is your computer loud ?

i was wondering FOR PPL WITH NEW COMPS, are yours loud ?

mine is not really new, 3years old but i got this video card, ati radeaon x850 pro, and when i start playing a game like battlefield2, it starts making so much noise its really annoying. so i was wondering if high end computer can perform without being too loud. thx

Mine is loud .

Go to silentpcreview and quietpc.com and check reviews and forums to help make your computer quiet.

There is a lot you can do to quiet a system. Replace the stock GPU and CPU heatsink/fans, and put on quieter ones, where you control the fan speed. Zalman makes both. Watercooling works, but it can also open up problems like water pump failures to be fair. It's possible and easier to quiet a system with the right fans and heatsinks without going to watercooling. Some PSU's, and HD's are quieter; read silentpcreview for their detailed sound level anaylsis. Switch to quiet larger 120mm case fans that are ajustable, etc. 

If you open your case and listen you should be able to find the noisy components (usually the PSU, CPU fan, GPU fan, and sometimes smaller case fans), and attack the worse offenders. Some computer cases are designed to make a system quieter (they only have 120mm fans for example). Some graphics cards are specially designed to be quiet (with larger heatsinks for the GPU) and yet are still pretty fast -Asus, sapphire, etc make quiet versions of some cards. Zalman makes quieter heatsink/fans that fit the fastest cards, but read reviews carefully -some cards are very hot. Also stay away from fanless graphics cards and PSU's if you play games --I've been gaming for years and know from experience you want to be able to play for hours without pushing the heat limits too much and worrying about it. There are quiet PSU's with fans.

It's worth quieting your computer if the noise bothers you.  

i was wondering FOR PPL WITH NEW COMPS, are yours loud ?

mine is not really new, 3years old but i got this video card, ati radeaon x850 pro, and when i start playing a game like battlefield2, it starts making so much noise its really annoying. so i was wondering if high end computer can perform without being too loud. thx

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I go for all performance, don't care about noise.ElectricNZ

same here,  mine is loud as hell currently.  doesn't bother me now,  someday it may be an issue though

i would like it to rev my computer when i push my on bottonPoshkidney

Hey,

open your case and make sure that nothing is in the range of the fans.

My first computer was very noisy and i accidentally found that all the noise produced came from a wire that was continously hitting the fan :)

if u want it silent then liquid cool itflainsoul