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I’m determined to quieten down this damn MCE PC I have in the living room and have isolated the three main areas the machine can be silenced.
1) I’ve removed one of the three include Cooler Master Cavalier 4case fans (one of the small 40cm fans behind the CPU location) so there are only two fans running apart from the CPU fan – an 80cm fan and a 40cm fan. This should be adequate yeah?
2) The stock Intel HS/F is one noisy beast – this is the single major point of noise and really needs to be replaced. I was wondering though if there is any way to perhaps alter the fan speed so it only runs as quickly as it needs to? If not, then I’m more than happy to go for a quieter solution – the only restriction being the case it has to be mounted in. I only have about 3-4CM above the existing stock HS/F and about the same amount of space to the rear – both the sides and the front are about as close as they can be so I cannot accommodate anything bigger in those spaces. Can anyone recommend the best solution to this requirement? Its using an MSI 863 PE Neo2-P motherboard and
3) Thirdly, my 200GB (IDE) WD Caviar is currently vertical mounded on the inside side of the case and its giving off a terrible “hum”, even though its working fine. Does mounting them vertically make them noisier? If so, I have one spare 5.25” bay – can someone recommend a method of housing this drive quieten the damn thing down, or maybe even a quieter drive (and I will sell the drives I have spare).
Thanks for all the help,
1) I’ve removed one of the three include Cooler Master Cavalier 4case fans (one of the small 40cm fans behind the CPU location) so there are only two fans running apart from the CPU fan – an 80cm fan and a 40cm fan. This should be adequate yeah?
2) The stock Intel HS/F is one noisy beast – this is the single major point of noise and really needs to be replaced. I was wondering though if there is any way to perhaps alter the fan speed so it only runs as quickly as it needs to? If not, then I’m more than happy to go for a quieter solution – the only restriction being the case it has to be mounted in. I only have about 3-4CM above the existing stock HS/F and about the same amount of space to the rear – both the sides and the front are about as close as they can be so I cannot accommodate anything bigger in those spaces. Can anyone recommend the best solution to this requirement? Its using an MSI 863 PE Neo2-P motherboard and
3) Thirdly, my 200GB (IDE) WD Caviar is currently vertical mounded on the inside side of the case and its giving off a terrible “hum”, even though its working fine. Does mounting them vertically make them noisier? If so, I have one spare 5.25” bay – can someone recommend a method of housing this drive quieten the damn thing down, or maybe even a quieter drive (and I will sell the drives I have spare).
Thanks for all the help,
