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by Thraxen
Mon Apr 21, 2003 8:21 am
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: High Pitched Whine
Replies: 4
Views: 2675

No, it's not the monitor. I don't think it's the PSU, but I suppose it could be. It's a SilenX PSU and when I started it up before placing it into my PC it was nearly totally silent. I have heard that some HDDs can cause PSUs to whine, but when I go into standby mode (where the HDDs are off) the whi...
by Thraxen
Sun Apr 20, 2003 10:01 am
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: High Pitched Whine
Replies: 4
Views: 2675

High Pitched Whine

Hi all. I've been reducing the noise on my PC over the past couple of months and have done quite well. But now that I've got things pretty quiet, I now hear this high pitched whine and can't locate the source, I'm using a SilenX PSU, undervolted Panaflo L1A case fans and Seagate B V HDDs. I tried pu...
by Thraxen
Sun Apr 20, 2003 9:44 am
Forum: Quiet Prebuilt, SFF and Barebones Systems
Topic: What makes Dell computers quiet? Why build if you can buy?
Replies: 15
Views: 14999

Dell has some fine products, but I simply enjoy building the PC myself.