[Poll] What's your system's noisiest parts ?
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[Poll] What's your system's noisiest parts ?
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For me it's HDD's in my Antec solo
For me it's HDD's in my Antec solo
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Even suspended, the hard drives make the most audible noise. Still, my rig is sitting a little over a foot from my head, and the drives make a very faint whoosh that isn't at all distracting.
The same is true of my HTPC - the only noise that system makes comes from the drive. Even then, I sometimes have to put my ear right on it to see if it's even running.
The same is true of my HTPC - the only noise that system makes comes from the drive. Even then, I sometimes have to put my ear right on it to see if it's even running.
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Aside from the obvious DVD drive and my speakers... at the moment my case fans because they're just coolermaster ones running at max (I'm kind of new to the silencing thing, mostly looking to silence the new PC I'm planning to build).
For a while though, my hard drives were really driving me nuts. I had an old 320GB WD next to my samsung F1 1TB and the frequencies from the two drives spinning werent exactly the same but close enough to interfere with eachother, amplifying eachother for one second, than cancelling eachother out the next second (at about a 2 second loop), which causes an immensely annoying constantly shifting noiselevel. For some reason the WD wouldn't spin down either and the F1 is my systemdrive so it's always active... I ended up just copying the data I wanted from the WD and kicking it out of my system again, at least until I can get some elastic to try and suspend my drives.
For a while though, my hard drives were really driving me nuts. I had an old 320GB WD next to my samsung F1 1TB and the frequencies from the two drives spinning werent exactly the same but close enough to interfere with eachother, amplifying eachother for one second, than cancelling eachother out the next second (at about a 2 second loop), which causes an immensely annoying constantly shifting noiselevel. For some reason the WD wouldn't spin down either and the F1 is my systemdrive so it's always active... I ended up just copying the data I wanted from the WD and kicking it out of my system again, at least until I can get some elastic to try and suspend my drives.
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My GPU, although my HDD is louder on load. A passive GPU would solve this issue easily (the Powercolor HD5750 passive is at the moment even cheaper than my Sapphire HD5750 Vapor-X!) but I don't feel the need to replace my GPU. Haven't got the money either, to be honnest. At 25% the fan is still audible and has a bit of a rattle, but al together still very quiet.
Perhaps I should try to add some case insulation, might lower the noise a bit!
Perhaps I should try to add some case insulation, might lower the noise a bit!
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my main systems are silent, so what should i say? hm.. the workstation.. the screen. it has a tiny fan in. the media center.. the projector, it has a fan in.. the server, the hdds, 4tb ssd is a bit expensive. the laptop, the fan, when it turns on.
so most of all, fans and hdds. but most of all, not the actual pc's
so most of all, fans and hdds. but most of all, not the actual pc's
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Mouse and keyboard definately, although I'm considering switching to smaller keyboard... I'm used to a ~90% laptop keyboard, so a full size is a bit awkward. A silicon one might be quieter and smaller.
From the actual computer (~5' away), mostly HDD noise, with a bit of air turbulence and some hum that seems to be case vibration (probably due to the CPU fan)... all three of which I'm going to attempt to minimize before next week.
Actually, having said that, if I ignore the computer noise, I can hear a bit of hiss from my speakers (~6' away), and possibly a very light electrical hum from my power amplifier (~8.5' away), which means I now have to silence those as well...
And to the above: I was considering watercooling myself, until I realized how loud the pumps are... I wonder if there's some way of building a "passive" watercooling system...
From the actual computer (~5' away), mostly HDD noise, with a bit of air turbulence and some hum that seems to be case vibration (probably due to the CPU fan)... all three of which I'm going to attempt to minimize before next week.
Actually, having said that, if I ignore the computer noise, I can hear a bit of hiss from my speakers (~6' away), and possibly a very light electrical hum from my power amplifier (~8.5' away), which means I now have to silence those as well...
And to the above: I was considering watercooling myself, until I realized how loud the pumps are... I wonder if there's some way of building a "passive" watercooling system...
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SS 400W ET with stock fan is simply too loud. It's barely OK when in idle (100W) but as soon as I put some gaming load on it (<170W) it seems to gain some unholy speed. Could be that the sensor/speed control unit is OOO, but I guess it's just that this is a budget SS, not a hi end. Had S12 430W previously - a different league than this one. I temporarily ran out of good fans but am going to swap it soonish. Now, in summer, when all windows are open around the house, it's ok. But I guess the moment I close them it will get tough. Oh, the SS 400W ET has no warranty stickers, which is a plus.
Next are the 2 HDDs.
And then the fans.
I guess I was much more hardcore some time ago, and just stopped caring about it :/ Gone are the times when I had a single HDD and only 2 fans in the case...
Next are the 2 HDDs.
And then the fans.
I guess I was much more hardcore some time ago, and just stopped caring about it :/ Gone are the times when I had a single HDD and only 2 fans in the case...