How do u stop the fan noise?

[y0ungsta]

What is the best way of decreasing the noise on the fan? I love the performance of the black delta's but what makes it unatractive is the noise it gives off.

[train22]

deddy indeddy it does, I jsut posted a similar post in this section... you may check out some of the replies as well as some of Would71's wounderfull cough*tempered*cough replies:p

click here (http://forums.overclockers.ws/vb/showthread.php?threadid=33371)
Cheers

[Oni]

Originally posted by train22
deddy indeddy it does, I jsut posted a similar post in this section... you may check out some of the replies as well as some of Would71's wounderfull cough*tempered*cough replies:p

click here (http://forums.overclockers.ws/vb/showthread.php?threadid=33371)
Cheers

Thats the funniest thing I've read so far today. Course, it is only 8:30 in the morning. . . :)

[Big Lar]

If you take off the sticker very carefully, then apply a small shot of graphite to the fan where the sticker was, reapply the sticker, it should quieten it up some.

[YMAN]

In The bearings?
Will thet quiet it up much?

What about a small amount of WD-40 or Bar & Chain Oil?

[Billvill]

Have you tried unpluging the fan ? I find unpluging a fan quiets it right up ! LOL Sorry folks I couldn't resist .

Billy

[y0ungsta]

HOw much will it reduce if u apply oil in the ball bearing?

[Fjeld]

Originally posted by y0ungsta
HOw much will it reduce if u apply oil in the ball bearing?

Hey, they´re all teasing you here, I think! If bearings are crapped, they may be running a little longer with a little drop of oil, but not for very long. Noise may go away for a while, but some day....
But i believe the noise you´re talking about, is form the fan blades? Not much to do about that, but reducing the fan speed!
Or switch to another more silent brand...

Watercooling is another trick. Veeery silent, indeed!

[y0ungsta]

awww!!! I'm being insulted :( THat's what i get being a newbie here......

[YMAN]

Ya Most noise comes from the blades ripping through the air
Fans also vibrate! Try putting some rubber washers between the case and the fan!!!

[YMAN]

That oil thing works when your bearings begin to age and start
to go bad! (Very long time)

[dimmreaper]

You can balance the fan(similar to what you do with a house fan) to reduce vibration.

You can mount it with rubber groumets to absorb some of the vibrations.

You can polish the fan blades so that they cause less turbulance, and as a result less noise.

And you can run some form of a voltage controler in a series with the fans possative lead.

That's about it.

[Cu]

I prefer my rheobus!

[TUK101]

I bought better speakers with a sub-woofer. It worked for me lol.:eek: :D

[Paul -The Mad Hatter]

Originally posted by y0ungsta
awww!!! I'm being insulted :( THat's what i get being a newbie here......

sorry if you feel insulted, every once and a while guys joke around, no harm intented, and we're pretty nice to new guys, so don't think that were picking on you,
aight ;)

[RJ]

put a rheostat on the fan thats what I did with my MC462 only sacrifice about 2*

[toutin]

If there is a forum that welcomes well new people, you're on it.

[Owenator]

If you do use a rheostat and the red (positive) lead be sure to insulate the rheo from the grounded case. I prefer to use the LM317 voltage reugulator circuit. You can of course, also use quiter fans. I find the Panaflo L series fans have good airflow and are quiet. One thing to try on cpu coolers is a larger slower fan. Usually larger fans can put out the same CFM but at a lower speed mure quietly. I use four 80mm Panaflo L series case fans formed in a 160mm square to cool my radiator and they work great and are almost silent! Silent is my goal, so eventually I want to water cool my video card, chipset, and power supply in addition to my cpu and only use the four Panaflo fans.

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[outhouse]

Do the silicone trick it works much better then rubber gromets you can find this info in the tips section i believe under heatrsink reviews. Ive done it to mine and it cuts the noise level way down.

[BrianCapps]

If there is a forum that welcomes well new people, you're on it.

If there isn't one, it's the VH Forums. Yikes. I'll never go back there.