Loud PC

[ShadyInvictus]

Hello Linustechtips community !

 

i hope you are doing great and u can help me with my Question.

I have a loud PC, i recently swapped my crappy Case out for a new one

 

I had the Sharkoon VG4-W Case and it had crappy loud fans.

 

And now i have the be Quiet! Silent Base 600 and my PC is still too loud in my Opinion.

 

i have the intel stock cooler on and even when i stop it with my finger, it still makes loud windy noises.

 

i also got the MSi GTX 960 4G Gaming Edition.

 

It is my Old HDD Harddrive maybe ? i got a very old C Drive and a new Seagate HDD drive.

 

 

I only hear the Case fans when i crank them up on the Fancontroller.

 

i hope i covered everything up and i hope someone here could help me, Peace out and have a good day! 

[Castdeath97]

The power supply what is it? It could be its fans.

[ShadyInvictus]

The power supply what is it? It could be its fans.

i got the Seasonic S12 II 

[WoodenMarker]

Try disconnecting your hdd to see if that's where the noise is coming from. Continue to stop fans with your hands as well to isolate the noise.

[SaladFingers]

First off, if fans are moving lots of air, even if they are dead silent mechanically, you will still hear the air moving in and out. A good strategy would be to have more fans and run them at lower rpms, but it can't be completely silent unless you go 100% passive cooling.

 

That stock cooler is actually pretty noisy and just "good enough". I would recommend to save up about 20-30 bucks and getting a third party solution.

 

HDD drives unfortunately are loud. If we are talking about a high performance HDD, like the WD Blacks, then it will be the noisiest part of your computer when it's under load.

[cfair766]

bios, lower cpu fan to 15%, old hdd can be loud depending on which ones, could also be cheap psu

[WoodenMarker]

First off, if fans are moving lots of air, even if they are dead silent mechanically, you will still hear the air moving in and out. A good strategy would be to have more fans and run them at lower rpms, but it can't be completely silent unless you go 100% passive cooling.

That stock cooler is actually pretty noisy and just "good enough". I would recommend to save up about 20-30 bucks and getting a third party solution.

HDD drives unfortunately are loud. If we are talking about a high performance HDD, like the WD Blacks, then it will be the noisiest part of your computer when it's under load.

Airflow noise is usually much quieter than the bearing noise that is present in just about every fan so that's probably not the issue and it rarely is. 

Depending on the stock cooler, this may or may not be true. Intel's stock cooler can actually be fairly quiet with a good fan curve and good case airflow.

[SaladFingers]

Airflow noise is usually much quieter than the bearing noise that is present in just about every fan so that's probably not the issue and it rarely is. 

Depending on the stock cooler, this may or may not be true. Intel's stock cooler can actually be fairly quiet with a good fan curve and good case airflow.

 

True, but some fans have barely any bearing noise at all, especially the ones that aren't advertised as "enthusiast" or "performance" etc. My point being that 100% quietness is impossible on a build that contains fans that move air About intel's stock cooler I find it pretty loud when it revs up and keeping it at low rpm usually means the cpu will run on the hotter side of things.

[WoodenMarker]

True, but some fans have barely any bearing noise at all, especially the ones that aren't advertised as "enthusiast" or "performance" etc. My point being that 100% quietness is impossible on a build that contains fans that move air About intel's stock cooler I find it pretty loud when it revs up and keeping it at low rpm usually means the cpu will run on the hotter side of things.

Even then, the airflow itself is much quieter than the bearing or motor noise. What's usually audible is rarely the airflow but instead turbulence with obstacles if not bearing or motor noise. 

[SaladFingers]

Even then, the airflow itself is much quieter than the bearing or motor noise. What's usually audible is rarely the airflow but instead turbulence with obstacles if not bearing or motor noise. 

 

Well, maybe by airflow I also mean the turbulence, not sure. But from personal experience with my rig, if I remove one specific fan that has a loud bearing, all that I can hear is "woooooosh" and no "buzzing" bearing sounds whatsoever. There are also nearly zero obstacles for the airflow, but there's still that "wind" sound. It's actually not that annoying too, the buzzing sounds are the worst.

[WoodenMarker]

Well, maybe by airflow I also mean the turbulence, not sure. But from personal experience with my rig, if I remove one specific fan that has a loud bearing, all that I can hear is "woooooosh" and no "buzzing" bearing sounds whatsoever. There are also nearly zero obstacles for the airflow, but there's still that "wind" sound. It's actually not that annoying too, the buzzing sounds are the worst.

Buzzing is usually from vibrations, often from HDD's. If you get to hold a NF-S12A, do so while it's in the open. It moves a lot of air and is very quiet but the airflow itself isn't what's causing the little bit of noise that it does produce.