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<blockquote data-quote="markr" data-source="post: 52419" data-attributes="member: 18947">quiet pcAnother idea (one I have used - that makes a massive difference) is to&nbsp; alter the cabling for the fan's so that they run at a lower voltage. If you read the specs on a lot of the quiet fans, they just run slower and shift less air ! I purchased a cheap case ( made by Antler - its a small one can't remember the model) and run the case fan and the cpu fan from 7 volts (wired across +12 V and +5) from the PSU wiring.&nbsp; If you install the motherboard monitoring software the PC is happy as larry and if there is ever a problem it'll shutdown to save itself. So far mine has not overheated (I left it on with MP running in a window and the temp monitoring sw showing for 24 hours to see how hot it gets). The noisiest fan was in the PSU - so I have to dismantly that to get at the wires for that - and I connected everything to a spare drive connector on the output from the PSU.It's made a massive difference and means I have a very quiet case for&nbsp; Â£30 !RegardsMark</blockquote>

[QUOTE="markr, post: 52419, member: 18947"] [b]quiet pc[/b] Another idea (one I have used - that makes a massive difference) is to alter the cabling for the fan's so that they run at a lower voltage. If you read the specs on a lot of the quiet fans, they just run slower and shift less air ! I purchased a cheap case ( made by Antler - its a small one can't remember the model) and run the case fan and the cpu fan from 7 volts (wired across +12 V and +5) from the PSU wiring. If you install the motherboard monitoring software the PC is happy as larry and if there is ever a problem it'll shutdown to save itself. So far mine has not overheated (I left it on with MP running in a window and the temp monitoring sw showing for 24 hours to see how hot it gets). The noisiest fan was in the PSU - so I have to dismantly that to get at the wires for that - and I connected everything to a spare drive connector on the output from the PSU. It's made a massive difference and means I have a very quiet case for Â£30 ! Regards Mark [/QUOTE]

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