Noisy Case Fan Problem

[oldbutdumb]

I'm having a problem clicking the right buttons. I have a Lian Li case and the fans were quite noisy. I heard that they were cheap and not ball bearing fans, so I bought a set that were supposed to be ball bearing and quiet. They were worse than those I had. I need a quiet solution to cooling the Lian Li case.

 

[ssvegeta1010]

Panaflos and a fan controller.

 

[oldbutdumb]

Bump. Thanks for the help. I was hoping to get away without slowing down the fans. This thing heats the entire office if I close the door, so I believe I need all the cooling I have. I'm using a cheap set of fans that I found at Directron.com that had many favorable user comments. I wonder if the thin metal of the Lian Li can be tamed. I put in some rubber silencer shims, but they don't seem to work. Any one else got an idea?

 

[Zap]

Better cooling for your system won't make your office any cooler. I suppose it's nice during Winter, having a Prescott and all.

Ball bearing fans are the noisier ones.

A quiet computer starts from choosing the right components, such as known quiet hard drives (Seagate, Samsung), known cool running CPUs (Pentium M, slower .09 micron A64, no overclocking), cases designed to be quiet (120mm fans, rubber grommets for HDD mounting), quiet power supplies (Seasonic, Enermax, Zalman)...

You can take a noisy computer and make it quieter but you can't take a noisy computer and make it quiet.

Having a really quiet computer costs more money, or you sacrifice performance, or both.

For more help, go visit the silent nuts at SilentPCReview.

 

[oldbutdumb]

Thanks for the tip and site. I conclude that this is not that straightforward. The thread requesting help selecting fans below/above? indicates that a fan by GlacierTech is quiet. The site you listed had recommended one by Nexus. Since I don't want to repace my pwr supply or hard drives I'll just stick to playing with the fan. May try using 7V instead of 12 with the Directron that is making the most noise at the back exhaust. Just don't want to overheat this thing. It is overclocked to the limit but I can watch the temp after the mod. Thanks again.

 

[Zap]

How about getting a fan controller? SVC.com is selling the Coolermaster Aquagate for $5. It fits in a 5¼" drive bay and lets you dial in speed for four fans.

 

[Navid]

It is not very meaningful if you just compare fans based on their noise and ignore how much air they move.

It is better if you set them to move the same amount of air and then compare their noise, or set them at the same noise level and compare how much air they move.

 

[peleejosh]

just get 4 panaflo L1A and it will be really quiet.