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

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Hmm. The QX-70 looks good for me. Problem is I've seen so much variation on how PC noise levels are reported I really don't believe the specs any more. (This one at 20dB seems to be by far the best cooler on the page - so why don't they make more of it?) It seems like they've decided that noise levels are all subjective, innit, so they may as well lie through their teeth about them.