This computer is driving me BEYOND THE BRINK

[Zylka]

I have withstood the crashes
The viruses
The general aging badness

...but I can no longer stand this INFERNAL NOISE

Every minute beside this HD is like another minute riding a passenger jet engine struggling half submerged through a pool of aluminum dusted rubbing alcohol

As I shop for a new, "silent functioning" seems not a featured option

Is it not so?

[Urban Ranger]

Most HDDs are very quite these days. The fans are the noisiest parts in a computer.

[Zylka]

Then we need less fans

This wretched combination noise of:

BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
and:
VREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Is enough to turn me on to drug use and abuse

[Urban Ranger]

You can also build (probably buy) a sort of "sound proof" box for your computer.

Fans are the price to pay for fast CPUs.

If you have $, you may consider buying a special water cooling case. That will kill most noises.

[Inverse Icarus]

malfunctioning HDs will make a REALLY annyoying noise before they completely crap out, my friend had a Maxtor that did exactly that.

[Urban Ranger]

You mean a head crash?

[Inverse Icarus]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger
You mean a head crash?

i'm exactly sure what happened, but that sounds like it could have been that case, although i have never expierenced one myself for comparison.

[Az]

Also, water cooling allows you to overclock it.

[Atahualpa]

You have probably one of those new GeForces

Seriously consider purchasing a HDD with Fluid Dynamic Bearing. They should be much more silent. I havent tried them, but have heard it from numerous sources.

ata

[Promethus]

If you have any important files on that drive you better back them up now.

[notyoueither]

You can get a near silent case from Antec. It is called Sonata. Calgary should have a dealer who carries them.

Put a Celeron or a P4 in it and you will not hear much, unless something starts to malfunction.

[Boris Godunov]

My Dell is virtually silent.

[Asher]

Originally posted by notyoueither
You can get a near silent case from Antec. It is called Sonata. Calgary should have a dealer who carries them.

https://www.memoryexpress.com

If you're REALLY nice to me, Zylka, I could hook you up with my CSUS discount at memoryexpress

It doesn't look like the carry the specific case NYE is speaking of, but they've got tons.

[Zylka]

AGGGHH

What the hell is this?!?! I need to silence a fan, not terrorize a 3rd world nation!

[Apocalypse]

Originally posted by Asher
If you're REALLY nice to me, Zylka, I could hook you up with my CSUS discount at memoryexpress

Oh goody. More money to buy other stuff, meaning I get to play sitter more.