Making my PC quiter

[Mosschop]

Does anyone have any suggestions for making my PC quieter. I've got a Cyrix MII 333 and the whole kaboodle is very noisy. The CPU fan seems to be the primary culprit although I don't think the other components are particularly quiet. Would a different CPU fan be any quieter?

[Bazango]

I am noticing a similar problem on my new home built unit. There are two fans, but they don't especially bother me. The thing I don't like is that it rattles like an old car. You'd think that a machine with so few moving parts wouldn't rattle so much. Maybe I should put all the screws to the panels back in, but I keep having to get inside.

When you say other components, what do you mean? I like to hear the HD and the floppy going when they are in use. My CD-ROM is a nuisance, I always make sure that there is no CD in it when I am not using it. Someone keeps banging on the keyboard ... oh wait, that's ME.

You know, your power supply also has a fan. Maybe that is the real source of your fan noise.

[RyanVM]

For rattling, that's a sign that stuff isn't screwed in tight enough to your case. Get in there with a Phillips screwdriver and tighten up the screws/add screws if possible to the noisy drive.

For fan noise, 2cooltek has an article about some stuff that would help you.
http://2cooltek.hypermart.net/7896_3.html

Ryan

[Zonker]

I'm having the same woes.

I'm thinking on changing the power supply and/or the CPU fan.

There are quieter ones out there, they just cost more.

I don't have any noisy hard drives,
(Maxtor 2880, 4320. Quantum CR)

and my CDs are very quiet
(Teac 56s SCSI, Creative Labs 5x DVD/24x CD)

Here's a place that sells really quiet power supplies

http://www.pcpowercooling.com/

I'm still looking for the quiet CPU fan/hetasinks (Celeron 300a Slot 1)...