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Name: Stabgotham Date: February 25, 2006 at 10:25:59 Pacific OS: WIN XP CPU/Ram: 3700+/1GB Product: Home Built
Comment:
Just wanted to let you all know, that I built my first PC on Thursday night with terrific success. Cracked a bottle of wine open and drank a glass to those of you who helped me out!
CPU temp: 43 Video card average temp: 42 (53 while running F.E.A.R.)
Now...how do I make it not sound like a jet fighter plane?
Name: fitzov Date: February 25, 2006 at 10:34:17 Pacific
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Water cooling the CPU, and a fanless power supply.
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Response Number 2
Name: Stabgotham Date: February 25, 2006 at 10:43:34 Pacific
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LOL! Come on here...I'm a newbie at this...water cooling may be a bit over my head or skill level. I haven't even tackled overclocking yet!
I was thinking more along the lines of new fans or a fan controller, but I don't even know which fan is making all the racket. Could be my PSU? Could be my video card?
I love my new PC though...loud or not!
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Response Number 3
Name: street1 Date: February 25, 2006 at 12:38:50 Pacific
Name: Stabgotham Date: February 25, 2006 at 12:45:07 Pacific
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Lol! Good god no, but mine sounds as loud as that thing looks.
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Response Number 5
Name: oldfogey Date: February 25, 2006 at 15:35:08 Pacific
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Use a length of cardboard tube as a stethescope to check more precisely where the noise is coming from. Hopefully you can do this with the case closed, but if you have to run it up with the cover off, be very careful!
A doctors stethescopy would be even better, but I've never seen one cheap enough.
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Response Number 6
Name: oldfogey Date: February 25, 2006 at 15:36:07 Pacific
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By the way, congratulations. It's a great feeling when the machine boots succesfully.
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Response Number 7
Name: Sabertooth Date: February 25, 2006 at 17:28:41 Pacific
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The noise I bet is from a the CPU and PSU fan combo.
You can easily tame the CPU, but the PSU is another animal, for the most part the most quiet PSU's are not the best and most reliable performers.
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