Quieting those Fans

Fudge asks: "I've found that as we trundle along the Intel processor road, each successive generation of processor generates more heat than the last. Now my latest PC, a dual PIII-500, has two enormous fans to dissipate the heat which generate an awful amount of noise. Does anyone know of ways to deaden the noise without sacrificing the heat dissipation? I'd also prefer not to void the warranty, but I could be persuaded to compromise on that. "

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Quiet Fans and Power Supplies

[Jahf]

I went looking for the same thing a while back and found the following:

• PC Power and Cooling "ultraquiet" PowerSupply.
• Silencer 80mm Fan (sold by someone else but made by PC Power&Cooling)
• CoolerMaster PIII Fan ... they list the noise level as 29dba
• 24dba SECCII fan

I found these with AltaVista and Google ... if you need more just go do a few searches and you should come up with something good.