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youwillfearme · 10-19-07, 02:44 PM

If you are still unsure mate, this is the order of upgrades I would recommend from experience: Get a "noiseless" case with good reviews for around 120-200 bucks and notice the huge difference as this upgrade will overall decrease the noise output of every component inside the entire case! If you are still not impressed, get a "noiseless" PSU for around the same price as the case. And if that still doesn't impress you, get a "noiseless" GPU (graphic processing unit) heatsink along with heatspreaders for the memory for around 40-60 bucks if you want quality. (NB: Replacing the stock cooler on your graphics card will brake the warranty.)

Alternatively get a "noiseless" HDD cooler as it both keeps your hard disk drive cool (this decreases the chances of failure and increases life) and drains out most of the high pitch noise it makes from the fast-spinning disk inside the drive which is arguably the worst of all the noises that come from most computers.

I would not recommend tampering with your graphics card as it brakes the warrenty and doesn't improve cooling, only decreases the noise output.

However, a 3rd party CPU cooler is a must-have upgrade regardless of whether or not you want to shut up your computer as such an upgrade generally make less noise then a stock cooler and out performs them even if you get a cheap one.

In my opinion, everyone should at least get a "noiseless" case to overall decrease noise output of everything inside, and a 3rd party CPU cooler just so you can overclock considerably to get that little extra from your computer. And incrementally upgrade as you see fit. Exposing yourself to a noisy computer long term can cause permanent damage to your hearing. These steps will shut your computer up just enough and still get some performance for an affordable price as a "noiseless" case cost the same as a regular one, and the CPU cooler is a must have anyway unless you are a grandparent, in which case you don't hear anything anyway and thus don't need the lesser noise. Higher performing CPU wouldn't prove useful either as your movement speed and brain activity is slowed down by about 50% and thus don't need the extra performance.

10-19-07, 02:44 PM	#9
youwillfearme Swabbie Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 7 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	If you are still unsure mate, this is the order of upgrades I would recommend from experience: Get a "noiseless" case with good reviews for around 120-200 bucks and notice the huge difference as this upgrade will overall decrease the noise output of every component inside the entire case! If you are still not impressed, get a "noiseless" PSU for around the same price as the case. And if that still doesn't impress you, get a "noiseless" GPU (graphic processing unit) heatsink along with heatspreaders for the memory for around 40-60 bucks if you want quality. (NB: Replacing the stock cooler on your graphics card will brake the warranty.) Alternatively get a "noiseless" HDD cooler as it both keeps your hard disk drive cool (this decreases the chances of failure and increases life) and drains out most of the high pitch noise it makes from the fast-spinning disk inside the drive which is arguably the worst of all the noises that come from most computers. I would not recommend tampering with your graphics card as it brakes the warrenty and doesn't improve cooling, only decreases the noise output. However, a 3rd party CPU cooler is a must-have upgrade regardless of whether or not you want to shut up your computer as such an upgrade generally make less noise then a stock cooler and out performs them even if you get a cheap one. In my opinion, everyone should at least get a "noiseless" case to overall decrease noise output of everything inside, and a 3rd party CPU cooler just so you can overclock considerably to get that little extra from your computer. And incrementally upgrade as you see fit. Exposing yourself to a noisy computer long term can cause permanent damage to your hearing. These steps will shut your computer up just enough and still get some performance for an affordable price as a "noiseless" case cost the same as a regular one, and the CPU cooler is a must have anyway unless you are a grandparent, in which case you don't hear anything anyway and thus don't need the lesser noise. Higher performing CPU wouldn't prove useful either as your movement speed and brain activity is slowed down by about 50% and thus don't need the extra performance. __________________ “If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever” ~St. Thomas Aquinas Last edited by youwillfearme; 10-19-07 at 03:05 PM.