Hallo guys, it' time for "sound" optimization!
Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2015 6:23 am
Hallo guys, nice to meet all of you.
I've been lurkin around the site and forum for long time, they gave me a lot of knowledge and helped me in many decisions, like choosing my fantstic Scythe Kotetsu.
I had the setup in signature for one year now, and it's time to make some little changes in order to optimize more its "sound".
Normally I keep all the fan at minimum speed, except the front in, since the case doesn't have a dedicated aperture for it and it take air just from a tiny perimetral grill.
Here is what I'm thinking to do:
1) I'm going to replace the two Aerocool Lightining on the top (economic sleeve bearing led fans placed horizontally, they are quiet but have poor speed scaling and vibrate a lot). Since I don't mind about the leds and don't want to spend too much, I'm thinking of buying a couple of beQuiet Pure Wings 2 140 for €9,90 each, Do you think it's a good choice?
2) The side fan. It's a high performance 140 mm fan (800-1500 pm), I keep it always at 850-900 rpm to aid the little air that arrives from the front fan passing the hdd cage, and I pump it up just when gaming for beter cooling the GTX770. Its noise is tremendously affected by the metal grill on the panel, I tried putting some rubber spacers and it got a little better but not too much, so I'm going to cut off that grill, since i have a Silverstone magnetic filter on it too.
3) The biggest problem, the PSU Fan, that is noisy even with pc in idle and becomes annoying when load start to increase. I searched the web a lot about it and saw that this is a very common problem, expecially with the high rpm ADDA fans like that of mine XFX, so I'm thinking about changing the fan. Since I'd like to hear your opinion about some specific details, I'm going to make a dedicated topic in appropriare section when I have a bit more of time.
Sorry for the WoT, see you soon silence enthusiasts
I've been lurkin around the site and forum for long time, they gave me a lot of knowledge and helped me in many decisions, like choosing my fantstic Scythe Kotetsu.
I had the setup in signature for one year now, and it's time to make some little changes in order to optimize more its "sound".
Normally I keep all the fan at minimum speed, except the front in, since the case doesn't have a dedicated aperture for it and it take air just from a tiny perimetral grill.
Here is what I'm thinking to do:
1) I'm going to replace the two Aerocool Lightining on the top (economic sleeve bearing led fans placed horizontally, they are quiet but have poor speed scaling and vibrate a lot). Since I don't mind about the leds and don't want to spend too much, I'm thinking of buying a couple of beQuiet Pure Wings 2 140 for €9,90 each, Do you think it's a good choice?
2) The side fan. It's a high performance 140 mm fan (800-1500 pm), I keep it always at 850-900 rpm to aid the little air that arrives from the front fan passing the hdd cage, and I pump it up just when gaming for beter cooling the GTX770. Its noise is tremendously affected by the metal grill on the panel, I tried putting some rubber spacers and it got a little better but not too much, so I'm going to cut off that grill, since i have a Silverstone magnetic filter on it too.
3) The biggest problem, the PSU Fan, that is noisy even with pc in idle and becomes annoying when load start to increase. I searched the web a lot about it and saw that this is a very common problem, expecially with the high rpm ADDA fans like that of mine XFX, so I'm thinking about changing the fan. Since I'd like to hear your opinion about some specific details, I'm going to make a dedicated topic in appropriare section when I have a bit more of time.
Sorry for the WoT, see you soon silence enthusiasts