HouRman
Did the dynamat help a lot with the noise, and how much did it end up costing you?
Also I purchased a 120mm panaflo for the front intake, but I've seen a mixed reviews on the benifits of intake fans so I've dragged my feet on installing the fan.
Did the bottom intake 120mm fan significantly reduce system temperatures?
Slomover2001
I got suckered into buying the Dr. Thermal TI-V77 by misleading reviews (must be by deaf reviewers to call this a quied HSF) and specs at newegg that were just plain wrong.
"What the F is in there" was my wife's comment when she first heard the compter. My first solution was to knock the voltage down to 7v. That quieted it a lot but it was still noisy.
My second solution was to mount an 80mm Panaflo L1A ($2.49) instead of the stock YStech 70mm fan.
(Another disadvantage of The TI-V77: Good luck finding a replacement 70mm fan if you don't like the stock fan).
The 80mm fan worked very well. After puzling on how to mount the fan, I simply attached a chrome 80mm fan grill ($1 or so at SVC) using the holes in the TI-V77 that are used for the 60mm fan, then attached the Panaflo to the fan grill. Easy, much quieter, and 5 degrees C cooler than the TI-V77 with the 7 volt mod.
The only fans I'm using in the case are quiet panaflo L1As (3 fans: intake, outtake and CPU) and STILL the case is very loud.
I'm thinking of getting rid of the intake (AMD claims they are almost useless) fan and replacing the PSU fan with a panaflo and hoping I don't bake my CPU. I wish there was some way to fit a larger exhaust fan than 80mm but it's pretty tight there as the case is so narrow.
skriefal
Perhaps the KS282 is average for a build it yourself computer. But, I have the KS282 side by side with a dell. When I turn the KS282 off a silence fills the room, even though the dell is very silently chugging along. Maybe the dell has spoiled me but to my subjective ear the KS282 is not "average" it's loud.
Did the dynamat help a lot with the noise, and how much did it end up costing you?
Also I purchased a 120mm panaflo for the front intake, but I've seen a mixed reviews on the benifits of intake fans so I've dragged my feet on installing the fan.
Did the bottom intake 120mm fan significantly reduce system temperatures?
Slomover2001
I got suckered into buying the Dr. Thermal TI-V77 by misleading reviews (must be by deaf reviewers to call this a quied HSF) and specs at newegg that were just plain wrong.
"What the F is in there" was my wife's comment when she first heard the compter. My first solution was to knock the voltage down to 7v. That quieted it a lot but it was still noisy.
My second solution was to mount an 80mm Panaflo L1A ($2.49) instead of the stock YStech 70mm fan.
(Another disadvantage of The TI-V77: Good luck finding a replacement 70mm fan if you don't like the stock fan).
The 80mm fan worked very well. After puzling on how to mount the fan, I simply attached a chrome 80mm fan grill ($1 or so at SVC) using the holes in the TI-V77 that are used for the 60mm fan, then attached the Panaflo to the fan grill. Easy, much quieter, and 5 degrees C cooler than the TI-V77 with the 7 volt mod.
The only fans I'm using in the case are quiet panaflo L1As (3 fans: intake, outtake and CPU) and STILL the case is very loud.
I'm thinking of getting rid of the intake (AMD claims they are almost useless) fan and replacing the PSU fan with a panaflo and hoping I don't bake my CPU. I wish there was some way to fit a larger exhaust fan than 80mm but it's pretty tight there as the case is so narrow.
skriefal
Perhaps the KS282 is average for a build it yourself computer. But, I have the KS282 side by side with a dell. When I turn the KS282 off a silence fills the room, even though the dell is very silently chugging along. Maybe the dell has spoiled me but to my subjective ear the KS282 is not "average" it's loud.
I promptly ordered an SVC GC68 HSF, after reading some recommendations. It's hard to judge the case's noise level, since the Antec HSF is so loud, but I think the holes along the sides allow lots of noise to escape.
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