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PostIcon Posted on: Jan. 10 2001,22:29  Skip to the next post in this topic. Ignore posts   QUOTE
I have a full tower which I got from www.cantek.com about 2 years ago. It sounds like a washing machine when I turn it on. I was wondering if anyone knows what brand of fans are the quietest of them all. Thanks.
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Do you mean the cpu HSF is too loud or the case fans are too loud, er what?

here's a suggestion..
I have my old celeron 300a@464 2.4v running as a linux server now, and it's damn loud with like 5 fans, so I'm planning on installing a switch on the front of the case that will allow me to turn all of the non-essential fans on and off at my whim. A router doesn't need to be overclocked to within an inch of it's life so i will only need 1 cpu fan on all of the time now.

Install a fan switch. Or if you want to get creative, install a thermostatically controlled fan switch! heheh

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or you could change the voltage to your fan to 5V instead of 12V

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Oh I was talking about the 3.5" size fans in the front and back of the tower. It sounds like a jet engine when it starts up.
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I've reaed that Panaflo has some quiet fans. I'd just do a search for 'case fan reviews'.

Yes, there are many nuts out there that will do a hardware review on a goddamn fan :]

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And, who out there has too much time on their hands, or too much money to know what to do with for that matter?

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On the note of temp-controlled fans, some ACPI BIOS configurations can control a fan based on temperature. Though I've only seen that in a laptop.

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