Unrealistic Expectations? :-\ Loudness...

[Weeeman]

To start, heres my setup.

Cooler Master Wave Master /w window
Super Flower 550 what PSU [Noise < 21dba]
2 Artic cooling fans, intake [Set on low, 14db]
1 Stealth on a thermaltake hs
1 Stealth Rear Exhaust

AMD 3200+
Asus K8V SE Deluxe
One bad CD Drive [Old dell drive]
7200RPM Seagate HDD [UATA] With silencer on it.
Currently have a POS video card, but an eVga nVIDIA 6800 gt is on the way, with an artic cooling
fan rated at 21db on it [Yeahya more noise]

What am I missing.. how can this still be loud? I beleive its louder than my old dell.. which is pretty sad

 

[LifeStealer]

Boot into bios. Turn it on, open the cover, and then start unplugging things. When the noise goes down you've found your culprit. Make sure to wear a static strap though ^_^

 

[lobadobadingdong]

Originally posted by: LifeStealer
Boot into bios. Turn it on, open the cover, and then start unplugging things. When the noise goes down you've found your culprit. Make sure to wear a static strap though ^_^

never unplug things while the system is running :shocked:

touch the fan's center to slow them down, when you find one that is signifcantly lowers your noise you found the culprit. if you have plenty of airflow, you might try a fan speed controller, or modding them to 7V. (never trust the manufacturers spec of the dba, they are often way off center, since that can be measured from various distances)

 

[BW86]

Originally posted by: lobadobadingdong

Originally posted by: LifeStealer
Boot into bios. Turn it on, open the cover, and then start unplugging things. When the noise goes down you've found your culprit. Make sure to wear a static strap though ^_^

never unplug things while the system is running :shocked:

touch the fan's center to slow them down, when you find one that is signifcantly lowers your noise you found the culprit. if you have plenty of airflow, you might try a fan speed controller, or modding them to 7V. (never trust the manufacturers spec of the dba, they are often way off center, since that can be measured from various distances)

why, i've always unplugged fans while my system is running. Nothing has ever happened

 

[lobadobadingdong]

Originally posted by: BW86

Originally posted by: lobadobadingdong

Originally posted by: LifeStealer
Boot into bios. Turn it on, open the cover, and then start unplugging things. When the noise goes down you've found your culprit. Make sure to wear a static strap though ^_^

never unplug things while the system is running :shocked:

touch the fan's center to slow them down, when you find one that is signifcantly lowers your noise you found the culprit. if you have plenty of airflow, you might try a fan speed controller, or modding them to 7V. (never trust the manufacturers spec of the dba, they are often way off center, since that can be measured from various distances)

why, i've always unplugged fans while my system is running. Nothing has ever happened

you have an extremely high chance of arcing the 12V line to ground, the fans aren't set up for hot plug capability. (yes you can get away with it, you have a good chance of frying your psu, or motherboard in the process)

 

[Weeeman]

It just.. doesnt sound like a fan to me, and i've unplugged everything but the PSU.. I guess that could be it..

 

[Weeeman]

Also.. is a 420w enermax noisetaker enough to power this system?

 

[xbassman]

Originally posted by: Weeeman
Also.. is a 420w enermax noisetaker enough to power this system?

Yes it is enough..... I saw a thread on SPCR that mentioned one of those may be emitting a whine though.
Here is one of the favorites from that board: Seasonic SUPER TORNADO-400W

another thing....
Are you sure you aren't hearing the CPU fan?
I see no mention of what you are using in this thread and it usually is the culprit.

 

[Weeeman]

Super Flower 550 what PSU [Noise < 21dba] [uptop]

It just.. doesnt sound like a fan or anything.. its just an annoying low pitched hum kinda thing... even with all the fans unplugged, cept for the PSU its pretty loud, and im not that picky

 

[WobbleWobble]

Jam a pencil into the PSU fan before you start the computer for a couple seconds to see if it really is the PSU fan or not. And from what I know, Enermax's are not that quiet.

 

[xbassman]

Are you sure you aren't hearing the CPU fan

You already told us what PSU you have..... (I would replace that reguardless)

Now what CPU fan and heatsink are you using. and are you sure it isn't the culprit.
Also, I just removed a harddisk that was making bearing whin.

 

[LifeStealer]

Originally posted by: lobadobadingdong

Originally posted by: BW86

Originally posted by: lobadobadingdong

Originally posted by: LifeStealer
Boot into bios. Turn it on, open the cover, and then start unplugging things. When the noise goes down you've found your culprit. Make sure to wear a static strap though ^_^

never unplug things while the system is running :shocked:

touch the fan's center to slow them down, when you find one that is signifcantly lowers your noise you found the culprit. if you have plenty of airflow, you might try a fan speed controller, or modding them to 7V. (never trust the manufacturers spec of the dba, they are often way off center, since that can be measured from various distances)

why, i've always unplugged fans while my system is running. Nothing has ever happened

you have an extremely high chance of arcing the 12V line to ground, the fans aren't set up for hot plug capability. (yes you can get away with it, you have a good chance of frying your psu, or motherboard in the process)

Use a baybus in combination then

 

[Weeeman]

OH, it would help if i could read.. its a thermalright HS and a stealth fan on it

 

[xbassman]

OK..that's probably not it.
I usually turn a case on it's side and get my ear as close as I can to individual components when I am haveing trouble figuring out which one is causing noise.
Video card fans can be loud as well.

 

[Weeeman]

But the card i have in there right now doesnt have a fan.. can it still produce much noise?

 

[0roo0roo]

seasonic is good. but db ratings of 14? hah, bs.

 

[xbassman]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
seasonic is good. but db ratings of 14? hah, bs.

Did anybody suggest that Seasonic PSU's were that quiet?

Here is what Seasonis says about them.

It's normal operation noise level of approximately 25dBA is only slightly higher than existing background ''white noise'' of 20 dBA.

 

[0roo0roo]

oh sorry, i shoulda left a space. two separate statements

seasonic psu's are quiet though, just about the quietest retail non passive psu's out there, they aren't fudging the specs like others apparently. like with other things(lcd contrast ratio's, psu power ratings) theres no standard for how they measure the spec. check out the silentpcreview.com reviews.

 

[prometheusxls]

Originally posted by: LifeStealer
Boot into bios. Turn it on, open the cover, and then start unplugging things. When the noise goes down you've found your culprit. Make sure to wear a static strap though ^_^

Never wear a staric strap on alive system... what happens if you touch a live wire? ZAP-O!!!!!