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It's a dual Xenon 1U so yeah that fkr is loud. Making me nuts. Problem is there is no where to hide it in the house.

Looking at some fan alternatives. Hate to have to pick up a board in ATX and swap everything over to a different case.
What size fans are in the case? Look at Newegg for some low noise, high flow fans. I did this recently for my drafting machine. This helped a bit. Swapping out the power supply helped even more. It is not perfectly quiet, but much much better. If I moved it back under the desk, I would never even notice it.

The CPU fan and the video fans are what I can't change...Well, I can change the CPU fan, but they are expensive! I can switch off the cooling control and let the fans spin up and the difference is huge.
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