Re: How do i make my PC quieter?

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From: DeMoN LaG
Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 14:10

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"Gareth Church" <gechurch@bigpond.com.au> wrote in
news:FmMG8.15820$b5.54815@newsfeeds.bigpond.com, on 22 May 2002: 

> Were they just case fans? Chances are you can survive without
> them. Also, the fan in your PSU is noisy. So you can buy a quiter
> PSU. Oh, the little fan on the northbridge on your mobo can be
> unplugged. It probably isn't very loud, but mine started to die a
> whirring (loud) death soon after I bought my mobo. I just
> unplugged it and it has been fine. 
> 

I would disagree with unplugging the northbridge fan.  Yes, it isn't 
"needed", but the fan barely makes any noise at all and it makes no 
sense to not keep it running.  Most of the time, the noisiest fan is 
either the PS fan or the CPU fan (a 7000 RPM delta fan is quite loud).  

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