How do I make my system quieter?

saitrix

saitrix

saitrix

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Hi,

Right now my system is a little louder than I would like. So I was wondering what I should do to decrease the noise level of it. My setup is below,

E7200 (@stock) with an Artic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro cooler
Antec Sonata 3 (with 500W earthwatts PSU)
HD4850 (@stock)
Hiper 120mm Case Fan (20dBA, 59CFM)

The case is running with the standard 120mm case fan for exhaust and the Hiper as intake running over the hdd's.

So what do people feel is the best thing to change on the setup? The cpu is at 62C and the gfx card is at 83C whilst just on desktop by the way.
 
hughythomas,
Not looking at spending that much, just was wanting to improve the noise levels without spending a crazy amount, say nothing over £50.

doiks14,
Speedfan and ati ccc.

JonJ678,
All fans are softmounted, as well as hard drives. Not wanting to underclock the cpu and gfx card, I am not that desparate!

I have some MX-2 paste so may try reseating the cpu cooler and see if the temps improve.

It can be a combo of the cpu fan and gfx I think, especially the gfx card after playing a game.
 
Well I might be being very dim here but I have 4 temps on speedfan.

Temp 1 = 53C
Temp 2 = 44C
Core 0 = 62C
Core 1 = 63C

Now I quoted the core temp. I am guessing the lowest temp is the one on the motherboard for the system temp. Is temp 1 a cpu temp aswell then?
 
Just found I was still running higher voltages to stock, hense the temps! I am now down to 55C but with the fan running much slower.
 
Mattus,
I run it between 1200 and 1400rpm, so yes it is quiet. In games I run it slightly higher.


StevenRaith,
Sounds good that, will get either the TRad2 or the Accelero S1, with either I will strap a silent 120mm fan to it, most probably a Yate Loon as they are cheap enough. Think at the same time I will swap the rear fan in my case which is a stock Antec one for a Yate Loon.


Is this a decent silent psu?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-037-OC&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1098
 
matt_fsr,

Yeah I have turned everything down, seems to be from the rear of the case, either the exhaust fan or the PSU. Looking at the specs in my case's manual the exhaust fan is still 25dB on its lowest setting! So I am thinking first of all I will try a better fan, I was thinking Yate Loon, are they good?

I am going to get an Accelero S1 I think, may try it passively at first, but it is tempting to just get a low speed fan and run it slow. As afterall the 4850 is meant to be a hotter gfx card.

cjmUK,
I think the first job is to reseat it to make sure it is properly on, also use better thermal paste this time round.
 
Oh sorry my exhaust fan is 120mm, same as the inlet fan for my case. So I guess this one?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-001-NC&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=4

Haha you can't really tell the size of the cooler until you see a pic like that. So I will get a new exhaust fan and an accelero s1. I will also look into any modifications I can do to the case to quieten it down plus of course resit my cpu cooler with some mx-2 paste.

Finally if it still isn't quiet then I bet my psu isn't helping.
 
Mattus,
Will do. :)

MikeHunt79,

Inlet 120mm fan = 1200rpm
Exhaust 120mm fan = 950rpm
CPU cooler fan = 1450rpm

I think I am going to make a shoud to go between the PSU and the rest of the pc, just feeling now I can feel hotter air coming out of the psu fan than the exhaust fan. So as my psu is only an 80mm fan, I would be better to have the hot air being exhausted by the 120mm exhaust fan. Plus I suppose it will give better flow over the cpu cooler. Also I bet blowing straight onto a grill isn't good for noise, so I am thinking about cutting the grill of the rear of my pc. I never touch around there when it's on anyways.
 
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