Grrrr

[Slide]

As you'll probably know, I've been buying up bits for a superduper new comp, but with my current workload haven't really had time to do anything with it other than admire the boxes in the corner of the room. (Been doing 8am to 7pm 6 days a week for the last 2 months)

Well today, finally got enough time to put them together and the bloody mobo and/or the CPU is a RMA. Worst thing is I bought it like 2 months ago, so the retailer wont take it back :(

Might be able to get a replacement from the manufacturer, but will more likely have to buy new ones which will bump the price of my system up to retail prices.

[Spase]

Ahh... that sucks. I totally understand, as I am doing about the same thing myself. Though everything I have gotten so far I have put into this machine - except for the new case. I am planning on buying the mobo, cpu and graphics card together so I can at least not worry about not being able to return those.

Anyways, good luck with the manufacturers and good luck getting it all together.

[Fozzik]

That sucks, bud. I don't see any reason the manufacturer shouldn't be able to replace... they usually have at the very least a 1 year warranty.

[Slide]

Took a while to sort it, but got my replacement mobo today and it was happy so grats me on:

AMD 4200 X2 (Overclocked)
ATI x850 (Was Sapphire x800 GTO2 Overclocked)
2 GB OCZ Platinum RAM
Asus A8N Premium
250GB WD SATA Drive
Killer Onboard Sound
Samsung DVD RW
Antec P180 Huge Quiet Case

Its running alright, not as quiet as i'd hoped but a damn sight quieter than my last thing.

[Fozzik]

Grats on the new machine. With the overclocking, sound is probably going to be a bit more of an issue. Just set the other computer up next to it and it will drown the new one out. :D

[Lord_Vyper]

If it's kinda noisy, might want to consider using liquid cooling.
After all the tiny fans on my old system decided to start dying at the same time, I bought this (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835124007) (Aquastar AS-300 watercooling kit), and haven't had a problem since.
Roughly equivalent to high end air cooling heat dissipation-wise, and runs nearly silently until you crank it all the way up.
And, it handles both CPU & GPU, for $110.

[Nubb]

My old box was incredibly noisy, with 80mm or smaller fans (11 fans in total :p -- now I use 120mm fans, where practical, helps a ton). Anywho, in my old box I got some noise/vibration dampening material and placed it ALL over the case, in particular around fans and coated the plexiglass window with it. Helped, definitely helped, but didn't make it super quiet.

I forget the brand I used (gave the box to my nephew so I can't look at it to see), but I purchased a roll of it (common material used in automobile audio shops) and cut to fit as needed. Was a self-adhesive material that was sort of thick (about 1/8th of an inch) like tar-paper with a foil covering.

I also carved up packing foam peices (you know, those big white hard foam peices that surrounded your monitor in it's shipping box). I made boxes which I stuck over exhaust ports on the case. Whereby the fans blew into the foam boxes, which channeled the air briefly before expelling it out a generously sized hole. Allow for lots of air flow, to avoid back pressure. This helped a ton (made my case look rather odd though). I put thin foam peices (flat ones, like the junk in the bottom of your mboard shipping box) on various surfaces of the case (just about anywhere I didn't have sound dampening material). Downfall is you might insulate the case so much that it retains heat -- just make sure you have the fans to offset it, or just don't go too nuts.

Here's a link to a site I've used in the past (for PSU & fans), they have an assortment of sound dampening solutions:
http://www.coolerguys.com/noisedampening.html

[moonglum]

Took a while to sort it, but got my replacement mobo today and it was happy so grats me on:

AMD 4200 X2 (Overclocked)
ATI x850 (Was Sapphire x800 GTO2 Overclocked)
2 GB OCZ Platinum RAM
Asus A8N Premium
250GB WD SATA Drive
Killer Onboard Sound
Samsung DVD RW
Antec P180 Huge Quiet Case

Its running alright, not as quiet as i'd hoped but a damn sight quieter than my last thing.
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Real nice Slide.

[Slide]

The case was designed with noise in mind so it is pretty quiet, it has 3 * 120mm fans - but I don't think I need the third one so that can go. Once i'm happy the CPU is working fine i'll replace that cooler with the Scythe Ninja i've got sitting on my desk. Thats a big hefty passive cooler - and the cpu is right next to the two exhaust fans so airflow shouldn't be an issue - may clock the CPU back to stock with this however.

Will void the warranty on the graphics card at some point and replace the cooler on it - it's by far the noisiest thing in the system.

But yeah i'm happy with it overall, it's certainly a step up from what I had and more than enough power to run anything out now with headroom for upgrades.

Just for info, I had a P4 1600 with 512MB, a GF3 and 12GB hard disk so it's quite the step up.

[Breogan]

Just to clarify something: if you flashed the X800GTO2 with a XT BIOS you have already voided your warranty.
If you are buying a replacement cooler for the VGA, check the Zalman VF700Cu