First, background! I'm using an Athlon 64 130nm Newcastle, stock HSF. I have a panaflo fan blowing in on the front and a larger (92mm) Panaflo blowing out the back.
Video card's an XFX 6600 GT; I think its fan is the loudest thing in the box, excepting possibly the annoyingly loud 7000 RPM tiny little fan on the K8n Neo4-F motherboard.
The front-fan's very quiet; the back is rated @ 27 decibels @ around 45 CFM; it's a blower, alright.
So. Temps are about 43 Celcius idle; I've got the automatic-overclock it up to 7% under load enabled in the BIOS, but it does just fine with Prime95.
Now, problems!
#1. The whole setup's horrendously loud. Sure, it's fine when i'm playing music, but.. if I'm not, the noise dominates the entire room. I can hear the 27 decibel back fan, which doesn't make sense.. it should be quieter then everything else. I think it's the 6600 GT fan that's making the most noise overall, but can't be sure; I don't know how bad the stock athlon 64 fan is, and that little grehhy motherboard fan doesn't help.
So. Questions!
#1. How bad is the Athlon 64 fan? Would replacing it have a significant noise reduction effect?
#2. Wouldn't having a much more powerful fan blowing out back then blowing in a bad thing? Strangely enough, I tried switching the front and back fans in each position when I put the box together, and it was coolest with the big one in the back.
General advice appreciated.
Video card's an XFX 6600 GT; I think its fan is the loudest thing in the box, excepting possibly the annoyingly loud 7000 RPM tiny little fan on the K8n Neo4-F motherboard.
The front-fan's very quiet; the back is rated @ 27 decibels @ around 45 CFM; it's a blower, alright.
So. Temps are about 43 Celcius idle; I've got the automatic-overclock it up to 7% under load enabled in the BIOS, but it does just fine with Prime95.
Now, problems!
#1. The whole setup's horrendously loud. Sure, it's fine when i'm playing music, but.. if I'm not, the noise dominates the entire room. I can hear the 27 decibel back fan, which doesn't make sense.. it should be quieter then everything else. I think it's the 6600 GT fan that's making the most noise overall, but can't be sure; I don't know how bad the stock athlon 64 fan is, and that little grehhy motherboard fan doesn't help.
So. Questions!
#1. How bad is the Athlon 64 fan? Would replacing it have a significant noise reduction effect?
#2. Wouldn't having a much more powerful fan blowing out back then blowing in a bad thing? Strangely enough, I tried switching the front and back fans in each position when I put the box together, and it was coolest with the big one in the back.
General advice appreciated.
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