Anyone use the fan vibration or dampener?

[fwtong]

Has anyone used a fan vibration or dampener? It's those rubber or silicone gaskets that go between the fan and the case. If so, do they actually make that much of a big difference and make it quieter?

 

[Jhhnn]

They generally won't make any more difference than holding your hand firmly on the case next to the fan... They'll prevent the fan from using the box as a sounding board, to some degree or another...

 

[lazybum131]

Depends how much noise your fans make because of vibration...if it's a lot, then it'll reduce the noise by a fair amount.

Actual reduction in noise levels really depends on the rest of the system, if you have whiny, vibrating hard drives and a screaming CPU fan it probably won't help too much!

 

[fwtong]

Originally posted by: lazybum131
Depends how much noise your fans make because of vibration...if it's a lot, then it'll reduce the noise by a fair amount.

Actual reduction in noise levels really depends on the rest of the system, if you have whiny, vibrating hard drives and a screaming CPU fan it probably won't help too much!

I just wanted to know, because I'm going to get some loud, high speed case fans. My cpu is runs hot, so I want to cut some holes and pop in some more fans.

 

[Granorense]

How hot?

 

[fwtong]

Originally posted by: Granorense
How hot?

I just downloaded Motherboard Manager and it's been running about 50 C. I think I've had some crashes that I think are heat related because I can't even turn it on again until I let it cool off for a while. I don't even want to think about how hot it gets during the summer. All I have for cooling so far is a small HD fan, the CPU fan and a sleeve bearing case fan.