I just bought a dell xps. I know, Dell sucks. But when your dad says he will pay up to 1/2 of a $3000+ computer and you are in college, on a buget, and cheap to begin with, you re-think your values a little. ANYWAY. The system is dead quiet, except for one thing. The radeon 9800 has a fan that is louder when idling, or video editing, which is what i do, than the rest of the fans combined. I have seen a few replacement fans on some web sites, but am unsure what to get. It must be quiet and short. I have a card in the PCI slot right next to it, so it must be VERY short. I have no understanding of the decible scale, other than more is louder. What is considered a whisper quiet level? Also, since I would be buying it over the internet, I shun needing to return a product I find when it gets here isn't what I wanted because the shipping is almost as much as the fan. Is there a place with a WIDE variety of vid card fans, and/or an explination or graphic example of the difference in the dB levels?
Can anyone recomend a quiet and short fan to replace the noise hog on my radeon 9800?
Thanks again
Can anyone recomend a quiet and short fan to replace the noise hog on my radeon 9800?
Thanks again