Yeh that arctic cooling one is what I have.
Theres 4 fans in mine; CPU, GFX, PSU and Exhaust fan on the back of the case. The exhaust fan is almost totally silent. None of the fans make a particularly high pitch or annoying noise, and the CPU is always 45 degrees.
I don't know how I can slow it down but it would be fun to experiment!! How can I do that?
Edit: WOA... ok I just found out how, and what a cool difference. A piece of software called "SpeedFan" (I think it should be freeware). Didn't think it would work, wacked the CPU fan down to 0% to find out and... yeh it stopped lol!!
Now my PC is whisper silent.
OK, new problem. Although this tool seems happy to control my CPU fan (which, now turned off is the quietest fan
) but I can't get it to change the case fan, which is now the noisy one. Ideally I'd like both running slowly...
So I wonder how I can enable this one to change speed. Its probably a motherboard/driver thing.
OK, I stopped the case fan (with my finger
) and the noisy one is actually the graphics card fan! I dont even have an RPM reading for this one so Im gonna have to do some investigating as to how to stop it.
Temperatures are still the same thankfully, at
Mobo: 28 (actually cooler than with the fan on?!?! But might be because the case is open)
CPU: 45
PSU: 37 (has risen a bit since turning off the CPU fan)
Hard Drive: 35
Dunno what the GFX temp is.
Speedfan:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download337.html
OK I have read that my graphics card doesnt have a temperature probe... So thats going in the bin. Anyone recommend a graphics card? Either that or I could buy one of those silent GFX fans...
Is my quest for the silent PC going too far? Its not a bad graphics card... hmmm.