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Right, I'm torn between buying a prebuilt OC'd machine or building my own again. I have a custom built machine (E6420 C2D @ 2.2-2.4Ghz, Gigabyte DS3 board, X1800 GPU, 250Gb WD SATA HDD & 1Tb WD Eco Green) in an old Chieftec case with a custom WC loop (CPU and GPU into a Thermochill rad in the top of the case)
I don't game on the machine it's primarily for digital photography. Now, the current kit works fine but I'm becoming more sensitive to how loud it is. All the fans are "silent" slow fans but I'm wondering whether its the case and HDD's that are the issue. I.e transmitting the sound through to the chassis. I can clearly hear the 1Tb drive spin up and down. It's about as loud as a small floor heater fan, or a kettle at about 50% of the way through a boil, its not deafening, but you know its there!
So, upgrade to a more powerful prebuilt aircooled system or start again and replace the case, fans and upgrade the HDDs?
Can anyone recommend a case big enough to take a 120mm tripple radiator in the top or bottom, ATX board, decent sized GPU card and some cusioned HDD bays?
Thanks.
I don't game on the machine it's primarily for digital photography. Now, the current kit works fine but I'm becoming more sensitive to how loud it is. All the fans are "silent" slow fans but I'm wondering whether its the case and HDD's that are the issue. I.e transmitting the sound through to the chassis. I can clearly hear the 1Tb drive spin up and down. It's about as loud as a small floor heater fan, or a kettle at about 50% of the way through a boil, its not deafening, but you know its there!
So, upgrade to a more powerful prebuilt aircooled system or start again and replace the case, fans and upgrade the HDDs?
Can anyone recommend a case big enough to take a 120mm tripple radiator in the top or bottom, ATX board, decent sized GPU card and some cusioned HDD bays?
Thanks.