so didn't know about its cooling capability at lowest speed.  

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