Spent 50$ on cooling supplies and screwed up. It's too loud

Satummoo · Post by **Satummoo** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 10:16 am

I should have consulted here but for some reason, I had the ambition to "just buy it" b/c I always spend days researching stuff. Well I bought the following:

2x Artic Cooling 120mm fans
Artic Cooling Freezer 64

Well, doing some research, I knew I was taking a risk on the CPU heatsink that it may not fit my Antec Fusion case, but i thought that it may just slightly bend the top of the case but still fit it. Well it tottaly doesn't fit so i'm outa ideas here.

The 2 fans are way too loud. I bought them because the cables were sleeved.

Are there any solutions to quiet my system? I currently have the budget artic cooling heatsink which is pretty nice but Under the bios settings of my mobo, I tried turning down the % of the fans but it didn't help much.

Do you guys have any suggestions?

BillyBuerger · Post by **BillyBuerger** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 12:19 pm

I've built some pretty quiet PCs using similar hardware. AC Freezer 64 (or 7) and AC 92mm PWM fans. I can see the AC fans being a bit loud at full speed. But they should be very quiet when dropped to a more reasonable speed. Sounds to me like your motherboard might just not have a very good speed controller. You may need an external one like a zalman fanmate or something. The only way I see getting new fans to fix your problem would be if you bought something like the Scythe ones that max at 800rpms.

What motherboard and CPU do you have?

Satummoo · Post by **Satummoo** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 12:31 pm

I have an Abit Nview 6150 chipset mATX
with a 3600+ Brisbane @ stock clock 1900mhz

The board won't even do C&Q with overclocking so I just run it stock to conserve power.

I'd hate to buy new fans but are there any programs that can reduce the fan speed or any bios modifications?

jhhoffma · Post by **jhhoffma** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 8:26 pm

Satummoo wrote:I'd hate to buy new fans but are there any programs that can reduce the fan speed or any bios modifications?

Speedfan would be one to start. I don't know if Abit's uGuru is compatible with your motherboard or not, but you may want to look at that.

Satummoo · Post by **Satummoo** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 8:34 pm

I tried doing that but it doesn't seem the work with x64 XP

is there anything simple I'm missing?

Otherwise I might just buy some syth 800rpm fans
and try to sell the rest and get some of my moeny back

jhhoffma · Post by **jhhoffma** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 6:43 am

Generally, when posting a question like this, it's a good idea to post your system specs and OS, so people know where to better direct you.

In this case, you could always buy a fan controller to dial down your fan speeds to your liking. Then buy the slipstreams if it's still too loud.

Others can provide better input on the best/cheapest fan controllers.

Post by **NeilBlanchard** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:19 am

Hi,

Zalman FanMate2 would be the cheapest and the best controller I know of -- unless you can do the mods on a Molex 'Y' splitter. These are even cheaper than a FanMate 2, and you can make one side for 5v and the other for 7v.

Satummoo · Post by **Satummoo** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 9:18 pm

quick question, are these fans good?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6835103022

seem like a great deal and according to the stats they seem quiet, But i know you can't always trust the specs

johnniecache7 · Post by **johnniecache7** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 10:44 pm

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