the parts to making my pc as quiet as possible

Jgriff · Oct 9, 2013

So I just completed my first build and although it is pretty quiet I'd like to go a step further.

My build:
case SilverStone ps07, cpu i5-4570 (stock cpu cooler), Seasonic g series 550w psu, Asus gryphon z87, 8gb G skill ares, Evga gtx 760 oc

Now what Im asking is which parts would I need to replace/ add to make things quieter while still having decent temps, did a little research but still kind of new at this pc thing, would these do the trick and would they fit with my build? Any other recommendations would be cool.

replace stock cooler http://www.amazon.com/NoFan-CR-95C-Copper-IcePipe-Fanless/dp/B009OXB1ZM
replace psu http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817121080
2 of these to replace stock case fans http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608039

monsta · Oct 9, 2013

A lot of motherboards have fan settings in the bios , you can choose the silent option if you like for the case fans but not recomended for the cpu fan.
Look for fans with lower db levels, go for water cooling and change the screws on the fans for rubber plugs to reduce vibration.
Theres many options out there , do comparisons. I changed all my case fans to lower db ones and it made a big difference.
Using only SSD's for hard dives also reduces noise.

ssddx · Oct 9, 2013

well... what is currently making noise?

i would advise against a cpu cooler like that as they do not work very well.
there is no need to buy a new psu as the one you have will be just as quiet.
depending on what is producing noise ... you may or may not want new fans.

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it looks like your case has 4 fan slots. you can fill them all up and use a fan controller to turn them down so they are silent. when playing games you may need to raise them back up though.

besides that i would need to hear what is actually creating the noise. you should be able to track it down.

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keep in mind that you will not get your pc to be completely silent. there will always be some noise.

wdmfiber · Oct 10, 2013

I replaced my fans with: CoolerMaster Silent Fan 120 SI2's, including the ones on my H100 (closed loop liquid). And I run this cooler on my GPU:
http://www.arctic.ac/en/p/cooling/vga/455/accelero-mono-plus.html
As I recall it had two speeds and I just plugged it into a molex connector at the slower speed. It dropped my GPU temps too(a lot), however the unit is huge. My GPU now takes up 3 slots.
And my PSU is an OCZ Stealth Stream.

I can hear that my system is on. But it's very quiet and cool (i7-2700K, last of the soldered goodness).
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I"ll 2nd ssddx on that cooler. I wouldn't get it, especially with Haswell. Frig, you'll overheat!
Go for an H80(or competitor) and swap out the fans to silent ones. You can go even quieter than the SI2's(I just got them cause the 4 pack at newegg was a good deal and I didn't want LED fan lights).

Jgriff · Oct 10, 2013

Opened the case and it turns out the Hard drive is whats making 99% of the noise 0_o with it removed the pc is hardly audible from 3 feet away...hmmm I thought hdd's were only noisy while seeking? This thing is letting off a steady annoying whir, no more western digital caviars for me unless theres some program I can run to change it.

Thanks for the cooler suggestions, my chip using realtemp Im getting in the 30's idle and under load in the 70's. Idk if thats good or what but Im sure a cooler would help. Now just to get a SSD too, they need to come down in price big time.

Wow seems as if western digital have disabled aam, tried using a bunch of programs but they wont let me enable it, google search popped up with hundreds of people asking for it smh, this will be my first and last time buying western digital...always went with seagate but figured id save 5 bucks on a tb hd, never again.

ssddx · Oct 10, 2013

there is nothing wrong with western digital drives as far as noise is concerned. i have used them for years and they are no more or less noisy than any other hard drive i've heard. likely you have alot of disk access for some reason. you are likely to get this noise using any drive. what particular model did you get?

it is normal to hear the hdd spool up as well as to hear some mechanical noises. however here are some bad sounds you dont want to hear. since it is new i doubt there is anything mechanically wrong though. http://datacent.com/hard_drive_sounds.php

as far as aam is concerned most modern hard drives actually come with it enabled. the exception would be raptors and any performance drive. not sure if black have it on or off by default. crystaldisk is a program which allows you to change it (if you can) in about 3 clicks.

the lower the rpm the lower the noise output as well. 5200 drives are about as silent as you will get but suffer from a performance standpoint. 7200 drives are about normal while 10000 drives are very noisy.

a ssd is completely silent. no mechanical noise at all. when i used mechanical hard drives it was completely normal to hear just a little bit of noise coming from them. not much, but enough to pick it out from the rest of the hardware if you were close. with a ssd all of my system noise is coming from fans. i have my regular hard drives (caviar blacks) now set to a data drive and whenever i access the drive i do hear them however i dont hear them the rest of the time.

you can eliminate most of the noise by having a sound dampened case, putting the case under a desk or by playing any sound at all like music on a low volume. basically you wont hear it unless you are sitting at a silent desk with no other sounds going on which is normal.

30 idle and 70 load is not bad. a better cooler would drop those temperatures but really is not required at all.

Jgriff · Oct 10, 2013

Thanks for all your help, I do have sound dampening material that Ive put on the inside of the door, still able to hear it spinning away faintly..its just a more higher pitched sound than the rest of the equipment it has no aam option in the program, its a WD Blue 1 TB Desktop Hard Drive: 3.5 Inch, 7200 RPM, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64 MB Cache - WD10EZEX.. the pc is in a small quiet room, probably has alot to do with it, only notice it when theres no sound running. Overall its a TON quieter than my previous 12 year old dust covered pc lol went from a dell intel pentium 4 to this build and other than that ive been using external seagate drives guess i was expecting the HD to be as silent as them, oh well Ill probably sell it on the bay and grab a ssd for a little more.

ssddx · Oct 10, 2013

some external enclosures are rather thick which may diffuse some of the noise.

often the cheaper cases such as the one you listed are more noisy than the more expensive heavier built cases.

my 1/16 aluminum lian-li case was always much quieter than a similar thin steel case. part of it has to do with the case being more solid and the other is that there is more material to dampen the noise.

keeping the pc on the floor also helps. with my pc on the floor i hardly hear it but on the desk it is at ear level with nothing to break up the noise so i hear the fans on mine now.

a ssd is quiet.. for a main drive though i'd go with at least a 120 (250 recommended) from samsung (830,840,840pro,840evo) or intel. personally i dont trust anything else.

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