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Quieting your Athlon XP or Pentium 4

Ashley Bischoff1 Comment

From Slashdot, “How to quiet Athlon XP or P4 without fancy case”

  1. Remove noisy cpu and case fans.
  2. Get Swiftech MCX462 heatsink (CAD$85) plus Vantec Stealth fan 80 mm (CAD$20, 21 dBA) to cool it. Use Artic Silver 3 thermal compound (CAD$13/tube).
  3. Replace case fans and possibly power supply fan with Vantec Stealth fans.
  4. Avoid slot loading DVD drives (i.e. like car cd players, no tray) because noise gets out of the slot.
  5. Make sure your box is sitting on carpet and not wood/concrete.
  6. If worried about airflow, remove those bulky IDE and floppy cables and get rounded cables. (About CAD$15-20 each.)

Cool, I'll have to keep those tips in mind when I assemble my next PC (which may be around the time that Hammer comes out). [Credit: Thanks Jucius Maximus!]