Building A Better Power Supply
My computer is, well, pretty damned loud. Not earth-shattering, I-have-14-fans-on-my-video card-loud, but it's up there nonetheless. Two case fans, 1 CPU fan, 1 northbridge fan, 1 power supply fan, 1 video card fan and 1 loud as all hell hard drive.
I've thought about buying "quiet" items to calm the raging beast, like super-duper quiet power supplies, etc, but they're always too expensive; maybe not for you, but since I'm a poor bastard, they really put a hurting on my pocketbook (saving up for a marriage doesn't help either hehe).
What's worse, my video card fan was starting to give the warning signs that it's about to poop out...You know, when a fan starts becoming really loud at times, then will quiet down, then start back up again. Worn bearings, maybe, but annoying definitely.
After reading these silence tweaks, I thought I'd give it all a whirl. Well, maybe not all of the tweaks, but the part about lubricating your system's fans sounded like it would be effective.
Well, at first everything was going smoothly (no pun intended). I shut down the system, pull out both of the case fans, and begin to work. Fan 1, check. Fan 2, check. Video card fan, check.
