Help in quieting a new build around Antec P180
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 9:06 pm
Hi,
I've been reading the reviews and forums on SPCR to gather information on building my a desktop which I haven't done in over 20 years.
Partially based on recommendations here, I bought and put together an Antec P180 case, ASUS P5B-E motherboard, Corsair 520hx power supply, Saphire Radeon 1950 Pro 256mb video card, Intel E6400 Core 2 Duo 2.14Mhz cpu, 2GB DDR2 800mhz Patriot memory, Western Digital Raptor 150Gb startup drive, 2 Western Digital 500GB RE2 drives and a LiteOn Sata DVD burner.
Though it was a bit difficult managing the cabling in the P180, I managed to assemble everything and load Windows XP SP2 on the Raptor and raid the two 500GB drives. I love the speed but I'm frankly disappointed by the noise of the system. I'm running the 3 fans in the Antec case on low and I still hear a constant whirring which I don't think are the fans anyway. I had the same build in a Raidmax Smilodon which was light years easier in assembling due to the dual pulldown sides, but I ordered an Antec P180 because I found the whooshing sound of the Smilodon something I didn't want to live with.
I tried running the Antec build without the case fans as a noise test and I still hear a irritating whirring. My initial sense is that it's the Intel fan or the Radeon card fan but I didn't hear these within the Smilodon because when I turned the Smilodon fans off, the system was almost silent. So my fear is that it's the fan in the Corsair, which would surprise me due to the rating it received on SPCR or the way the location of the case fan holes and the power supply on the bottom of the case may not favor my putting this under a desk on a hard floor near a wall.
Meanwhile, I received a Dell Optiplex 745 at work with 2 hard drives and their top of the line graphics card and it's dead silent. That's what I would love to have on my Antec build but I admit I'm getting a bit discouraged.
Can anyone help me and recommend how I can best troubleshoot this and hopefully silence this beast? I need the machine for audio recording and this just won't do. I haven't tried this yet but can I disconnect the case fans, video card and disconnect the fan on the Intel chip just to hear on startup if the noise is coming from the power supply? Is there a most likely candidate from this that someone who has built an Antec P180 could suggest? I'd like to avoid sending this all back to NewEgg and buy a Dell.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
MoonMusic
P.S. I am not overclocking this currently.
I've been reading the reviews and forums on SPCR to gather information on building my a desktop which I haven't done in over 20 years.
Partially based on recommendations here, I bought and put together an Antec P180 case, ASUS P5B-E motherboard, Corsair 520hx power supply, Saphire Radeon 1950 Pro 256mb video card, Intel E6400 Core 2 Duo 2.14Mhz cpu, 2GB DDR2 800mhz Patriot memory, Western Digital Raptor 150Gb startup drive, 2 Western Digital 500GB RE2 drives and a LiteOn Sata DVD burner.
Though it was a bit difficult managing the cabling in the P180, I managed to assemble everything and load Windows XP SP2 on the Raptor and raid the two 500GB drives. I love the speed but I'm frankly disappointed by the noise of the system. I'm running the 3 fans in the Antec case on low and I still hear a constant whirring which I don't think are the fans anyway. I had the same build in a Raidmax Smilodon which was light years easier in assembling due to the dual pulldown sides, but I ordered an Antec P180 because I found the whooshing sound of the Smilodon something I didn't want to live with.
I tried running the Antec build without the case fans as a noise test and I still hear a irritating whirring. My initial sense is that it's the Intel fan or the Radeon card fan but I didn't hear these within the Smilodon because when I turned the Smilodon fans off, the system was almost silent. So my fear is that it's the fan in the Corsair, which would surprise me due to the rating it received on SPCR or the way the location of the case fan holes and the power supply on the bottom of the case may not favor my putting this under a desk on a hard floor near a wall.
Meanwhile, I received a Dell Optiplex 745 at work with 2 hard drives and their top of the line graphics card and it's dead silent. That's what I would love to have on my Antec build but I admit I'm getting a bit discouraged.
Can anyone help me and recommend how I can best troubleshoot this and hopefully silence this beast? I need the machine for audio recording and this just won't do. I haven't tried this yet but can I disconnect the case fans, video card and disconnect the fan on the Intel chip just to hear on startup if the noise is coming from the power supply? Is there a most likely candidate from this that someone who has built an Antec P180 could suggest? I'd like to avoid sending this all back to NewEgg and buy a Dell.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
MoonMusic
P.S. I am not overclocking this currently.