my fans are loud!

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stringcheeseincident

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i just put together this new box with 50/50 old parts and new parts. it runs great and i'm happy with its performance, but the one thing i can't stand is the noise. i've got 2 intake fans in the front, 1 exhaust in the back, 1 exhaust in my power supply, a cpu fan and a northbridge fan (stock nf7-s). i have an old zalman northbridge heatsink i'm thinking of putting on to cut down on the little fan, i find they usually contribute a high (annoying) whine. i've been looking at this tutorial:
http://www.bit-tech.net/article/56/
and i think this is a good opportunity to get into modding/electronics/etc and i can maybe actually learn something. i'm thinking of running the 2 front fans to 1 nob, the back fan to a nob, and the cpu fan to a nob - i want to install 3 of them in an empty 5.25" bay cover. is it a bad idea to run the 2 fans off one rheostat? is it bad to control my cpu fan? i have mbm5 running always so i'll know if my temps are getting too high. will this rheostat work fine for me?
http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=CTLG&product%5Fid=271-265
let me know what you think, if you have suggestions, etc.

also, are there nobs i can buy at radioshack i can put on the rheostat?
 
it's safe to lower fan speed and a rheostat should work great, i don't know about nobs to put on them though.

something easier would be to buy a fan speed controller like...
http://www.svc.com/fanandtemman.html
http://www.coolerguys.com/fancontrollers.html
http://www.frozencpu.com/cgi-bin/fr...e=Fan Controlling Devices/mp=menu_search.html

but there is something satisfying doing your own mod work. And a rheostat is basically what all those use so it'll work great and save you some money if you do it yourself

edit: i was just now looking through frozencpu just after i posted and found these...
http://www.frozencpu.com/cgi-bin/frozencpu/bus-10.html. it's only $1.50 so it seems kind of a waste to order from them but shipping shouldn't be too much since they're located in NY.
 
i was looking at buying a fan controller and maybe getting one with an lcd for temps, but like i said, i thought this could be an experience to mod some of my own stuff and get the satisfaction you were talking about. thanks for the suggestion.
 
all my computers are loud! uber-air-cooling! I love the sound of them :D
 
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