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HavocXphere
Honorary Master
Don't. Its a complete waste of time.
If you must rather buy expensive silent fans and suspend the HDD via elastic.
If you must rather buy expensive silent fans and suspend the HDD via elastic.
The problem is that there is a buzz sort of sound coming from my components. Nothing wrong with them just how they are and trying to make that sound go away. My fans are super quiet
HavocXphere
Honorary Master
Foam definitely won't work.
Rather identify the component or (more likely) the panel that is vibrating.
Rather identify the component or (more likely) the panel that is vibrating.
McGuywer
Executive Member
Lol.
reactor_sa
Executive Member
#&$@ I hate that high pitched whiney buzz sound... my XFX 8800GT XXX used to make that stupid sound.
FrancTheTank
Expert Member
The foam will prolly reduce air flow through the case and cause heat issues...
put the foam in your ears!
put the foam in your ears!
Wahaha!
Chasing silence in a daily-use gaming box is almost futile IMO. For a low-spec machine that isn't used for gaming, it's far easier to using cooler and therefore quieter components.
I did this:
http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/259483-quot-Silent-quot-PC-who-s-interested-or-done-it
Did cancel some noise but it doesn't do a good job of blocking high frequency noise. It does a little, not much tho.
My latest PC I went without those and it is actually a tiny bit louder without those panels and stuff.
However either my Cooler Master Silent Pro or the Gigabyte motherboard made high pitched noise which pissed me off to no end.
My current setup has none of that high pitched noises, running:
Asus Z68-V
2x Kingston Valueram 1333 - 4gb
OCZ Vertex 3 SSD
Seasonic X460 Fanless
2x Nexus Real Silent 120mm fans running at 6.5volts (VIA resistors), one front, one rear.
2500K with a ThermalRight HR-02 cooler on it (no fan)
Lian Li case (can't recall the model)
IMHO the reason I get no whine is because of the Seasonic PSU, that thing is serious, serious quality. Forget anything you've ever seen in a PSU before. This thing has 0 noise, really no whining and runs VERY cool. No PSU I've ever bought can touch it. Cost R1300 tho
so guess that is why.
Thinking of upgrading by getting a GFX card, mind sharing the aftermarket cooling (if any) and model you have?
http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/259483-quot-Silent-quot-PC-who-s-interested-or-done-it
Did cancel some noise but it doesn't do a good job of blocking high frequency noise. It does a little, not much tho.
My latest PC I went without those and it is actually a tiny bit louder without those panels and stuff.
However either my Cooler Master Silent Pro or the Gigabyte motherboard made high pitched noise which pissed me off to no end.
My current setup has none of that high pitched noises, running:
Asus Z68-V
2x Kingston Valueram 1333 - 4gb
OCZ Vertex 3 SSD
Seasonic X460 Fanless
2x Nexus Real Silent 120mm fans running at 6.5volts (VIA resistors), one front, one rear.
2500K with a ThermalRight HR-02 cooler on it (no fan)
Lian Li case (can't recall the model)
IMHO the reason I get no whine is because of the Seasonic PSU, that thing is serious, serious quality. Forget anything you've ever seen in a PSU before. This thing has 0 noise, really no whining and runs VERY cool. No PSU I've ever bought can touch it. Cost R1300 tho
so guess that is why.Thinking of upgrading by getting a GFX card, mind sharing the aftermarket cooling (if any) and model you have?
Rock Bottom Computers
Well-Known Member
You could look at the Lian-Li PT-Si01, 02, 06, 07 noise reduction foam.
Try to isolate the noise problem and then replace that part(s) if it's viable.
If it’s your case fan there are fans available with manual speed settings and others with lower rpm's.
This can make a huge difference. If you can get one with manual speed setting outside the case like the Antec 120mm TrueQuiet.
That fan has silicon grommets but you can also partner up other fans (that dont have this) with the vantec vdk-120 system fan vibration dampener kit (this is relatively cheap).
(If you are concerned your pc will run to hot then you can run Intel or AMD's diagnostic test (depending on your system naturally) to gauge your system temp. You motherboard might also have come a disc containing system monitoring utilities.
Look at another cpu cooler. Stock cpu coolers are usually noisier. They usually give the dBA rating the cooler's specs.
Run your pc without the graphics card to see if that's the problem.
My previous graphics card was hella noisy and i replaced that.
Some graphics cards come with dual dual fans and others one big fan. Other with "true copper" and other with bigger heatsinks.
The brand will usually brag about it a lot so you'll find this info on the product page.
If you dont do hard core gaming one can also look at the silent heatsink gpu's like the
http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/product/?cid=1&gid=3&sgid=1088&pid=1240&psn=&lid=1&leg=0
If you think it's your cpu cooler and is certain it runs at unnecessarily high speed you can try a cheap solution such as the.
Zalman Silent Connector- ZM-RC56
Try to isolate the noise problem and then replace that part(s) if it's viable.
If it’s your case fan there are fans available with manual speed settings and others with lower rpm's.
This can make a huge difference. If you can get one with manual speed setting outside the case like the Antec 120mm TrueQuiet.
That fan has silicon grommets but you can also partner up other fans (that dont have this) with the vantec vdk-120 system fan vibration dampener kit (this is relatively cheap).
(If you are concerned your pc will run to hot then you can run Intel or AMD's diagnostic test (depending on your system naturally) to gauge your system temp. You motherboard might also have come a disc containing system monitoring utilities.
Look at another cpu cooler. Stock cpu coolers are usually noisier. They usually give the dBA rating the cooler's specs.
Run your pc without the graphics card to see if that's the problem.
My previous graphics card was hella noisy and i replaced that.
Some graphics cards come with dual dual fans and others one big fan. Other with "true copper" and other with bigger heatsinks.
The brand will usually brag about it a lot so you'll find this info on the product page.
If you dont do hard core gaming one can also look at the silent heatsink gpu's like the
http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/product/?cid=1&gid=3&sgid=1088&pid=1240&psn=&lid=1&leg=0
If you think it's your cpu cooler and is certain it runs at unnecessarily high speed you can try a cheap solution such as the.
Zalman Silent Connector- ZM-RC56
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