quieting my case?

[MBrown]

Is it possible for me to make my case quiet with five case fans in it? If so please help me.

 

[charlietee]

It would really help if you posted your system specs...Case, fans all that business.

Easy way is to 7 volt the fans...Really need to know what we are dealing with before good information comes your way.

 

[Icepick]

Along the same line of thought you can get a fan controller and manually turn down the RPMs on all the fans. What kind of video card are you using by the way? In my case the video card was the loudest single component before I silenced it.

 

[MBrown]

ok i have two coolermaster exhuast fans in the back and front and another one on the side panel. They are just basic ones I dont know any specs on those

 

[wisdomtooth]

Things you can do to quiet your computer:

1. Change your PSU to a quieter unit that vents well, like a Seasonic Super Tornado or S12.

2. Get the biggest honking heatsink that will fit on your CPU. The larger the CPU heatsink, the slower the fan you can put on it. Slower fans = quieter. Something like a Thermalright XP90 or 120, coupled with a Panaflo L1A (or similar) fans.

3. Put your Northbridge heatsink fan on a fan controller. Stock NB fans usually spin at ridiculous speeds (6000+ RPMs) and are noisy as all heck. They really don't need to spin faster than 3000RPMs.

4. Get a quiet fansink for your vid card. People around here like the Zalman VF700, but I like something that can duct heat from the GPU straight out of the case, which will make the rest of your computer easier to cool, like an Arctic Silencer.

5. Change the rest of your fans to quieter slow-speed models like the L1A.

6. Use rubber washers to mount the fans to prevent them from transferring vibration to your case, so you won't hear a resonant low-frequency buzzzzzzzz.

HTH.

 

[harrkev]

A quick-n-dirty way is to modify one of your four-pin-to-three-pin adapters to feed your fans 7V instead of 12. That would cost nothing, you could do it in 15 minutes at home, and might just be enough. Fan controllers are nice if you need them, but free is better than $30.

 

[doublejbass]

SPCR baby.

 

[hondAS2ooo170]

new case

 

[ribbon13]

$75 Seasonic Tornado 400w PSU
$40 EverCase E4252B-53
$12 Antec 120mm

 

[Gamingphreek]

Dont get the 120mm Antec fan. I would definitely recommend the Acoustifan, or a Nexus fan over the Antec.

-Kevin

 

[ribbon13]

http://sharkacomputers.com/aculqufanwit2.html
http://www.frozencpu.com/fan-158.html

those look nice

 

[MisterChief]

watercooling. There you have it. It's expensive, but friends swear by it

 

[cyberknight]

I have that Antec Pro 120mm fan. It definitely is not quiet (any 120mm fan spinning at 2000RPM is definitely gonna make noise), but it undervolts very nicely. At 5V, it goes at 950RPM, which is extremely difficult to hear and any motor noise/buzzing/whining is almost non-existent. Definitely a great fan if you have a fan controller or a thermally controlled fan connector like the Antec TruePower's "FAN ONLY" connectors.

The Nexus is probably one of the quietest fans you can get that run on 12V.