Geez. Noisy PC. We all have to deal with them. Kind of sucks.

[EclipseJP]

One of the points of watercooling is to quiet things down but then you got a big 120 mm fan blowing on the radiator. On top of that you got 2 80 mm fans in the front and 2 in the back. Then you got a fan blowing onto the video card. After all that all I can hear is fans. I wish there was a better solution. But we all have to deal with it. Kind of sucks. But I guess thats what the Klipsch 5.1 is for

 

[Mike K]

Check out the front page. There is an article on how someone quieted his computer. Although it looks kinda ugly.

 

[Starfoxer]

build one inside a fridge. ya won't hear a thing and it will be really
cool

 

[Maximus Nickus]

Lower the voltage on the fans.

 

[Ugmore Baggage]

If you want a quieter watercooling setup, try adding more radiators. Be sure there's plenty of natural air circulation over them or add fans as needed. Any radiator that doesnt have an exhaust fan should be outside of the case, or it'll raise your "ambient" system temps.

I think people in the forums have mentioned automotive "heater core" style radiators which are compact and designed for swift dispersal (they are what the engine coolant runs through to heat the cabin). If I'm wrong about this, please somebody correct.
They're designed for quick radiance with high power fans, I think their fins are too close together to operate well with just house drafts. I'm not sure what would be best for that but I saw a circular solution intended for farm machinery that had the right idea, it would create its own air current as heat built up in it's center area.

Simply moving the main (pump and) radiator outside of the case should negate the need for most of those other fans you mentioned, assuming you have decent insulation on your water lines.

 

[CrystalMethod]

Vaporchill...

 

[nohoy]

Lower the voltage on the fans.

well this may sound like a bad question but there is no such thing

how do you lower the voltage on fans? im really upset with mine since i cant sleep with them on and i cant run the computer with them off

 

[Diu]

well this may sound like a bad question but there is no such thing

how do you lower the voltage on fans? im really upset with mine since i cant sleep with them on and i cant run the computer with them off

Y not?
7Volt mod.

 

[RnPgrosz]

Yeah do a 7volt mod. Serach for instrucctions but its a pretty easy to do. Consists of pulling 2 wires and switching them.

 

[Guid0]

why not do some kind of fanbus with a
potentiamoiter<--butchered.......i think it's called a baybus?


is this what ya'll talking about?

turn your fan speed down at night up during work time

 

[manrrl]

I've used the 7volt mod and like. Works well but now I use a rheostat and adjust the rpms to suit the ambient temps. This gives more options and I seldom have to turn the fans on high. Why not try to work more on the surrounding temps.Cooler office?

 

[Szech]

Before I gave my system to my sister (and went to my backup system), I had a watercooled Duron [email protected] The heat exchanger I used was a heater core about 6" X 7" X 2" with 1/2" barbs I epoxied on. I kept it outside of the case with no fan, and positioned it so that the fins were vertical (I figured hot air rises, so I had to keep the area above and below it clear), and the temps at load wouldn't go over 43C. I was shooting for silence, but I never got around to changing the fan in the power supply (Sparkle 300 watt, BTW), so I never did get it silent. I honestly think the "Noise Killer" sticker on those power supplies is bull$#!+.

Anyway, having silenced the fan noise in my backup and my POS backup, it is now the hard drives that are the loudest, most obnoxious component. I have them rubber mounted with an attached ground wire, and moved to the back of the case, but they are the last thing between me and silence. I'm considering laptop hard drives, but they are expensive for the size that you get (sigh)... So take my word for it: it never ends.

 

[FireMogle]

goto http://www.virtual-hideout.net/ ,they have guides for 7v trick and a circuit that is temp controlled(although not perfect). Has other stuff too