Saturday, August 21, 2010

Larger PC case = Less noise??

I feel annoyed with the noise from my PC when I were studying





will large PC(I mean full tower case) case like iCute super18, Gigabyte 570 will produce less noise than middle tower case??





thanks for the help!!Larger PC case = Less noise??
Firstly, you need efficient CPU cooler. alot of noise comes from stock CPU cooler





3rd party coolers are more efficient because they comes in large heatsink with heatpipes that transfer heats around the heatsink in an efficient manner. When your heatsink is large, your fan don't need to turn as fast, and that's one of the selling point of these expensive 3rd party cooler. They are quiet





Of course you need a large case for large size cooler





Furthermore, large casing, may have larger fans holes, those 12cm fans





But being large alone is not enough, you need to get those silent type of fan. Silent fans runs slower, but since they are large fans, its ok, you will get sufficient airflow.





So, its expensive to build a silent system, and they goes hand in hand. You need a large case, but large case alone is not enoughLarger PC case = Less noise??
it all depends on the size of the fans, but generally a larger fan (120mm and up) will be much quieter than a smaller fan like an 80mm or smaller. My advice would be to go with an enermax uber chakra. it has a 250mm side fan that spins as fast as an 80mm, but it sounds more like a woosh then a high-pitched whine. and it'll anything you throw at it. BUT I ONLY ADVISE DOING THIS IF YOU BUILT THE COMPUTER YOURSELF OR KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING. I MEAN KNOW HOW TO REMOVE A KMOTHERBOARD, SET UP A BIOS, AND BUILD AND WIRE A COMPUTER. AND IF THIS IS A BRAND NAME COMPUTER LIKE A DELL, HP OR TOSHIBA, OR A LAPTOP, THEN DONT DO IT.
Depending on the material it is made out of will result in noise reduction as well as your cooling system. Liquid cooling provides a near silent environment. Then you have fans, which can be quiet if you get a little more high quality ones, this doesn't mean u need to splurge on like $20-30 fans or something, just better quality.
The main items that determine noise in a case are number of fans, drive noise, number of ventilation holes and the *material* the case is made of. If you are really wanting to reduce noise you would be better served dropping some of the fans for a liquid cooling system. The cost does not have to be significant.





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Maybe, but not enough to justify buying a new case.





You would be better off figuring out what is causing most of the noise and then remedying that.





In other words, maybe you have a fan with bad bearings, or maybe your hard drive is failing...

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