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Trying to get rid of hum/buzz from old case
OK first things first I'm not O/C clockingthe machine but wanted to post in
here as i know you folks know your stuff and I'm hoping some of you can help me out. I have an old Antec SX-1030 a simple review can be found here http://tinyurl.com/pttyb9 but i have upgraded power supply to there TruePower II (550w) Now for ages it was way too noisy for my liking so I replaced the stock 80mm fans with x4 XILENCE Red Wing 80mm http://tinyurl.com/pqpf76 as a rule I'm very happy with the fans themselves they make a huge difference in the general noise (or lack of) of the case but I do keep on getting an annoying buzzing /humming sound which is a real pain in the rear end as the case is in my living room and only 2 feet from my ears when I'm at the desk using it, it's not there all the time it comes and goes sometimes for just a few seconds sometimes for hours. So i went ahead and bought some more stuff hoping it would cut the noise down even more and more importantly get rid of this buzzing noise, which is coming from one of the fans in particular so I bought some of these AcoustiFeet http://tinyurl.com/39uao9 as well as four of these AcoustiFan Anti-vibration Fan Gaskets http://tinyurl.com/ojyps7 in 80mm format, but my problem is still there, main reason being i was unable to fit these gaskets to my case, if i show you some images of how and where my fans go you might get more of an idea of what I'm getting at. http://tinyurl.com/qy7hot This image gives you an idea of what my case is like from side view, top part has 4 external drive bay and in my case i have top one free one underneath that has my standard DVD burner below that is free as well and below that in the bottom 5.25" bay i have my main windows hard drive being cooled by the "Antec Hard Drive Cooling System" http://tinyurl.com/p3pg2y Below this we have a cage that has 3x3.5" drive bays (2 external and 1 internal) top bay is for my floppy (yes some of us still have them, they till come in handy) middle bay is free and bottom one (the internal one) has my hard drive in that is just used for items I download and hence no cooling for that drive. The last cage has a further 3 x 3.5" bays and all of these are internal and have the option of fitting a fan, which i have done and I think this is the fan that is causing all the trouble with humming and buzzing. I have tried to find the best pics i can on the net showing how the cage is put together and here are a few pics. The first image shows the cage from the rear, so you would put your drive in here and push it forward towards the fan and the airflow would be coming towards you in this picture, I'm sure you know what I'm talking about but I want to make sure my post gives you all the info you need http://tinyurl.com/pq5wyf This picture is the opposite as you look at this image it would be as if you were looking through the front of the case, airflow would now being sucked into the cage from this angle and hence going over the drives http://tinyurl.com/osd6q7 This image is just the same as the first one but with a hard drive in place, but in my case i have a drive in top and bottom slot of the cage . http://tinyurl.com/r2yrey Just to finish of things I have another fan in the bottom of the case under the final 3.5" cage to improve cooling even more plus 2 fans at the rear extracting the warm air, now given all this it would seem I have done all I can to keep things cool and quiet except going water route and that would be overkill for me given I'm not overclocking anything in this system. I tried to use the 4 AcoustiFan Anti-vibration Fan Gaskets but once they were in place my fans failed to clip into the purple holders that come with the case, so i thought OK no problems just use the screws and screw it into case but it seems I'm unable to do this, here's a couple of pics of the case with front panel removed http://tinyurl.com/q5upzw and http://tinyurl.com/qcm8hj I'm at a real loss what to do next, I was looking at one of the following bits of kit http://tinyurl.com/q9t5el or http://tinyurl.com/obtdxr or lastly http://tinyurl.com/34thww but unsure if they would even work in my case. I have tried to give as much information as possible, but if you need any more info just ask and I'll do my best to supply it, so it's over to you lot know what are your suggestions for trying to eliminated this annoying buzzing/humming sound, if it would help I can even cap the noise and host it somewhere so you get an idea of what I'm having to put up with. Thanks for taking the time to read my post. |
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