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Try underclocking/undervolting to save power/thus heat<br><br>Fans get noisier as they gather dust/bearings wear<br><br>Changing case fans to quieter ones is fairly easy, though utilities to slow the fans or settings in bios can improve things<br><br>Also usable for cpu fans<br><br>http://www.quietpc.com/gb-en-gbp/products/casefans<br><br>In my opinion liquid cooling should be avoided, as though it's quiet, many people have trashed PSUs and mobos when they leaked<br><br><br>Also quiet power supplies are available though more expensive<br><br>http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/cool-quiet-power-supplies,1004.html<br><br>It might be worth considering a different approach<br><br>http://goodcleantech.pcmag.com/computing/281173-build-your-own-ultra-low-power-pc<br><br>Aitch<br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 14:05:15 +0000<br>From: pchilds@bcs.org<br>To: kent@mailman.lug.org.uk<br>Subject: [Klug-general] How to solve a noisy computer<br><br>My Computer is far too noisy, and I'd like to cut the noise down.<div><br></div><div>Most of noise seams to be coming from the PSU and the Main AMD chip fan.</div><div><br></div><div>Other than replacing what the best thing to do.</div>
<div><br></div><div>a> Replace the PSU with a quieter one. (easy job)</div><div>b> Replace the main heat sync, looks easy but dangerous.</div><div><br></div><div>If I'm going to replace them what with, I want something quite and not too expensive. </div>
<div><br></div><div>The computer has 4 fans, 2 case fans which are very quite from what I can work out, and CPU and PSU fans.</div><div><br></div><div>Oh its a AMD64 dual Core Front room PC.....</div><div><br></div><div>Suggestions?</div>
<div><br></div><div>Peter.</div>
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