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elp

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I have a 3200 64 amd running on a thermaltake hs+fan with the supplied thermal grease. I also have a rad 9800 256 which I believe produces a fair amount of heat. I got 2x80mm fans on front and another 2 on back + 1 on side of case? Is this too many? The CPU seemed to run with case open and the 4 fans and psu fan (minus side fan) at around 35.5 celcius. My question is, do so many fans make a difference? I wouldn't mind keeping them as they are neon but the system sounds like a vacum cleaner! Please advise.. :confused:
 
learn to love the sound of the vacuum, invest in some quality head phones or , and this is the good one , take the plunge and WC .
 
elp said:
I have a 3200 64 amd running on a thermaltake hs+fan with the supplied thermal grease. I also have a rad 9800 256 which I believe produces a fair amount of heat. I got 2x80mm fans on front and another 2 on back + 1 on side of case? Is this too many? The CPU seemed to run with case open and the 4 fans and psu fan (minus side fan) at around 35.5 celcius. My question is, do so many fans make a difference? I wouldn't mind keeping them as they are neon but the system sounds like a vacum cleaner! Please advise.. :confused:
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That really isn't a lot of fans by any stretch of the imagination. But if it bothers you, you can replace all the stock 80mm ones with silent 80mm fans. But don't turn them off. Your hardware needs at least what you have now.

I have 3x80mm front intakes, 1x120mm side intake, 3x80mm exhaust in addition to the cpu and gpu hsf and the only fan that makes a significant amount of noise is the 120mm.
 
so which component makes the most noise? would that be the psu?
 
Hard to tell from here :)

Just kinda stick your ear at various places around the case. Where does it seem to be the loudest?

Or you can go the pain in the ass route and unplug everything but the fans and test them all individually. woohoo!!!
 
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