Little noisy fan

[GameTime00]

Hey guys,
So i just finished setting up my new comp (specs below) and there is this one fan thats driving me nuts! Its on the motherboard, but not the cpu fan (south/north bridge cooler or whatever? not a pro in this department). Anyways, its just a really little fan that is always on high speed and really noisy. I wouldnt mind the noise when gaming, but i cant stand it when just surfing the net!

Does anyone know what fan im talking about? And if so, can i replace it w/ some kind of heatsink or just attach a fan speed controller? (suggestions?)
Thanks!


Q6660 @ 2.4Ghz
2Gig OCZ Reaper HPC
eVGA 680i LT SLI
BFG 8800 GTX
NZXT Hush case
700w Termaltake PSU
Vista 64bit

 

[thecoolnessrune]

Both the NB and the SB have fans on that board. You can use a Thermalright HR-05 IFX SLI on the NB and an HR-05 IFX on the SB. Use a quiet Yate Loon 80mm fan on the NB and run it passive on the SB.

HR-05 IFX SLI

HR-05 IFX

Yate Loon 80mm Low-speed fan

 

[GameTime00]

Ah ya, those look like good products. Hopefully they will fit with the GTX monster but ya, thanks!

 

[MarcVenice]

I bought the THERMALTAKE EXTREME SPIRIT II for my 'southbridge' I think it is on my AMD mobo. It's a NB cooler though, and its very very quiet. Should cost 15-20$ tops. And when I say quiet, I mean inaudible. The same little fan was annoying me hehe, so not long I replaced it with that thermaltake extreme spirit II 😛 I didn't think it would fit with my 8800gts either, but it did just fine.