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  • 27-09-2008 11:58am
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    bobmurrey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24 ✭


    hi,
    I bought the following rig last year from OCUK:

    GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC)
    Lian-Li PC-A17A Aluminium Midi-Tower Case
    Samsung SH-183LBEBN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM
    Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775)
    OcUK GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
    Asus P5W DH Deluxe WiFi (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
    OCZ StealthXStream 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply
    Samsung SpinPoint T HD501LJ 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
    Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail

    The rig is too noisy. I think its a combination of the PSU and heatsink fan.
    Any suggestions on quietening this rig down?


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    uberpixie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,864 ✭✭✭uberpixie


    bobmurrey wrote: »
    hi,
    I bought the following rig last year from OCUK:

    GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC)
    Lian-Li PC-A17A Aluminium Midi-Tower Case
    Samsung SH-183LBEBN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM
    Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775)
    OcUK GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
    Asus P5W DH Deluxe WiFi (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
    OCZ StealthXStream 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply
    Samsung SpinPoint T HD501LJ 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
    Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail

    The rig is too noisy. I think its a combination of the PSU and heatsink fan.
    Any suggestions on quietening this rig down?


    Replace the PSU with a corsair or a seasonic psu.
    Replace all 120mm fans with scythe flex fans.

    CPU cooler should be fairly quiet, do you have any fan throttling enabled in the bios?

    Replace the cooler on your gfx card with a quieter aftermarket cooler.
    Fit foam noise dampening material to the inside of your case.

    Thats all you can do really do apart from going water cooling.

    It really depends what the source of the noise is.


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    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    There's nothing "stealth" about the OCZ StealthXStream, noisy as fcuk, I had one


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    Spiritine
    Registered Users Posts: 131 ✭✭Spiritine


    thermaltake toughpower 650 or 750 watt psu be good job, hav a 1500 and u cant hear it....seriously


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