Too loud!

[The Guardian]

I am running a 1.4ghz TBird system in an Antec SX1030B case.

I have already replaced all my ribbon cables with rounded cables.

I am currently using a FOP-38 heatsink with the small fan off a WBK-38 (the WBK heatsink would not fit on my motherboard).

I have the two Antec sleeve bearing fans, a high CFM fan and a variable RPM fan...

The two sleeve fans are fine however I am wondering if anyone can recommend a new CPU fan for me. I have already tried a Sunon fan (35 dB supposedly) that was still too loud. Also if anyone can recommend where to get two more good quality sleeve bearing case fans.

Finally, I don't particularly know if the PSU's fan is loud or not but I want to replace the PSU anyways because I can't stand not having the hard power switch, which the Antec PSU lacks. I would like at least 350W and a very quiet fan. (Can you tell I'm a noise freak? hehe).

I don't currently overclock (my motherboard refuses for some reason!) although my room temperature is low (usually 18-19C) so I don't need to extremely all out cool my system.

[fatshlink]

well dont know much about fans, but if you are that big of a nois freak, and dont overclock, go whith a cheep water cooling:D

[Warlord2]

try a fan off a Fop 32

donno how much cfm it has but my friend is using one for his 1.2 tbird and is not THAT loud but you will know its there

[Oni]

Throttle your fan back to 7 volts. Its easy to do. I actually posted some pix for another guy who wanted to do this recently. check them out here (http://24.150.17.155/3-4/index.html). (Yes, they are on my webspace, but I'm not advertising or anything bad, just trying to help somebody out.).

[Voodoo Rufus]

Panasonic Panaflos are good for low noise. They're sleeve bearing and quiet enough. Cheap H2O would be a good idea to consider also.

[The Guardian]

I'm too lazy for water cooling

where can I get the panasonic fans?

[foxmulder]

I modded my no name 400W PSU with a 80 mm 12db papst fan. It's virtually silent. As for case and cpu fans both papst and noiseblocker make really quit fans. I use both with my watercooling rig and it's QUIET.

Another tip is to detach your HDD from your case. Mine is mounted on some Foam rubber. A 50 cent mod that will drastically reduce noise levels. Just be sure you use 51/4 inch drive bay and leave space on top and bottom for air circulation.
My IBM 40 Gig 7200 drive does just fine, no temp problems.

[abb1]

Loud Noise = High Performance. Your call

[mw521]

Check www.kdcomputers.com for fans got a decent selection and decent prices. Got Panasonic too.

[oc1553]

I've taped on carbon pre-filter and that dampend the noise on my DORB 7000rpm fan.

Make sure you use good stuff so it doesn't stop the airflow. From my own tests, i thought it improved the noise greatly.

[mw521]

Yeah that works, I have been running the air duct system i'm playing with. (4 inch duct from intake to vent in window) When you plug up the duct it quites down quite a lot. I run a 4 by 12 filter on the intake. Keeps sucking leaves in though.

[The Guardian]

more questions :)

Is 80mm the proper size for a new PSU fan?

Also I don't see any particularly quiet 60mm fans for my CPU... there's only one quieter than the one I have.... anyone know where I can have a look at some of those Pabst fans?