New Computer - Very Loud

[Shantanu]

I just received my new computer from ABS. I'm satisfied with it overall, but it is very loud. My old Dell had a 250W power supply, and this one has a 500W, plus a bunch of case fans, a GeForce 6800GS.

Is there anything I can do to make it quieter? Can I possibly disable some of the case fans by software?

 

[waddles]

If you'd be comfortable doing it, you could go in and undervolt your fans to 7v, just put the 5v wire to where the ground is. If not, poke around in your BIOS - often times there are ways to adjust fan speed there.

 

[pigwalk]

There are a couple simple things you can do do quiet it down a bit, some involve a little cash, some none at all. First thing I did on my machine to quiet it down was install a fan speed controller, cost me about 20 bucks and was easier IMHO than 7volting everything. Next I bought the quietest PSU I could find with a single 14cm fan (and modular). Later on I still wasn't satisfied so I decided to get AMD'd Cool N Quiet running, as long as you're not Oc'ing with any VCore changes it's quite simple. Last but not least, with the latest Rivatuner, 15.8 shutting my vid card fan was a snap! Next on this machine will be changing the chipset fan, and the next build is definately going the way of water. Hope this helps.

-wil