Silverfox Posted February 18, 2008 Posted February 18, 2008 Jack, you are one crazy mofo I just like silence, that's all! No harm in that, surely? I really can't wait for SSD's to come in fat sizes. One hard disk spinning is fine, but two is really grating now. Most people would probably love a system this quiet, but it drives me nuts. <_< Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammin Posted February 18, 2008 Posted February 18, 2008 Tell me about it. I no longer have HDD (apart from seek) or GFX fan noise to worry about, but I'm going to have to take these Nexus fans down from 12v soon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverfox Posted February 18, 2008 Posted February 18, 2008 Tell me about it. I no longer have HDD (apart from seek) or GFX fan noise to worry about, but I'm going to have to take these Nexus fans down from 12v soon. Sounds like a plan. Even the Nexus at 7v was annoying for me, though I am a bit picky. They seemed happier at 12v with a less irritating 'buzz' but more audible, while 7v was very annoying for me Possibly my case, but fine without them regardless. Did you progress with any overclocking this evening? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdingeling Posted February 18, 2008 Posted February 18, 2008 There's nothing wrong with silence, I absolutely agree with you on that part. I tried to keep my system as quiet as possible, but then again that never worked out with my hardware wants X1950Pro = turbine until I switched the cooler to an Accelero X2 2900XT = turbine all the time (not nearly as bad, but still annoying) Enermax PSU = 1x80 and 1x92 fan, therefore not necessarily quiet although you could turn it down Q6600 OCed = have to put a decent CFM fan on the U-120X, therefore not that much quiet there Overall, the system was quite loud in comparison to some of the prebuilts that my friends have, but then again those tend to get real loud when put under load. Mine was 100% CPU load 24/7 for folding If I ever build a next rig, it'll be MUCH quieter! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdnbum88 Posted February 24, 2008 Posted February 24, 2008 I have the XFX 8800GT and I used the S1 with a Noctua 120mm fan and the thing is silent. My idle temp is 41 and load after playing Crysis it hit 50's. I put two more Noctua fans in, one 120mm in my Tuniq 120 along with swapping the NB fan on mt XFX 680i Sli LT with the Thermalright SLI/IFX and putting a 80mm there. One the SB I put the Enzotech copper passive heatsink. CPU idle temp is 30-32, system is 32-33. Next step is to swap my system fans with some Noctua's. My Vantec Stealth fans in the case are the ones I hear now. It is pretty darn quiet, but I think with a whole unit with Noctua will be pretty quiet. So will end up with nice and quiet and nice and cool B:) E4500 2.2 at 3.01 OC 1.37v Mobo - XFX 680i Sli LT OCZ Sli Ready 6400 DDR2 - 4-4-4-15-1T Tuniq 120 HSF Thermaltake Tsunami Case CoolerMaster 650W XFX 8800GT 640/980 - OC 680/1000 3DDMark06 - 12186 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammin Posted February 24, 2008 Posted February 24, 2008 (edited) OK, finally got around to sticking the Vantec Stealth on the S1. I have the Stealth on a Zalman Fanmate 2 and at the lowest setting it is acceptably quiet (for me anyway). A bit irritating a full speed, but then when gaming that won't be noticable either. Idle temps are down to 38/39c and after a quick run of rthdribl, temps stabilised at 46c. I'll throw some Crysis at it later on, which will likely send temps a bit higher (got to around 60c running passively). Looking good though. Edited February 24, 2008 by jammin Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverfox Posted February 24, 2008 Posted February 24, 2008 Be weary of the plastic end-caps on the S1 - if they are anything like the S2 that I have, they come off really easily when you least expect it. Otherwise, get some Crysis played on that Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammin Posted February 24, 2008 Posted February 24, 2008 I shall bear that in mind. The top set of zip ties are attached between the fins themselves, which would hopefully prevent any major disasters. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverfox Posted February 24, 2008 Posted February 24, 2008 Yeah pretty unlikely that there would ever be a problem, but better to be safe than sorry! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammin Posted February 25, 2008 Posted February 25, 2008 Just had a several hour session on Crysis and temps sat around the 45c mark, so overall I'm pretty happy with that improvement. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardnrg Posted February 25, 2008 Posted February 25, 2008 I might get some of these to shut up my 7800GTs and X1950Pro... I haven't ran stock air for ages and these single slot hs/f things are horrible... one of my 7800GTs even growls in a strange Dambusters way at low duty cycle... arg Where'd you get yours from? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammin Posted February 25, 2008 Posted February 25, 2008 Got mine from OcUK as they were the only place that had them in stock at the time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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