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Not sure if this is the right category to post this, but I am looking for help with optimizing the sound from my rig.

 

Running a 6800k with a 1tb toshiba and 120gb ocz vertex iii

antec kuhler h20 620

 

I just picked up a nzxt h20 because i thought my fractal core 1000 was just too loud. I do some video recording and I am having to pull the audio out and get rid of the background noise and then edit it back into the video. I want to reduce the noise my rig is making but I cant get it much lower than  40 dba. I always here people talking about silence optimizing there systems but not how to do it. I have my fans running low but that hasn't seemed to fix the problem. 

 

What else can I do to quiet my system?

 

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    CPU - AMD 6800k; Mobo - ASRock FM2A88M-HD+; RAM G. SKill 8GB(2x4gb); GPU - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580; Case - NZXT H230; Storage - Toshiba 1tb HDD, OCZ Agility 3 120 gb; Silverstone 600w 80+ bronze; Display - Dell 24 in., Generic 20 in.; Cooling - Antec Kuhler H20 620; Keyboard - Genereic Dell; Mouse - Logitech m510; Sound - Syba USB 2.0 DAC

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Acousti-pack, watercooling, turn your fans off if you aren't doing anything. Only the fan on my h100i spins when I'm idle.

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I appreciate your post, but please read my post in its entirety before you comment. The h20 has sound dampening padding. The antec 620 is a watercooler and it doesn't have software to control the fans.

    CPU - AMD 6800k; Mobo - ASRock FM2A88M-HD+; RAM G. SKill 8GB(2x4gb); GPU - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580; Case - NZXT H230; Storage - Toshiba 1tb HDD, OCZ Agility 3 120 gb; Silverstone 600w 80+ bronze; Display - Dell 24 in., Generic 20 in.; Cooling - Antec Kuhler H20 620; Keyboard - Genereic Dell; Mouse - Logitech m510; Sound - Syba USB 2.0 DAC

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plug all of your fans into a fan controller than can go from 0-12v

 

I'm essentially doing this right now with every fan except the gpu.

 

If you are just recording audio/video, there's really no reason why your computer needs to have any of its fans on.  As long as you have a beefy heatsink on your cpu you're not going to harm anything

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What's a NZXT H20?

Which parts of the system are loud?

 

I appreciate your post, but please read my post in its entirety before you comment. The h20 has sound dampening padding. The antec 620 is a watercooler and it doesn't have software to control the fans.

You need to quote a post or tag a member or else they won't get a notification you replied to them.

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What's a NZXT H20?

Which parts of the system are loud?

You need to quote a post or tag a member or else they won't get a notification you replied to them.

H230. My bad.

Yea, and I noticed the quote thing after I made the post. Thanks.

    CPU - AMD 6800k; Mobo - ASRock FM2A88M-HD+; RAM G. SKill 8GB(2x4gb); GPU - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580; Case - NZXT H230; Storage - Toshiba 1tb HDD, OCZ Agility 3 120 gb; Silverstone 600w 80+ bronze; Display - Dell 24 in., Generic 20 in.; Cooling - Antec Kuhler H20 620; Keyboard - Genereic Dell; Mouse - Logitech m510; Sound - Syba USB 2.0 DAC

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What's a NZXT H20?

Which parts of the system are loud?

I opened it up and front fans,gpu,and radiator were all around 45-50 dba. But my guess is the radiator fan is what is making all the noise. Don't have a way to regulate it.

    CPU - AMD 6800k; Mobo - ASRock FM2A88M-HD+; RAM G. SKill 8GB(2x4gb); GPU - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580; Case - NZXT H230; Storage - Toshiba 1tb HDD, OCZ Agility 3 120 gb; Silverstone 600w 80+ bronze; Display - Dell 24 in., Generic 20 in.; Cooling - Antec Kuhler H20 620; Keyboard - Genereic Dell; Mouse - Logitech m510; Sound - Syba USB 2.0 DAC

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I opened it up and front fans,gpu,and radiator were all around 45-50 dba. But my guess is the radiator fan is what is making all the noise. Don't have a way to regulate it.

Stop the fans with your hand and figure out which parts are loud. 

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Get a fan controller that allows for the fans to be completely turned off and leave all your case fans off when going the recording.

Also get rid of the AIO as the

Pump noise will always be there and replace it with an aircooler.

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So i tested all the fans and none of them seemed to be carrying the sound. My guess: hdd. Did replace the aio with a hyper 212 plus i had laying around. Did get a few dba quieter but not much. Reading Anandtechs review on this case I don't believe I'll be able to get much more. I might put the aio back in but this time to cool my 580 w/ a kraken g10. I dont know anymore.

    CPU - AMD 6800k; Mobo - ASRock FM2A88M-HD+; RAM G. SKill 8GB(2x4gb); GPU - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580; Case - NZXT H230; Storage - Toshiba 1tb HDD, OCZ Agility 3 120 gb; Silverstone 600w 80+ bronze; Display - Dell 24 in., Generic 20 in.; Cooling - Antec Kuhler H20 620; Keyboard - Genereic Dell; Mouse - Logitech m510; Sound - Syba USB 2.0 DAC

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So i tested all the fans and none of them seemed to be carrying the sound. My guess: hdd. Did replace the aio with a hyper 212 plus i had laying around. Did get a few dba quieter but not much. Reading Anandtechs review on this case I don't believe I'll be able to get much more. I might put the aio back in but this time to cool my 580 w/ a kraken g10. I dont know anymore.

Change your fans, you can get your

Pc silent it doesn't really matter on the case. I have a NZXT phantom 410 and it's absolutly silent the loudest component is the HDD. so yeah just swap all the fans for silent fans, keep the EVO and get a fan controller.

CPU: i7 3770k@ 4.6Ghz@ 1.23v - GPU: Palit GTX 660ti - MOBO: Asrock Extreme 4 - RAM: Corsair vengeance 8GB 1600Mhz - PSU: OCZ 650watt - STORAGE: 128Gb corsair force GT SSD/ 1TB seagate barracuda 7200rpm

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Change your fans, you can get your

Pc silent it doesn't really matter on the case. I have a NZXT phantom 410 and it's absolutly silent the loudest component is the HDD. so yeah just swap all the fans for silent fans, keep the EVO and get a fan controller.

Ya. Found out that what I'm hearing is the hdd. 

    CPU - AMD 6800k; Mobo - ASRock FM2A88M-HD+; RAM G. SKill 8GB(2x4gb); GPU - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580; Case - NZXT H230; Storage - Toshiba 1tb HDD, OCZ Agility 3 120 gb; Silverstone 600w 80+ bronze; Display - Dell 24 in., Generic 20 in.; Cooling - Antec Kuhler H20 620; Keyboard - Genereic Dell; Mouse - Logitech m510; Sound - Syba USB 2.0 DAC

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Ya. Found out that what I'm hearing is the hdd.

Yeah nothing you can do about that other than go SSD's all round.

CPU: i7 3770k@ 4.6Ghz@ 1.23v - GPU: Palit GTX 660ti - MOBO: Asrock Extreme 4 - RAM: Corsair vengeance 8GB 1600Mhz - PSU: OCZ 650watt - STORAGE: 128Gb corsair force GT SSD/ 1TB seagate barracuda 7200rpm

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