Is there any possible ways to lower water pump noise?
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Is there any possible ways to lower water pump noise?
Any ideas or suggestions to lower water cooling pump noise levels? I personally own a Swiftech MCP600 and I find it loud side.
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So I should basically do both?AndrewC wrote:I've heard that if you mount the MCP600 with the inlet pointing up minimizes bearing noises. If you're not suspending it yet that would also be a good thing to do.
Mount the pump so the inlet points upwards where the outlet should be pointing sideways.
Suspend the pump.
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Yeah but how would I suspend it? I have an Antec 3700AMB case and the bump right now sits at the bottom of my case having very little room to suspend it. I wouldn't know how to set it up so that it can be suspended at the bottom of my case....MikeC wrote:suspending it
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Keep the Swiftech, it offers much better flow than a Ehiem, just takes a bit more work to quiet it down.
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In the polyurathane section buy some 3/8" or 1/2" thinck Sorbothane and mount the pump on that. I've seen several posts here saying that is better than foam for deadening vibrations.
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In the polyurathane section buy some 3/8" or 1/2" thinck Sorbothane and mount the pump on that. I've seen several posts here saying that is better than foam for deadening vibrations.
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Yes I do have some Sorbathane. Just wondering now if I should have the inlet pointing upwards and the outlet pointing sideways... is it really effective?..Blackeagle wrote:Keep the Swiftech, it offers much better flow than a Ehiem, just takes a bit more work to quiet it down.
www.mcmasters.com
In the polyurathane section buy some 3/8" or 1/2" thinck Sorbothane and mount the pump on that. I've seen several posts here saying that is better than foam for deadening vibrations.
my sig is out of date, will update it after this post.
but the way i did it was to measure out exactly how much i needed to move it "in" by, and drill new mounting holes in the bix's shroud so that when affixed to the fan (which in turn is affixed to the chassis) it doesn't stick out anymore and allows the side panel to be closed.
i'll get a pic...
but the way i did it was to measure out exactly how much i needed to move it "in" by, and drill new mounting holes in the bix's shroud so that when affixed to the fan (which in turn is affixed to the chassis) it doesn't stick out anymore and allows the side panel to be closed.
i'll get a pic...
a bit hard to see from the crappy photo, but the holes to the left of the original holes are the ones that i made and used to mount the bix with. they were drilled with a high-quality 4mm drill bit.
i got this bix second hand (third hand, actually) so it's pretty mangled (as you can see from the brutally enlarged lower original holes) but it did its job and shall not be retired in shame.
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