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To: ptanner who wrote (35758)	4/14/2001 3:31:22 PM
From: fyodor_	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

PT: I wrote an article on this for fun: mikhailtech.com and have gotten some helpful feedback from readers who are also interested in quieter systems. Thanks for the link... btw, where did you buy your sound meter? (and how much did you pay? ;-)) The problem with my system is that I have a SlotA Athlon cooled by a twin-fan (Vantec) cooler. These are responsible for the majority of the noise - certainly they are much noisier than the fan of my 300W (Aopen) PSU. When I get some more time this summer, I plan to try and voltage-starve my Athlon - it's a 700MHz .18mu processor, so it should be possible. Along with that, I intend to add thermal control to the HSF. I do have a second case fan (other than the one in the PSU), but I found it too noisy and removed it again (my system is well within spec with only the PSU fan). It might actually be worth it to slow down the PSU fan and add the second case fan again, while also slowing it. That wouldn't be a first priority, though. -fyo