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Noisy PC
Hi all
I have a machine here with a MSI-6712 mainboard (VIA KT400 Chipset) with a Socket A Athlon XP 2000+ running at 1667 MHz. It's got two fans - one on the CPU and one in the PSU. The machine is not used because the fans are too noisy. I'd like to make it quieter so I can use it. Question: how can I make this PC quieter? Is there anything I can do without having to spend money? (For example, can I risk removing the CPU fan or will it definitely overheat?) If I have to spend money, what do you guys recommend? |
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"John Smith" wrote in message ... Hi all I have a machine here with a MSI-6712 mainboard (VIA KT400 Chipset) with a Socket A Athlon XP 2000+ running at 1667 MHz. It's got two fans - one on the CPU and one in the PSU. The machine is not used because the fans are too noisy. I'd like to make it quieter so I can use it. Question: how can I make this PC quieter? Is there anything I can do without having to spend money? (For example, can I risk removing the CPU fan or will it definitely overheat?) If I have to spend money, what do you guys recommend? Replace the noisy fan\s. Of course you can` remove the CPU fan, unless you want to fry you CPU. best wishes..OJ |
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IF you are willing to spend money check out www.zalmann.com I have used
theit silent cooling systems for both cooling CPU and Graphics cards. lso check out www.quietpc.co.uk. Unfortuantely silence is not free! Rich |
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Go to http://www.quietpc.com/uk/casefansacc.php#rc56 and purchase this cable
which is simple to instal and will reduce the noise but be careful as it will also reduce thespeed of your fan. I purchased one for my PC about a year ago and am very pleased with it, little noise now. You do have to be careful though because the resulting slower speed of the fan will not supply the same level of coolness. However in my case the difference was only neglible. Mike. |
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On Sun, 03 Jul 2005 19:00:57 +0100, John Smith
wrote: Hi all I have a machine here with a MSI-6712 mainboard (VIA KT400 Chipset) with a Socket A Athlon XP 2000+ running at 1667 MHz. Which XP2000 core? T'bred or newer puts out less heat, you have more options per same heatsink. Either way, how how does it get? If it's a T'Bred instead of Palomino, you might have the option of reducing the vcore a little. Test with Prime95 for an hour to confirm stability. I don't know what options for clock or voltage are available with that board, but it might also be possible to slightly (keeping in mind that there's a PCI divider with KT400) lower the speed enough to facilitate voltage drops while retaining stability. For example, if it wasn't stable at 1.45V but regains stability at 1550MHz, that 7% speed reduction may never be noticed, and perhaps not even a bottleneck for many uses. It's got two fans - one on the CPU and one in the PSU. The machine is not used because the fans are too noisy. I'd like to make it quieter so I can use it. Question: how can I make this PC quieter? Is there anything I can do without having to spend money? (For example, can I risk removing the CPU fan or will it definitely overheat?) What's the case airflow like? With only a power supply exhaust, it should have/need relatively high front intake area, and unimpeded (no stamped-in-grill) exhaust. Even so, that's a lot of exhausting to be done by a lone power supply fan unless running high enough RPM to get noisey. The ideal may be the good intake area (already suggested) plus a rear exhaust fan below power supply as AMD recommends. Both at moderate RPM- reduce speed as much as prudent with voltage reduction- the cheapest methods being a fan adapter or simply a 1-2W, 47-120 Ohm power resistor soldered inline on the + power lead. Don't remove CPU fan, but it too might be replaced or throttled down by a resistor or fan controller- unless CPU is already getting too hot. You might need wait on assessing it's temp till after any case airflow/fan changes, THEN seeing the impact of those change(s), deciding what it needs. |
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i have never seen a computer with two fans as noisy as your claiming. Pick
up some ball-bearing fans and you should notice an improvement. |
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