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Mcoop894
By Mcoop894
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I'm going to migrate my system into a new case either this year or next year and I want to make it as quiet as I possibly can. Right now when my system is under load it can get pretty loud. So what are some good fans you guys recommend? I know Noctua and Be Quiet! are good brands.

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Corsair ML maglev fans are the most quiet fans under high RPM, but they are also quite costly for kitting out a case completely.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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What are your specs and which components are too noisy?

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I recently swapped  6  Corsair ML's over to 6 LL's and honestly struggle to notice the difference audibly.. That's with 3 on the AIO 2 x 140 top and a 120 rear with the whole system sitting within arms reach...

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Case is a Corsair 450D, I7-6700K, Corsair H115i (though I might switch to air cooling), 16 GB of G.Skill RAM, GTX 1080 and Corsair 750w PSU. Tthe case fans and AIO fans are what is causing the noise.

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3 hours ago, Mcoop894 said:

Case is a Corsair 450D, I7-6700K, Corsair H115i (though I might switch to air cooling), 16 GB of G.Skill RAM, GTX 1080 and Corsair 750w PSU. Tthe case fans and AIO fans are what is causing the noise.

Why are you thinking of switching to air cooling? Have you tried lowering fan speeds?

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4 hours ago, WoodenMarker said:

Why are you thinking of switching to air cooling? Have you tried lowering fan speeds?

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@WoodenMarker I was thinking that since I'm migrating to a new case I may want to try air cooling. But it's just a thought. I have not tried messing with the fan speeds, but even then the stock case fans get pretty loud no matter what I think.

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7 minutes ago, Mcoop894 said:

@WoodenMarker I was thinking that since I'm migrating to a new case I may want to try air cooling. But it's just a thought. I have not tried messing with the fan speeds, but even then the stock case fans get pretty loud no matter what I think.

Most fans are loud at high or max rpm. Most quiet fans are meant to be turned down to low rpm anyway and can go higher rpm and be noisy if needed. If you want your system to be quieter, you'll probably have to adjust fan speeds either way. 

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