Spec me some silence

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Cyanide

Cyanide

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Well I've got my new system all set up now but I'm a bit disappointed with the noise its making. I thought my 120mm Yate loons would be good enough as I could barely hear them on lower speeds in my old system but evidently they've got to be turned up to shift air through a rad and they're not particularly quiet.

I've also got a stock case fan as a rear exhaust that's quiet noisy (strangely the front fans with the 500r's fan controller aren't too bad and I don't need huge airflow over the hdd's at the front so it stays on low).

I've got a magicool slim 240 rad in the top of the case which I don't think needs huge pressue to get air through it and the exhaust just needs to be a quiet exhaust. Ideally I'd prefer black and white fans (silent eagles?) but I'm up for some spray painting if need be.

I also need fan control... I'd prefer something automatic as I don't want to spoil the look of the case with load of extra buttons and dials. I've been recommended the aquaero but it looks a bit complicated and I'm not sure where itd gets temps from (do I need to mount a sensor on the cpu or can it use mb sensors?).

The graphics card is fine, the fans silent unless I'm gaming and I've got my headset on then :p
 
At 14 fpi (fins per inch) the magicool slim isn't ideal for a quiet system.
Thick 10 fpi rads are best as they work extreamly well with low rpm fans (aka quiet)

Is this is the pc in your build log?
you could fit a thick 280 in there why a thin 240?

Cheap fix - will cost you nothing

Rad as extract, fans at below 1000 rpm.
Add some shrouds between rad and fans - remove the moters for the clear corsair fans
Remove the rear extract and block hole with card/plastic
remove both of the clear plastic intake fans
reuse the black fan as an intake (mount it next to the res)
Block the other intake
Block the grill or add a window

Better approach - sell the magicool and get a PA/RX/SR1 and reuse your 120 Yate loons
 
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shadowscotland said:
Is this is the pc in your build log?
you could fit a thick 280 in there why a thin 240?
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The thin rad only just fits in the top, a thicker rad might have fitted inside (wouldn't have left a lot of room though) but I wouldn't have got a 280 inside.

I'd rather not go blocking things up with bits of card/plastic or removing the fancy LED fans as the whole point of it is that it looks good :p
 
you can buy good silent fans and mod them with LED's yourself... theres a guy on these forums Teal'c or summin like that who has info on how to do it
 
I don't need led fans though, the ones already in the case are fine when on low, its just rad fans and a controller I need I think :)
 
Cleeecooo said:
Look at the 800 RPM results :)

http://www.hardwaremax.net/wasserku...est-ebwb-coolstream-rad-xtx-360-.html?start=3

Phobya G changer and some scythe gentle typhoons?

RE fan controller, The lamptron FC5 V2 is my choice :)
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G Changer's way too thick to mount internally and the slim rad I've got barely fits in the top as it is so there's no chance it'd fit in there :(

I've looked in to 280 rad's but the only ones that fit in the case would have to go in the top which means slim rads still and the way the fan holes line up it'd get no extra airflow than what's in there at the moment :(
 
based on the build log photo's theres loads of room for a thick 240 rad.
Ok the fans may sit slightly infront of the mobo - but they shouldn't touch.
Or is there something else in the way that I can't see.

dsc8453.jpg

Lots of room all round the rad, and rad is well clear of mobo standoffs

dsc8454s.jpg

only thing that might be in the way is the fan header
(and that can be trimmed or bent or the fan caseing have a little cut out)
 
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Angles in the photos are decieving, there's only about another 20mm clearance to the ram and cpu block and there's no way I'd be able to get the 8-pin power to the motherboard if there was anything bigger than the fans in there :(
 
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