My computer is LOUD!

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MajorJohnson9317

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I'm new to this forum, and to be honest, i don't know a whole lot about computers.

But first off, here are mah specs just in case:
Abit IC7-MAX3
1.2gb ram
nvidea geforce 6800
Thermaltake silent pure power 480w
like 7 friggin fans

(my brother bought it from a friend who built it awhile ago)

Anyway, my computer is loud as hell. It has 2 Aspire case fans, 1 Thermaltake CPU fan, (i'm assuming that would be the larger fan that is attached to the motherboard with a big heatsink under it.) 1 smaller Abit fan attached to the motherboard, (the loudest of all) another smaller Abit fan that looks like it goes into a little tube over the motherboard, and two fans in my power supply. So what can i do to make them all quieter without overheating? Can i just buy and install new fans that run quieter or what?

Thanks:)
 
You could put those fast food drink holders inside it to block the sound.. Or not - I don't know a lot about desktops but doesn't water cooling make it cooler? And quieter?
 
Sir Travis D said:
You could put those fast food drink holders inside it to block the sound.. Or not - I don't know a lot about desktops but doesn't water cooling make it cooler? And quieter?
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my brother installed water cooling on his computer, looks like a pain in the butt in my opinion, i'm not even going to go there
 
and expensive.

Well for the case fans, just get silent ones (operate at lower speeds)

the rest, i dont know (can you change mobo fans?)
 
Hey,

Yeah 99% of fans are interchangeable, as long as you can find the right connector and size. I would be leary of different screw sizes, depth, depth of the plastic, shape of the plastic surrounding the fan. Many fans look very similar but in fact will not fit.
 
Sounds like your cooling setup isn't very efficient, so your fans all need to spin fast to cool it down.

You say you have a small ABIT fan attached to your motherboard? That's your chipset, probably your north bridge, and it can be cooled without a fan. You can buy passive northbridge heatsinks on various websites depending on where you live, but first make sure you have clearance room to install it, it has the same mounting system as your current heatsink/fan, and you have some way to monitor your motherboard's temperature to make sure you've installed it correctly.

This is probably the cheapest and most effective thing you could do, I'd do it first.

Second, I'd get a fan controller and undervolt your existing fans before replacing them entirely, if possible. Some fans don't like to be undervolted, and some can't be undervolted at all (by a fan controller). If your fans have 4-pin molex connectors and not the little 3-pin connectors, you'd have to mess with the wiring to undervolt them.

Further upgrades would start to become more expensive.
 
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