New SG05 build with a noise problem

Cuppa · 3 Sep 2009 at 12:03

I've put a 5200 and an old 850XT in and it does what I want it to do perfectly (light WoW play when I'm forced to the in-laws) but with the case fan and the PSU fan it sounds like a jet engine so I need to reduce the noise.

Ideally I'd like a GPU that is as least as fast as the 850 but passively cooled or just very quite and a recommendation for a CPU cooler, I'm looking at a water cooled CPU cooler for £60 but would rather not pay that much, £30 ideally, sadly the Scythe Mini Ninja is to big.

Any recommendations are much appreciated.

betaspin · 3 Sep 2009 at 12:16

A quieter alternative for the case fan could be a Scythe S-FLEX SFF21E. If you have total power consumption above 200W I would not replace the PSU fan, as the quieter alternatives do not push enough air. One obvious choice of a CPU cooler is the Scythe Shuriken which is fairly quiet. A passively cooled graphics card could easily get too hot in the SG05 as there is not enough airflow. Something that exhausts air from the back would work way better, for example, a HIS Radeon HD 4670 IceQ4 1GB.

Cuppa · 3 Sep 2009 at 18:40

It draws about 150w whilst playing WoW so a new PSU fan could well be on the cards, the Shuriken looks ideal and i'll be getting one in short order the last thing now is the GPU cooler, still in 2 minds about this one, I think i'm going to purchase a passive cooler for my current card and see how it goes, if it goes into melt down ill get a new card with better cooling.

Cuppa · 11 Sep 2009 at 10:58

Just a FYI, the Scythe Shuriken doesn't fit on the board unless you're using low profile ram or only one memory slot.

Also the biggest offender is the PSU fan, I've got a replacement but haven't fitted it yet but I think once I do most of the noise will be gone.

PinkFloyd · 11 Sep 2009 at 11:01

Check out the Silverstone NT06 - it's designed with the Sugo in mind and fits in nicely. Keeps my Q6600 cool at 3GHz
As to a card, something like a 4670 works nicely (I've got one of these too

) If you can get a version that vents air out of the back that would be ideal

Cuppa · 11 Sep 2009 at 11:16

Thanks for the info, are you using 'tall ram' in your system or is it standard size?

If the CPU fan does become a problem I think I'm going to go for Corsair Hydro 50.

Cuppa · 11 Sep 2009 at 11:21

How does the 4670 compare to the x850xt in terms of performance?

Cuppa · 23 Sep 2009 at 08:37

Fitted a hiper fan into the PSU last nigh and the noise problem has been reduced considerably. I think changing the GPU or the GPU cooler will make it near silent, no need to change the CPU fan ATM.

PinkFloyd · 23 Sep 2009 at 10:24

The 4670 is a load quicker than a x850xt. I believe it is around the same level of performance as an 8800gt, but struggles more at higher resolutions. Although mine does just about cope with UT3 and COD4 at 1920x1200 on fair decent settings.