On Friday 27 September 2002 11:21 am, you wrote: > Several replies to Mark Berkwitt's post seem to imply that noise level
> depends on the case. I thought noise level was determined by the fans,
> especially the CPU fan, since that's the big one.
>
> Will putting the same fans in a different case change the noise level?
>
> I currently have a Thermaltake Volcano 7 in a Futurecase case. The noise
> level is sometimes annoying. Would moving it to different case reduce the
> noise?
>
> Mike Knee
Since most consumer cases come with power supplies and most power supplies
have a fan, well, yes changing the case can make a difference. Or maybe just
getting a new quieter power supply for the case you have will help.
Computer noise comes from the fans and the drives - about the only moving
parts in the computer.
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