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thedarkwolf25 · 04-07-2009, 04:22 AM

Noise from fans can be caused by a few things. The first thing to do is try cleaning the computer really well with a can of compressed air. You will be amazed how much dust can increase the noise.

Another is the fan's speed, the faster it spins the higher the volume. With this in mind it's always a good idea to go for larger fans (make sure they will fit though) as a larger fan can move air well and still be very quiet.

The easiest solution is to replace the whole heatsink/fan setup with an after market one. They can run as ceap as $30 and there are tons of them on newegg.

And when looking at the metal they are made of always try and get copper as it's a better conductor of heat than aluminum.

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thedarkwolf25 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 358 OS: WinXP SP3 My System	Re: Very noisy heatsink and fan- help! Noise from fans can be caused by a few things. The first thing to do is try cleaning the computer really well with a can of compressed air. You will be amazed how much dust can increase the noise. Another is the fan's speed, the faster it spins the higher the volume. With this in mind it's always a good idea to go for larger fans (make sure they will fit though) as a larger fan can move air well and still be very quiet. The easiest solution is to replace the whole heatsink/fan setup with an after market one. They can run as ceap as $30 and there are tons of them on newegg. And when looking at the metal they are made of always try and get copper as it's a better conductor of heat than aluminum.