Hello, i'm from Belgium and i'm new here
A few weeks ago i throwed my old macbook trough the window and i bought myself;
AMD 955 Quad
Asus M4N75TD
Asus GTX 560
8GB RAM
500WATT Antec BP500u (very noisy PSU)
After a few hours of gaming; Crysis 2 on Ultra i noticed that my system was noisy as hell
First i bought a Zalman CNPS10X Performa for the CPU, but noise levels only decreased slightly ..
Finally i discovered that the PSU was very noisy, so i bought 4 Be Quiet Silent Wings fans, 1x80mm, 1x90mm, 2x120mm, to create a good airflow in my case
I screwed the psu open and i cutted the black and white cables, then i inserted the new fan, and wow, from a noisy psu to a ultra quiet psu (almost 0dB)
So i tought my pc was ultra silent but no... after a few minutes of gaming i could hear my GPU Asus GTX560 fan, it was not that noisy like my PSU but it was to much for me
By coincidence i found a topic about Cable Management; it's not my first custom build but i always did the psu cable on a normal way, but yesterday i removed the motherboard and i putted all the cables behind it
The result?
Overal temps are 10° cooler, airflow increased and my fan of my videocard was also cooler = almost no noise
I stressed my system for 15minutes and it's still thesame <3
Before
After:
http://i56.tinypic.com/19uvdu.jpg
http://i54.tinypic.com/dwrxg2.jpg
I also have a video where you can hear nothing but i will upload it later
My first silent gaming pc
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My first silent gaming pc
Last edited by mister_D on Fri Sep 23, 2011 1:30 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: My first silent gaming pc
Welcome to SPCR!
I'm glad you are happy with the noise level of your system. Can you shrink the pictures a bit please, or post it with thumbnails?
You could get it even quieter and/or cooler by cutting out the rear fan grill.
I'm glad you are happy with the noise level of your system. Can you shrink the pictures a bit please, or post it with thumbnails?
You could get it even quieter and/or cooler by cutting out the rear fan grill.
Re: My first silent gaming pc
i noticed that fan noise where still noticeable when gaming at ultra high settings (crysis 2) so i screwed the 60-70mm fan from the video card out and i replaced it with a 120mm with metal clips (got this clips with my cnps10x) and surprisingly it fits, no vibrations, better cooling and almost no noise!
i love it now when i'm gaming and i only hear the game and not my fans <3
[img=640,480]http://i52.tinypic.com/j983cw.jpg[/IMG]
[img=640,480]http://i52.tinypic.com/2ztj38y.jpg[/IMG]
[img=640,480]http://i52.tinypic.com/20a31jb.jpg[/IMG]
i love it now when i'm gaming and i only hear the game and not my fans <3
[img=640,480]http://i52.tinypic.com/j983cw.jpg[/IMG]
[img=640,480]http://i52.tinypic.com/2ztj38y.jpg[/IMG]
[img=640,480]http://i52.tinypic.com/20a31jb.jpg[/IMG]