It's the CPU fan, hurrah!

[ciphergoth]

(geek as always)

After asking "Why is my quiet case so noisy?" on computerhelp, I tried an experiment last night. After running the machine until it got really loud, I opened up the case and put my finger on the CPU fan, stopping it briefly.

The noise stopped completely.

So, I need a new CPU fan that's not so loud. The question is, which fan should I buy?

(read Episode 1 of The Very Noisy Computer including detailed specs)

Comments

[skibbley.livejournal.com]

When I worked for a company who made fans, they also said that big fans shift more air per revolution so don't need to run as fast for a given flow rate so are quieter than small fans.

I wonder if architects design new buidlings to take into account heating from computers rather than having air conditioning running in computer rooms while separate heating systems run in others.