Making my new rig quieter!!!!

[GhettoChild]

Chaps,

Just got my new build up and running and I have found that at stock the fans are very noisy and I kinda wanna make it a bit quieter.

Spec:

Lian Li V1000 Plus Case
Asus A8N-SLi Premium NF4
AMD X2 4400+
Zalman CNPS7000B-CU Ultra-Quiet CPU Cooler
Seagate Barracuda 200gb SATA HDD
etc
etc

What ways can I make this less noisy without costing any more money?

I notice the Zalman comes with a fan control module, is this worth fitting or can the fans be controlled by another means?

Obviously I dont mind the fans being noisy during larger apps/games etc just want it less noisy when watching films etc.

Any help would be excellent...I have yet to install any of the SW etc from the mobo, i.e. I have purely got the system runing and got latest Nvidia drivers from the web instead of the CD.

Andy

 

[GhettoChild]

Yeah I dont wanna spend any money at all.

I'm guessing its the Zalman making all the noise at the moment, so will try the controller and see if I can quieten it.

PSU is fairly quiet also, its an Enermax Lib 620W.

Andy

 

[GhettoChild]

My casefans are all standard in the V1000 Plus, although I have not yet added the additional CPU cooling fan that comes with the extra "Plus" version of the case.

Tried turning the Zalman down with the controller, and it runs not a lot quieter, so presuming its something else, maybe graphics card as you say....

Cool N Quiet is enabled in the BIOS.

Andy