I swapped my 5 year old Maxtor boot drive for a new Samsung F3 1Gb and a lot more noise disappeared. Now the loudest noise in my PC is my Corsair power supply.... but it's still pretty quiet. Very happy with the improvements thanks to all for your contributions - much appreciated!

Another quick update - today I changed my top and rear tri-cools for an S-Flex 1200 rpm and S-Flex 800 rpm respectively. On the 1200 on top I also used a Zalman fan mate to take the voltage down to 5v. The 800 rpm in the rear vent is running at 12 volts. The machine is noticeably quieter and the PC ...

Strangely, my temps have risen significantly again since I installed the Scythe. When I first installed it, it was running at high 30's with the fan at 3-400 rpm. It's now running at 50 (at idle) again with the Scythe fan running at 1000rpm - fortunately it's a quiet fan as it's not too loud - I jus...

Hi Jamie I am now saving for fans and spent my first couple of hours on my now quieter pc doing searches and reading about fans. I'm thinking of doing exactly what you suggest - a slipstream for the rear and an s-flex for the top - just don't have the £25 quid to spare yet..... what speeds do you r...

Well I've finally done something about this .... this evening I installed a new Schthe Mugen 2 using Arctic Silver 5 thermal paste. I also took the opportunity to tidy up the wiring in my case. I'm still using the Antec Tric-cools as money is tight but I finally couldn't stand the noise of the stand...

By covering up - do you mean you can't use a dimm slot? I'm asking as I've got a GA-MA790X-UD4P that I'm thinking of getting a Mugen 2 for and I already have all 4 dimm slots full. Thanks for any clarification.

I build a system with an AMD Phenom X4 955 in May and have ended up here looking for advice on cooling - as the stock AMD cooler is loud and the CPU runs warm to hot generally. I love the PC - but agree with PeteCool that you'll want a good CPU cooler if you go AMD X4 and want some quiet. I'm lookin...

Hi SebRad, Thanks for your reply, comments and suggestions. I appreciate what your saying about the Tri-Cools (they are on low) but I do find them a bit too loud. I think you're right about changing the CPU cooler first and am considering the Mugen 2 as well as the Noctua. The CPU cooler is definite...

Thanks to JamieG's input and searching the forums I now have a plan. A Noctua NH-U12P and 2x Akasa Apache fans. I do have another question though - as I don't have the money to do both the case fan swap and the new CPU cooler together - I can only afford to do one or the other. Obviously buying 2 ne...

JamieG - thanks again. I think you might be right about the positioning of the Thermalright - so I'm ruling them out. I'll have a look at the Mugen 2 as well as the Noctua - as it might be a good alternative (I am leaning towards the Noctua to be honest). I'm also looking at the Akasa Apache case fa...

Thanks JamieG - some good tips there which I'll look into. I've now done the Catalyst fan control - so that helps. I'll block up the case holes round the PSU and remove the tricool in the bottom of the unit. I've done the listening test holding the fans and the CPU one is the loudest followed by the...

Hi Everyone My first post here after I've done a bit of searching. I have the following build and would appreciate some advice on reducing noise and temps. Antec P182 - standard tricool fans (very noisey) Gigabyte MA790X-UD4P Motherboard AMD Phenom II X4 955 CPU - standard AMD Cooler 4 x 2gb OCZ DDR...