It's the CPU fan, hurrah!
Feb. 1st, 2005 12:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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After asking "Why is my quiet case so noisy?" on![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
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)
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)
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Date: 2005-02-01 01:05 pm (UTC)very good - veriable speed so pretty quiet when its running cool - louder when it needs more.
Is water cooling an option?
Prob about £100 these days for a basic setup (pump, resevoir rad fan and cpu block) and they are pretty easy to install. (www.watercooling.de is probably the best site I know for the stuff)
Out of the ones on that page I would go for the Zalman CNPS7000B-CU Super Flower Cooler AMD and P4 - £32.00
Zalman are very good at cool and quiet and its an all copper block (always go for all copper vs cu/al) the only problem they have is not all motherboards can take them (depends where the capacitors are around the CPU)