Check out this website: http://www.vantecusa.com/product.html They specialize in fans and other computer cooling devices. Whatever you do, make sure you provide adequate airflow thru the case. Overheating is a major cause of computer failure. |
PC Power and Cooling makes excellent power supplies with adjustable fans (albeit expensive.) I suggest checking out the ultimate PC gadget/hardware "this and that" site out there: www.cyberguys.com They have dozens of temperature-control devices, case fans, chip fans, heat sinks, fans with speed controls, speed controls for internal fans that mount extenally to your CPU case for easy access, etc. It's a real hot rod site for PCs, kinda like Jerry Raskin's for your PC. They seem to have every "if only there were such and such" gizmo. I've bought all sorts of stuff there that's also useful for audio -- heatsink compound, nice multicolor velcro ties for your cables, little parts boxes for RCA and speaker wire ends etc. Great prices, and super people to deal with as well. They put out a print catalog that's a real hoot if you're into parts, I recommend it highly. |
Do not forget that after getting rid of the power supply noise, you will probably hear the other fans in the case that were previously "covered" by the louder one : CPU fan, case fans, if you have them, maybe video card fan (this last one was the loudest in my PC). The best solution is just to shut it off, as Maxgain said. Cleaning all the fans on a regular basis helps; internal dampening is also a good idea. |
