which to replace?

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timdylan

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My computer is pretty loud and I was wondering which fan would be best to replace. This is the first computer ive build so im not going to overclock it im just looking for cheap effective quiet fans.
Which should I replace (the loudest):
1) stock athlon 64 3500 (winchester) fan
2) stock xfx geforce 6800gt fan (I think this is the loudest but im not sure
3) my cheapy case the MGE NINJA
i used to have a dell and it was really quiet and i miss that

Tim
 
If you're looking for quiet, I'd get an Antec Sonata. That thing is very quiet. Second, I'd put an NV Silencer on that 6800GT. The stock AMD fan isn't that loud.

Actually, it depends on the case fans in that case. If they are loud than you might be able to just replace the fans rather than get a whole new case. I'd still get the NV Silencer though :).
 
Check your temps. If they are fine then you can change out your stock HSF, but you don't want to sacrafice cooling performance for quiet or you might risk frying your chip. The stock HSF fans aren't that loud though, but then our definition of loud varies.

As for your video card you can try out the NV Silencer, but I've heard of people having poor contact issues with that cooler. There is a new revision out, but I'm not sure if that fixed the problem or not. You might also want to consider this Zalman GPU combo. It's pretty quiet and is an excellent cooler.

Of course if you really want quiet then WCing is always an option. A little more expensive and time consuming, but still an option.
 
Yes, the term "loud" is definately relative.

I run 4 computers in my room. One of them alone has 12 fans total in it, one being a Tornado. I run them 24x7. They are not "loud" to me. ;)
 
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