I wrote this just to give people an idea how switching a couple of components can make a big change in noise level.
Anyway, I have an Abit AT8 32X motherboard that has a heatpipe and no fan, a Seasonic S-12 power supply, a Samsung Spinpoint SP2514N hard drive, a HIS X1650 XT iSilence II video card, Scythe Ninja CPU heatsink, a Coolermaster Centurion 5 case, and round IDE single device cables.
Anyway, yesterday I had an Asus Geforce 6600 (non-GT), 80mm Coolermaster fan in front of the HD and a 120mm Coolermaster fan in the back. I replaced the Geforce 6600 with the X1650 XT iSilence II, took out the 80mm Coolermaster fan in front of the HD (because the Samsung Spinpoint is already a cool-running drive) and then replaced the 120mm Coolermaster fan in the back with the Scythe fan that came with the Scythe Ninja heatsink.
Well, the difference is amazing. When the computer is idle, you can't really hear it. It's really what I wanted.
Of course that motherboard is a socket 939 and I currently have a jerkyness issue in BF2 with the X1650 XT and I don't know if the Samsung Spinpoint are the most silent HDs but just to give you an idea how to achieve silence.
I guess removing the annoying 80mm Coolermaster fan might have been the biggest factor. But, I was able to do this partly because the hard drive is cool-running and the Coolermaster Centurion 5 case has a mesh front.
Man, this is really relaxing. I can enjoy a movie with the sound low at night.
Anyway, I have an Abit AT8 32X motherboard that has a heatpipe and no fan, a Seasonic S-12 power supply, a Samsung Spinpoint SP2514N hard drive, a HIS X1650 XT iSilence II video card, Scythe Ninja CPU heatsink, a Coolermaster Centurion 5 case, and round IDE single device cables.
Anyway, yesterday I had an Asus Geforce 6600 (non-GT), 80mm Coolermaster fan in front of the HD and a 120mm Coolermaster fan in the back. I replaced the Geforce 6600 with the X1650 XT iSilence II, took out the 80mm Coolermaster fan in front of the HD (because the Samsung Spinpoint is already a cool-running drive) and then replaced the 120mm Coolermaster fan in the back with the Scythe fan that came with the Scythe Ninja heatsink.
Well, the difference is amazing. When the computer is idle, you can't really hear it. It's really what I wanted.
Of course that motherboard is a socket 939 and I currently have a jerkyness issue in BF2 with the X1650 XT and I don't know if the Samsung Spinpoint are the most silent HDs but just to give you an idea how to achieve silence.
I guess removing the annoying 80mm Coolermaster fan might have been the biggest factor. But, I was able to do this partly because the hard drive is cool-running and the Coolermaster Centurion 5 case has a mesh front.
Man, this is really relaxing. I can enjoy a movie with the sound low at night.
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