Loud fan, need suggestions

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leafy

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Hello, four month ago I built my desktop with these parts:

MB: ASROCK 880GM-LE R
PSU: SILVERSTONE|ST60F-ES 600W R
Graphics Card: POWERCOLOR AX6870 1GBD5-2DH R
CPU: AMD|PH II X4 960T 3.0G/3.4G AM3
Case: FRACTAL|FD-CA-CORE-1000-BL R

I didnt bother buying a fan because I thought the stock cooler would be enough but recently my desktop has been running at pretty high temperatures (45-50C)
and becomes noisy. Can you suggest a good, affordable quiet fan I could use that would match the specs posted? Thank you!
 
Take a shop vac and pop open your case. Carefully vaccum out your Heatsink on your CPU. While your at it clean out all the dust you can inside of the computer. If you have, to hold the fan still while cleaning so it doesn't make it spin. I had a noisy CPU fan after a few months of use. After some cleaning it was MUCH quieter.
 
Thank you for your replies guys! Thank you for your suggestion Denther, I'll clean out my computer but I think the problem is that the stock fan is too cheap/weak for my processes and working too hard making it loud.
And wow Stranglehold, I recall reading your suggestions on another thread when i was building my desktop and here you are again haha, so I would replace my stock cooler on my processor and replace it with the one you posted? Im sorry i do not understand what "Just needs a good 120 exhaust fan in the back" means. Also is there is big difference in a $10 fan and a $20 fan? I dont mind chipping in $10 more for a much better/safer condition
 
It means that you need a 120mm fan wich sucks aire from inside and blows it to outside. Usually, you install this fan, right under de cpu cooler, on the chasis.
 
leafy said:
I think the problem is that the stock fan is too cheap/weak for my processes and working too hard making it loud.
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If you didn't put an exhaust fan on the back of the case, then the cpu will run hotter causing its fan to run faster and louder. And your running the 960T overclocked which contributes. If your cpu fan speed is being maxed out, be carefull your not running the cpu too hot.

So the 1st thing to do would would be ..

StrangleHold said:
Just needs a good 120 exhaust fan in the back. Some low RPM and high CFM fan. For cheap the Cooler Master not to bad.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103060
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leafy said:
And wow Stranglehold, I recall reading your suggestions on another thread when i was building my desktop and here you are again haha, so I would replace my stock cooler on my processor and replace it with the one you posted? Im sorry i do not understand what "Just needs a good 120 exhaust fan in the back" means.
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I might be wrong, but I didnt think that case has a rear exhaust fan. I meant as in a rear case exhaust fan.


leafy said:
Also is there is big difference in a $10 fan and a $20 fan? I dont mind chipping in $10 more for a much better/safer condition
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Really depends on what fans you pick. I've seem pretty good 10 bucks fan and just so so 20 bucks fans.
 
Thanks guys, so what im getting is that I should get a exhaust fan for the back and keep my stock cooler thats sitting on top of my processor? or should i get a new fan for that oo
 
Yeah, sure you can get a good aftermarket CPU heatsink/fan. Stock ones are ok for stock speeds but pretty much lose it overclocking. Plus a good aftermarket one will keep it cooler under stock speeds too.
 
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