tl;dr for once it's not the fans of a build that are loud, so I'm lead to believe it's the case (somehow..?)
I bought a Vivo mid-tower case about a month ago (links below) and it came with a couple of Yhs fans. When I powered on my system, it was very noisy... as in, VERY VERY noisy. As in "this thing is literally a garbage truck" noisy. Naturally, I scapegoated the fans as being the noise-makers. I spec'd them, and they were 35-38 dBs! Absolutely UN-ACCEPTABLE!
After snooping around, I found a suggestion on this site to get Nanoxia deep-silence fans. I found that they were between 12-20 dBs, and that these were definitely the right ones for me (or so I thought...). Today they came in, and after wrestling with my case to evict the old ones, I finally put the new ones in. But someway, somehow, somewhy, it is still EXACTLY as loud as before, despite the new many times quieter fans... I covered up all the fan holes to restrict air flow to find where the noise culprit might lie, but even after covering them all I was still hearing a boatload of noise from the inside of the case.
So my conclusion is as such: is it just possible that my build is that incredibly loud (30-40 dBs)? There is an air-in fan from the front of the case, bringing air in to sweep over the mobo and wiring towards an air-out fan located in the back. There is another space for an optional third fan I left unused on the case's side panel. What could be causing all of the noise? I will provide additional information as needed, because this is something I've never experienced before and I'd like to get to the bottom of it all!
Links:
My case: http://www.amazon.com/VIVO-Computer-Gaming-Desktop-CASE-V02/dp/B011ALFZZM/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1448774664&sr=8-3&keywords=vivo+mid+tower
My old fans: http://www.unitedpro.com/A1225M12BS.htm (couldn't find a picture, just specs)
My new fans: http://www.amazon.com/Nanoxia-Silence-1800rpm-Cooling-NDS120-1800/dp/B00CHW9BUO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1448774987&sr=8-2&keywords=nanoxia+deep+silence+120mm
I bought a Vivo mid-tower case about a month ago (links below) and it came with a couple of Yhs fans. When I powered on my system, it was very noisy... as in, VERY VERY noisy. As in "this thing is literally a garbage truck" noisy. Naturally, I scapegoated the fans as being the noise-makers. I spec'd them, and they were 35-38 dBs! Absolutely UN-ACCEPTABLE!
After snooping around, I found a suggestion on this site to get Nanoxia deep-silence fans. I found that they were between 12-20 dBs, and that these were definitely the right ones for me (or so I thought...). Today they came in, and after wrestling with my case to evict the old ones, I finally put the new ones in. But someway, somehow, somewhy, it is still EXACTLY as loud as before, despite the new many times quieter fans... I covered up all the fan holes to restrict air flow to find where the noise culprit might lie, but even after covering them all I was still hearing a boatload of noise from the inside of the case.
So my conclusion is as such: is it just possible that my build is that incredibly loud (30-40 dBs)? There is an air-in fan from the front of the case, bringing air in to sweep over the mobo and wiring towards an air-out fan located in the back. There is another space for an optional third fan I left unused on the case's side panel. What could be causing all of the noise? I will provide additional information as needed, because this is something I've never experienced before and I'd like to get to the bottom of it all!
Links:
My case: http://www.amazon.com/VIVO-Computer-Gaming-Desktop-CASE-V02/dp/B011ALFZZM/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1448774664&sr=8-3&keywords=vivo+mid+tower
My old fans: http://www.unitedpro.com/A1225M12BS.htm (couldn't find a picture, just specs)
My new fans: http://www.amazon.com/Nanoxia-Silence-1800rpm-Cooling-NDS120-1800/dp/B00CHW9BUO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1448774987&sr=8-2&keywords=nanoxia+deep+silence+120mm
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