I've successfully managed to quiet my system down quite a bit. I'm now using a Enermax 300W power supply, a 120mm Panaflo at the front for intake, a matching 120mm Panaflo at the rear for exhaust and a 80mm Panaflo sucking air across the fins of my Alpha 6035- all of this is very quiet. The 40GB Maxtor drive is mounted in a removable drive enclosure and is near silent. The last noise makers are the pair of 40mm fans located on the Voodoo5 5500 AGP. So far I've come up with these possible options:
1. Reduce the amount of noise the fans currently make by lubricating them. How do I do this?
2. Replace the fans with quieter units of the same size. Does anyone know if the Blue Orbs or Crystal Orbs will mount using the push pins and not the thermal tape? Is there a significant amount of thermal transfer lost by using the tape? I know that Tennmax sells the Stealth coolers that will fit, but they're $50 shipped for two.
3. Remove the two fans and mount a 80/92/120mm fan above the AGP slot blowing down on the card. The instructions for the 5500 say that the power supply 4pin Molex plug must be attached for the card to operate. Anyone know if there are problems associated with removing the fans completely?
If anyone else has any ideas I am open to suggestion. Not that it's really relevant, but here are some system specs:
ABIT VH6T
Celeron 1.3GHz
Full tower case
Pictures located at www.pdxpc.tk
Using the Via Hardware Monitoring application the system temperature is normally around 24C and the CPU is always about 10C warmer (34C), either at idle or heavy load. These numbers do not change if the system is run with the case side cover removed. The CPU fan is attached to the Alpha heatsink with a 80mm to 60mm adapter. I know these have been getting a bad rap lately, but mine works. It was not purchased for additional cooling. The two fans in question, a 60mm YS Tech and the 80mm Panaflo, move almost the same amount air- about 28CFM. The difference would be that the larger fan can do it at half the RPM and at a much lower dBA level.
1. Reduce the amount of noise the fans currently make by lubricating them. How do I do this?
2. Replace the fans with quieter units of the same size. Does anyone know if the Blue Orbs or Crystal Orbs will mount using the push pins and not the thermal tape? Is there a significant amount of thermal transfer lost by using the tape? I know that Tennmax sells the Stealth coolers that will fit, but they're $50 shipped for two.
3. Remove the two fans and mount a 80/92/120mm fan above the AGP slot blowing down on the card. The instructions for the 5500 say that the power supply 4pin Molex plug must be attached for the card to operate. Anyone know if there are problems associated with removing the fans completely?
If anyone else has any ideas I am open to suggestion. Not that it's really relevant, but here are some system specs:
ABIT VH6T
Celeron 1.3GHz
Full tower case
Pictures located at www.pdxpc.tk
Using the Via Hardware Monitoring application the system temperature is normally around 24C and the CPU is always about 10C warmer (34C), either at idle or heavy load. These numbers do not change if the system is run with the case side cover removed. The CPU fan is attached to the Alpha heatsink with a 80mm to 60mm adapter. I know these have been getting a bad rap lately, but mine works. It was not purchased for additional cooling. The two fans in question, a 60mm YS Tech and the 80mm Panaflo, move almost the same amount air- about 28CFM. The difference would be that the larger fan can do it at half the RPM and at a much lower dBA level.
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