New machine

[Rhodes]

Pick up today my new machine.

ASUS P755D Deluxe
Intel i5
3 Gb Ram
Asus Gforce 9800 GT
500 gigabyte disk!

Strangely I think it's more noisy that my old one. Now, what are more noisy, the case fan? The power supply fan? or the graphics card fan? The cpu fan, I chose one of low noise, since I my old one was soooo loud!

PS: Still using XP to run SH3 fine, ehehhe:D

[CaptainHaplo]

Usually its the GPU fan that makes the most noise if your using a low noise CPU one. The larger case fans can turn slower (thus less noise) to move the required amount of air.

[Rhodes]

sorry for the late reply, a bit of cold/flu case. I think it's more the vga card fan, it's enormus, possible all the noise can be from it. My old card didn't had fan, and the computer was more quiter!

[Castout]

Congratulation on the buy :DL

I hate XP :O:

I prefer Vista or better 7.

[JSLTIGER]

The noise that you're hearing is comming from the 9800GT. The G92 is a lukewarm chip that can be quiet in its two-slot form factor, but the GT version of the card is only single slot. Because the single slot heatsink is not as efficient at cooling the G92, the fan has to work harder to keep temps down. With the fan working harder it is spinning at higher RPMs and just like your car's engine, higher RPMs means more noise. 99% certain that's where your noise issue is coming from.

[Rhodes]

The noise that you're hearing is comming from the 9800GT. The G92 is a lukewarm chip that can be quiet in its two-slot form factor, but the GT version of the card is only single slot. Because the single slot heatsink is not as efficient at cooling the G92, the fan has to work harder to keep temps down. With the fan working harder it is spinning at higher RPMs and just like your car's engine, higher RPMs means more noise. 99% certain that's where your noise issue is coming from.:up:

I am thinking of change the heatsink of the new card for the old one that didn had any fan... ehehehe. Apart from this, I like the new machine!:rock:

[Castout]

The noise that you're hearing is comming from the 9800GT. The G92 is a lukewarm chip that can be quiet in its two-slot form factor, but the GT version of the card is only single slot. Because the single slot heatsink is not as efficient at cooling the G92, the fan has to work harder to keep temps down. With the fan working harder it is spinning at higher RPMs and just like your car's engine, higher RPMs means more noise. 99% certain that's where your noise issue is coming from.


I'm using 9800GTX+ myself I have no noise problem here. It's real quiet except when one of the tower fan is lacking lubricant.:)

[JSLTIGER]

GTX+ has a two slot cooler (like my 8800 GTS 512) and doesn't face the same issues as the GT with a single slot cooling solution.

[JSLTIGER]

:up:

I am thinking of change the heatsink of the new card for the old one that didn had any fan... ehehehe. Apart from this, I like the new machine!:rock:

I would definitely recommend against this. A heatsink without a fan might not be adequate to cool your GPU and could result in high temps frying the card.

[Castout]

GTX+ has a two slot cooler (like my 8800 GTS 512) and doesn't face the same issues as the GT with a single slot cooling solution.

Ooops didn't know that :oops:

[Rhodes]

Sorry for the late reply/ bringing back a old thread.
I manage to discovered the guilty part that makes all the noise.
It's the case fan! After I and a friend of mine stoped the fan, the noise wall all gone, even the vga card is silent. Will get a new silent fan for the case now!