At the moment my PC sounds like a jet engine. This coupled with really open back headphones is driving me insane.
I think the noise is probably due to both my PSU being under ridiculously high load (90% or more) and my case/CPU fans being low quality and noisy. I used a PC power consumption calculator and it told me my usage was around 700-750W. I'm guessing when your power consumption is close to 100% the fans get incredibly noisy.
I've tested the sound pressure outside the case and it's around 66dB (using an android app on my phone). I had the phone pressed up to the case.
I was thinking of getting an 850W PSU: http://www.amazon.co.uk/EVGA-Super-NOVA-Power-Supply/dp/B00J299ALA. Also, is 1000W a viable option for me?
Here are the noise pressure levels for my PSU right now:
http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Cases-...ly-Review/Efficiency-Differential-Temperature
Noise pressure levels from the 850W PSU I'm currently looking at:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/8051/evga-supernova-850-g2-power-supply-review/4
It looks like the upgrade would make no difference in terms of sound. Am I missing something?
Even when I unplugged the case fans from my PC to isolate the noise from the PSU, the PC was still very noisy. My brother's PC is the same as mine, but minus the second GTX 660Ti and sound card. His is whisper quiet when compared to mine. He also has nice Fractal Design case fans that are really quiet.
For fans I was considering the "be quiet! silent wings 2" for case fans and the "be quiet! shadow wings" fans for my 120mm radiator. Any alternatives fans which are a really quiet and are sufficiently powerful?
Specs:
- i5 3570k@4.5GHz (1.28V)
- 2 x GTX660Ti's (quietest non-reference version) in SLI
- 2 x 4GB DDR3 RAM
- Antec H2O 920 CPU water cooler
- Soundblaster Z
- OCZ ZS series 750W PSU
- Samsung PRO 256GB SSD
- SanDisk 240GB Extreme Pro SSD
- WD Black 1TB HDD
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
I think the noise is probably due to both my PSU being under ridiculously high load (90% or more) and my case/CPU fans being low quality and noisy. I used a PC power consumption calculator and it told me my usage was around 700-750W. I'm guessing when your power consumption is close to 100% the fans get incredibly noisy.
I've tested the sound pressure outside the case and it's around 66dB (using an android app on my phone). I had the phone pressed up to the case.
I was thinking of getting an 850W PSU: http://www.amazon.co.uk/EVGA-Super-NOVA-Power-Supply/dp/B00J299ALA. Also, is 1000W a viable option for me?
Here are the noise pressure levels for my PSU right now:
http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Cases-...ly-Review/Efficiency-Differential-Temperature
Noise pressure levels from the 850W PSU I'm currently looking at:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/8051/evga-supernova-850-g2-power-supply-review/4
It looks like the upgrade would make no difference in terms of sound. Am I missing something?
Even when I unplugged the case fans from my PC to isolate the noise from the PSU, the PC was still very noisy. My brother's PC is the same as mine, but minus the second GTX 660Ti and sound card. His is whisper quiet when compared to mine. He also has nice Fractal Design case fans that are really quiet.
For fans I was considering the "be quiet! silent wings 2" for case fans and the "be quiet! shadow wings" fans for my 120mm radiator. Any alternatives fans which are a really quiet and are sufficiently powerful?
Specs:
- i5 3570k@4.5GHz (1.28V)
- 2 x GTX660Ti's (quietest non-reference version) in SLI
- 2 x 4GB DDR3 RAM
- Antec H2O 920 CPU water cooler
- Soundblaster Z
- OCZ ZS series 750W PSU
- Samsung PRO 256GB SSD
- SanDisk 240GB Extreme Pro SSD
- WD Black 1TB HDD
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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