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Well its rounding Christmas time and my family(both sides) are so large that we have to draw names. Luckily I got my cousin's name that I'm currently staying with(its a closer drive to campus and back).

Her ex purchased either the X07 or X09 Compaq PC a few years back(haven't played around with it to see the internal components).

Currently the machine is a dog( part of the reason I don't play around with it). It's badly in need of a reformat from too much pr0n(he was a womanizer).

The gift was suppose to be ~$50 but this is my favorite cousin and shes letting me stay with her for free(and buying me food too)!

So needless to say I'm going to rebuild her PC for her Christmas gift.
Here is my list:
Windows Vista Ultimate ~$20(school thing)
I think both the x07/09 have raid 0 hdd's but I'm gonna pull the hdds out of raid, use one for OS and the other, well I may just not put it back in.
Addition 1gb DDR-1 PC3200 (PNY) ~50

So my next couple questions: Anyone here have one of these? I need to take a quick look inside the case, any pics?

Due to low customization I think it has the GFFX5950 in it, which I'm looking to replace with a silent newerish card.

Her major concern is the computer warms up the room that it is in and is VERY loud. I think a fan bearing is gone because were pushing into Vantec 92mm tornado days.

So the questions are: Who has it, and what did they change to cool it down/quiet it down?

What size fans are used 80/92mm? And how many?

I need a silent AGP 8x newer card(7xxx series)?

New silent HSF?

Thanks
Michael
 
I guess after a little bit more homework, the Wave Master case has 2x 80x25mm intake and 1x80x25mm exhaust.

I need to pop the top and see what exactly is making the noise. If it has a 5950 ultra in it, I have a good feeling that the gfx card is what is producing the noise. If the case fans are loud Im going to replace them with vantec stealths. Then I need to replace(probably) the HSF with this since it seems to be a good alternative to the stock one.

So Im getting a tad bit out of my price range. Here is my thought:

I may reformat to my old copy of XP ~ Free
No extra ram ~ Free
3x Vantec Stealths ~ $25
Thermaltake HSF ~ $25
Nvidia 6800xt ~ $80

Shipped total ~$150

Its 3x my budget right now. Does anyone have a though on a graphics card better than or equal to the 5950 ultra that is close to silent than is less than $80? What about a replacement HSF for the GPU that is silent?

Thanks,
Michael
 
So, a quick google returned:
Compaq X07 Gaming PC
-Intel® Pentium® 4 processor 3.0GHz
-Asus P4C800-E Deluxe Mobo
-Hynix 512MB PC3200 DDR SDRAM
-16x maximum speed DVD-ROM drive
-48x24x48 CD-RW drive
-nVidia GeForce FX 5950 Ultra AGP 8X 256MB DDR
-Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum
-Seagate Barracuda 120.0GB Serial ATA (7200 rpm)
-128MB USB flash drive
-Integrated 7-in-1 media card reader
-Cooler Master Wave Master Case
-Antec TrueBlue 480-Watt Power Supply
-Optical Mouse And Keyboard
-Windows XP Professional
Price: $2,199.99 - BestBuy
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The wavemaster case uses 80mm fans. So, pickup a few 80mm Yate Loon fans ($2 each) from jab-tech.com. If you have money for a HSF, check out the Scythe Ninja Plus Rev.B ($35) or the Ultima90 ($45) + 92mm Panaflo fan for $3. I doubt you need to replace the stock HSF, though. Just replace the fans for now.

dook43 said:
I can promise you that the turbo 5950 Ultra is producing all of the noise and probably most of the heat. The 7600GS may be all you need to get.
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I agree.


$6 - 3x 80mm yate loon fans
$23 - 512MB DDR-400
 
If its causing problems, yes. But since it's there already, might as well use it, eh?
 
I guess in my drunken state I didn't ask my question last night correct about the sound card.. I meant should I pull the front I/O panel out, but then I realized I wouldn't have anything to cover up the hole with.

Next, stupid question.. Is the 7600GS faster than the 6800xt? And Ive never fooled around with a strictly passive card. The heat sink seems small, will it properly cool a GPU that has 100% uptime?
I hate how they name things
 
The 7600GS is faster than the 6800XT. And as long as you have good airflow inside of the case, then yes the passive HS should be enough. Though if you're worried about it that much, just strap, tie, tape, wire or bolt on a quiet Yate Loon fan to cool down the card:
120mm Yate Loon D12SL-12 Case Fan - $3.50

Yes that is ghetto-ish but it works. And it's funny. :)
 
Well Now I feel like an absolute retard. I was told it was a compaq, and I just looked at the case and I just immediately thought of the ones I used to see at best buy.

I finally got a chance to play around with the machine and its not a freaking compaq.... Its a Dell.

I never knew dell produced a computer inside that case.

Specs:
3.06ghz P4. Was that the C chip or the E chip?
Nvidia 5700LE- rofl, crappy but passive.
1gb DDR400
80gb HDD

So now what could be noisy? Better yet, what's producing the heat?

I popped the top and I stopped just about every fan in the case.

The case has 1x 120mm exhaust. 1x80mm intake. <-- These are the nosiest, which must be replaced. Probably should replace them with the Yate Loons recommended right above this post.

The PSU is silent

The CPU HSF uses one of those aluminum 92mm fans. Should I replace it with a quieter fan, or should I replace the HSF?

The Idea is to take a computer running hot and loud and make it run cool and silent.
 
I say replace the HSF for a cooler CPU. I recommend the Scythe Ninja since it can be run passive if you need it to or with a fan. Plus it has brackets for socket 478 and 775:
Scythe SCNJ-1100P Ninja HSF - $36
 
I should be called detective Michael since this is a crazy situation.

The Dell didn't come in the Wave Master. He purchased it on my cousins credit card refurbished. A few weeks after it came in, case fans started to fail and him, being Mr Know it all, rebuilt it.

If I owned a digital camera, Id take a picture of what the case looked like when I open it up.

We could create a new forum, [H]all of Shame

I found 2 pr0n0 DVDs on the case floor and you should see the cable management. He had to TRY to put some of these cables where they were.

Because the new case didnt have the stock dell fan shroud, he SCREWED a 92mm aluminum fan to the heat sink to hold it on.

gh3tt0
 
Heh, you gotta borrow a cam so we can see :p

Yah, go with the Ninja and replace the fans with some Yate Loons (both 120mm and 80mm).
 
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