PC Whirr - make more silent? :/

[bekdik]

My pc developed a grinding noise yesterday and carried on all last night. Opened up the pc and it was the fan in the power supply making the noise - due to cat fur !!

Did removing the cat fix the problem?

 

[kenford]

The CPU fan in my machine (Celeron 2.67gigahertz) is starting to make a noise. I have vacuumed it out, but with little improvement.

I want to replace the fan with a model that is very quiet. I see fans for around R150 and less at The Prophecy Shop, but I don't know if they are CPU fans or how quiet they are or what. Do I have to pay "around R500" for a good, quiet CPU fan? Can someone point me in the right direction? Make. model, price, vendor.. How do I know if it will fit?

Any help appreciated, I am a greenhorn, but with the help of this forum I upped the RAM, installed a DVD writer and now the fan is next! Thanks.

Any suggestions? Please!

 

[Dolby]

CPU runs at 16 degrees - I need a fan? :/

Answer on this? :/

 

[The_Techie]

Take off the fan and heatsink, you'll find out soon enough if you need a fan

I've seen Celerons with passive cooling, they work just fine.