*cringe*80k.. well at least it wasn't 64......... you could've cut it down to 5 seconds or something..

they sound alright.. but i cant realy tell much from here..

if you want a fanless HDD cooler i got one like this http://www.arc.com.au/?FANCPUZA14
Its great and does minimise the vibrations coming from the HDD by the rubber spacers and makes it kinda cool but since my HDD is running crazy i guess it shaved a few 'Cs of it.. then i attatched a 90mm fan in front of it and i'm laughing

Trying to go as fanless/passive as i can but since i've got a Prescott on my main rig i dont think my pc will be quite quiet untill i can go conroe..

i just started up my pc without the hdd fans on, and i've put the most part of the noise down to my hdd. it's a maxtor 60gb (don't know what model exactly) but also having it in a 5.25" bay doesn't exactly make it quieter with just the plastic cover in front of it.

is there a good way to cover the sound some how (without making more) or should i just totally replace it?

Try putting a thick piece of cardboard between the drive and the cover plate as an experiment.

i've put some card off a wine box in the front, and it's actually working quite well! just goes to show that you shouldn't underestimate the sound proofing properties of cardboard. i think that most of the sound now is coming from one of hte fans, altohugh i can't pin it down to cpu or psu. only thing is though is that i started my pc up (with the card in) and put the side sof the case back on, but it seems that if you're not careful then one of my drives clicks (possibly skipping) then spins down and back up again, and sometimes everything's going ok then the screen will freeze fo a second then go back to normal again

since i last posted my pc's been off and it seems ok now (i wiggled some wires) but thanks, it's quite a bit better. should i get some proper sound dampening stuff though or just leave the card in for now?

If the cardboard works, stick with it, its a lot cheaper than the proper stuff!!!

haha good point. now just to get rid of this psu then i'll be laughing. unfortunately not to the bank...

You may well have a power molex where one or more of the contacts has opened up. If you use a small precision screwdriver you can carefully close them up a bit. I had that problem once, spent 3 days trying to figure out why my pc wouldn't boot, i got fed up with it and kicked it and it started working. I then spotted it was an opened up contact in the molex to the hdd.
P.S. I broke the front of my case when i kicked it, hot glue, great stuff!!!

oh right well the power cable to the hdd was a bit loose in the fan thing really (it kind of goes through it if you know what i mean) so i pushed it in and put some sticky tape on it so it won't come out again in theory, anyway

hi again all, just posting to say that i reveived a coolermaster 80mm fan in the post this morning , which will hopefully help cooling a bit. oh, and it says <13dB which sounds quite good to me

Get rid of your fans, If they are 80mm throw them out, Get 120mm around 1300RPM fan, then your set. 120mm fans give out just as much cooling as an 80mm fan just at a slower spinning rate meaning isnt as loud

I don't think he has much space for them.. look at the pics inside his case a page back..

Unless dave feels like drilling

EDIT: Oh yeh.. you can get pretty decent 80mm fans that are quiet as well..

to be honest i don't really feel like drilling haha, i only have room for an 80mm, which spins at about 1400/1500rpm which is fine by me, i noticed absolutely no sound difference after putting it in.

big fans running at a slower speed are quieter than small fans running at a faster speed.

i know, but unfortunately my very old case makes me have an 80mm in the front and a 45mm in the back. it has a pretty weird design (apparently )