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What are some of your best tips you have found that make builds quiet?

What worked, and what didn't work?

 

(Assume you are using a generic case to begin with, a Corsair 250D, for example. Not a "silent case")

 

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What worked:

Buy 2 200mm fans and 2 enermax silence vegas fans ==> SUPER QUIET SYSTEM

 

What didn't work:

Buy corsair fans = CONSIDERABLY louder when on idle compared to the above PC on load

 

Use silence adapters and/or buy a fan controller?

 

Set a fan curve for both CPU and GPU fans

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rubber screws + MORE RUBBER.

 

 

Fan controller to TURN OFF all case fans at idle!! and turn on fans when you game with music or headset

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Lamptron FAN-ATIC 5-port Military Switch Baybus

 

 

That will turn off fans!!! and not just 5v

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a massive cooler, a case that supports alot of large fans, and a fanc controller that can turn fans off. 

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Rubber isolator stuff, fan controller stock Corsair fans (two 120mm, really quiet; two 140mm, high rpm).

 

Swapped out original blower for PSU in my Dell for one out of a newer one.

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None windows cases, buy some sound dampening foam and stick that to the side panel.

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Thank you all! Great suggestions!

 

If you have any other ideas, please post!

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Never turn it on?

 

Or some good quiet fans + a fan controller 
I guess a fractal case is good too. My friends Arc midi is damn near silent with the stock fans

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Do fan filters have much effect on noise? (Just comparing a build with them on and off)

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A cooler that's way to big for your gpu, my 660 has the same cooler a 680 has. Don't over clock so you can keep heat down

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