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Originally Posted by RWebb View Post
Some of us (including me) have computers that make too much noise.

a modern desktop will usually have 3 fans in it:

1. case fan

2. CPU fan

3. GPU (video card) fan

usually, you can only change #1

so one question is whether you'll reduce the noise much if you do change out the case fan
Power supply has a fan too.

Change the case fan and maybe the power supply.
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