Ok guys I'm going to give as much detail as I can here so someone can truly help me out. I've had my computer which I built for about a year now and I can't take the noise anymore!
I have an A8N-E motherboard with a 3500+ stock heatsink and an Antec Smartpower 2.0 500W modular PSU. Those are the components that I believe are the worst noise makers and I want to make this computer as silent as possible while making it cooler.
Now to make the porblem worse my computer Idles somewhere in the 40's usually 43 degrees Celcius since in it in a "computer hole" in my desk. Now the problem is that at this temperature the fans spin up really fast to cool it down and it sounds like a jet turbine in my room. Now when I have the cover off of one side it goes down to about 36 which is great and the fans are at the sound level I like them to be, BUT I don't want to keep the side panel off. The problem is this, I have a pretty cheap case, Not too cheap but cheap enought to impede airflow.
The first thing I need to chage is the case. I need a case which allows air to flow form the front to back cooling the case becasue my current one has NO ventilation on the front and basically it just gets REALLY hot in the back becasue the air has nowhere to go. So that's first I need a modest looking case with front front panel audio and possibly USB ports, side windows optional .
Next I would like to get rid of the powersupply for a better one becasue this current one makes a slight high pitch whine while getting hot as well so a good PSU at around 450 - 500W that is nice and quiet. I have been recomended a seasonic which I think I'll get.
Next up I need to get something other than the stock heatsink and fan, possibly something big and quiet any recomendations since I haven't ever shopped for a heatsink before? Last up is the little fan on the motherboard. I've read that there is aftermarket passive solutions to replace it but to me it's not really as important as the other things I've mentioned.
So that about sums it up, apart from the video card fan (X800XL, I really don't care much for this fan and don't feel like replacing it) those are all the fans in my case making noise. Once I get all this replaced I would like to put one giant slow spinning 120mm fan somewhere to keep it all cool and quiet. Thanks for taking the time to read this.
EDIT: Easier to read now ?
EDIT 2: I also realized to ask if anyone has any good desks/places to buy desks to help out this situation. I don't like my current one.
I have an A8N-E motherboard with a 3500+ stock heatsink and an Antec Smartpower 2.0 500W modular PSU. Those are the components that I believe are the worst noise makers and I want to make this computer as silent as possible while making it cooler.
Now to make the porblem worse my computer Idles somewhere in the 40's usually 43 degrees Celcius since in it in a "computer hole" in my desk. Now the problem is that at this temperature the fans spin up really fast to cool it down and it sounds like a jet turbine in my room. Now when I have the cover off of one side it goes down to about 36 which is great and the fans are at the sound level I like them to be, BUT I don't want to keep the side panel off. The problem is this, I have a pretty cheap case, Not too cheap but cheap enought to impede airflow.
The first thing I need to chage is the case. I need a case which allows air to flow form the front to back cooling the case becasue my current one has NO ventilation on the front and basically it just gets REALLY hot in the back becasue the air has nowhere to go. So that's first I need a modest looking case with front front panel audio and possibly USB ports, side windows optional .
Next I would like to get rid of the powersupply for a better one becasue this current one makes a slight high pitch whine while getting hot as well so a good PSU at around 450 - 500W that is nice and quiet. I have been recomended a seasonic which I think I'll get.
Next up I need to get something other than the stock heatsink and fan, possibly something big and quiet any recomendations since I haven't ever shopped for a heatsink before? Last up is the little fan on the motherboard. I've read that there is aftermarket passive solutions to replace it but to me it's not really as important as the other things I've mentioned.
So that about sums it up, apart from the video card fan (X800XL, I really don't care much for this fan and don't feel like replacing it) those are all the fans in my case making noise. Once I get all this replaced I would like to put one giant slow spinning 120mm fan somewhere to keep it all cool and quiet. Thanks for taking the time to read this.
EDIT: Easier to read now ?
EDIT 2: I also realized to ask if anyone has any good desks/places to buy desks to help out this situation. I don't like my current one.