Need help quieting system

ghostman

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I posted this on one of the other sections, but that board moves rather slow and I need this in a hurry. Hope it's okay...

Here is some background info on the computer:

Tyan S2462
2 AMD Palomino 1.2Ghz - each with stock coolmaster 60mm fan/heatsink
NMB 460W ATX power supply
2 Sunon 120mm case fans (kd1212ptb3-6a, 35.5dBA)

It's a personal/office machine (not mine however :(), so it's not overclocked and must be entirely reliable when crunching numbers. I don't know that much about silencing noisy computers since I don't really mind the noise, but apparently it's annoying others. What can be replaced? Is there any way to make it quieter without losing the amount of cooling this thing needs? Also, is there a utility (hardware or linux compatible software) to monitor temperature? Name anything, even if it's a tad costly.

I've been looking a bit, but the ones I hear about always has something wrong with it....usually reducing the amount of air flow significantly. Now I'm feeling stupid for overlooking the silencing computer articles...
 

Scootin159

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General Hardware has quite a bit of traffic & would be better suited for this, with that said...

If you got the Alpha 8035 heatsink (that uses an 80mm fan) you could actually add more cooling while being quieter. Just go for like a panaflow L1A fan, that should be enough to keep them cool & is freaking quiet. Also replace those case fans with a Panaflow L1A in the front & Panaflow H1A in the back. Both are quieter (the H1A is a little louder, but more powerful), and the H1A's put out about as much air as those sunon's.
 

Modeps

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get some Dynamat and line your case with it... it costs a lot, and weighs a ton, but works quite well.
 

Scootin159

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<< get some Dynamat and line your case with it... it costs a lot, and weighs a ton, but works quite well. >>



I've heard very mixed results about dynamat.
 

Ionizer86

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search for a prog called "speedfan" which lets you underclock your fans and HDD.

also, here are possible noise areas which you may want to track down individually (no good giving your CPUs panaflos if that PSU fan is a Delta): CPU fans, northbridge fan, HDD, CDrom, FDD (never used), video chip fan, PSU fan, case ventilation fans.