Thanks for all the replies. As it is a rather small case its kinda hard to figure out which part is the #1 culprit. I figured out which one is behind all this noise however. Like I said earlier I have replaced an old system fan that was noisy with a new Papst 80 mm. When I tested it it was...
Its an IBM Deskstar 30 GB. I dont remember the exact name but its a very common one. I also have an older secondary 5 GB drive though. Maybe thats the noisy one. But dont they usually only make noise when theyre working? Can you hear them in idle too?
Cool. Thanks for the pics. I might try that though my case is not as big as yours. I doubt theres room for a fan on the back but i should be able to make one on top. At first I used the black stuff that was already on the cooler but as it go warm I tried with some cooling paste. No I didnt use...
But how would I go about installing these fans in the case?? I only have one intake and no exhaust other than the CPU. Is that wrong?? I dont see where all these fans go either. I heard of people with up to 7 fans in their system. Do you guys make new holes in the case for these fans or what??
I just upgraded my old P2 333 to an Athlon XP 1600+, ECS K7S5A, Thermal Take Silent Viking cooler, Q_Silent systems 300 W PSU, Palit GF3 ti200 and a Papst 80 mm Case fan.
I have major problems though. The system runs ok but its gets very warm. 35 Celsius in the case and 55-60 Celsius on the CPU...
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