Silencing a Phenom II 720 in a NSK 3480
Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 3:51 pm
Hello,
Since I'm new to this forum, I'll introduce myself first: I'm Miguel, 28 years old, I live in Portugal and I'm currently studying for a Master in Physics.
I have following system which was bought wanting already a silent system (within limited budget):
Case: Antec NSK 3480 with PSU EarthWatts 380W.
CPU: AMD Phenom II 720
Mobo: ASRock A790GXH/128M (1x PWM fan controller for CPU fan)
HDD: Samsung HD502HI EcoGreen
Cooling: 120mm Tricooler that came with case
AMD original cooler
I want to do some changes in order to make the system quieter, for now I was planning of:
1- getting a good cooler, probably with a 120mm fan. For the moment I'm not OCing and the temps go rather low (~40º core temp.). So I was wondering whether it was possible to have a passive cooler. Nevertheless I would always need a cooler that allowed for installing a fan, as I'm also planning to OC.
2- Replace case fan.
3- Replace PSU fan.
What would you recommend for 1 and 2?
I'm was also thinking to block lateral airways, and to put dust filters in all of them since it a gets a lot of it. Would this have major impact on the cooling (considering that the dust filters are cleaned frequently). Do you recommend any supplier of these?
Thanks in advance
Since I'm new to this forum, I'll introduce myself first: I'm Miguel, 28 years old, I live in Portugal and I'm currently studying for a Master in Physics.
I have following system which was bought wanting already a silent system (within limited budget):
Case: Antec NSK 3480 with PSU EarthWatts 380W.
CPU: AMD Phenom II 720
Mobo: ASRock A790GXH/128M (1x PWM fan controller for CPU fan)
HDD: Samsung HD502HI EcoGreen
Cooling: 120mm Tricooler that came with case
AMD original cooler
I want to do some changes in order to make the system quieter, for now I was planning of:
1- getting a good cooler, probably with a 120mm fan. For the moment I'm not OCing and the temps go rather low (~40º core temp.). So I was wondering whether it was possible to have a passive cooler. Nevertheless I would always need a cooler that allowed for installing a fan, as I'm also planning to OC.
2- Replace case fan.
3- Replace PSU fan.
What would you recommend for 1 and 2?
I'm was also thinking to block lateral airways, and to put dust filters in all of them since it a gets a lot of it. Would this have major impact on the cooling (considering that the dust filters are cleaned frequently). Do you recommend any supplier of these?
Thanks in advance