I've been trying to make my PC as quiet as possible while at the same time trying to keep the temperatures as low as possible. Because i have the heatpipe cooled mobo upside down in the V-1000 it can run a little hot so I was always trying to cool it down. One of the most effective ways was to use a small fan over the northbridge but these small fans tend to be rather noisy. The best ways i found to reduce the noise was to get rid of the fan frame which seems to be causing a lot of air turbulance and thus a lot of noise. I've mounted this cut away fan on an extension arm over the northbridge and even at 12V i cannot hear it at all. The hard drive is noisier than the fan. Here are a couple of pics.
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