What's your loudest piece of PC-equipment?

I'm currently running a batch of Prime test to see how low I can take my voltage at 3.5GHz, and the longer I sat next the the machine, the more I realized that the loudest piece inside my PC is the PSU. I have the OCZ GameXtreme 700w and whenever I push the CPU very heavily the damn thing starts spinning its 120mm fan like a madman. So much for enjoying the silence of water cooling. I started out thinking it was the vidcard, so I fiddled with the fan-speed until I almost stopped its fans altogether, but th PSU is really annoying me now. It takes forever to lower its speed after the load drops off the system, too. I stopped Prime 3 mintues ago and the PSU is still very audible.
I still have a nice 580w Tagan PSU in the closet somewhere. If I remember correctly, that wasn't have as loud as this one. As I can't afford SLi right now anyway, I might just revert back to it.

 

The 4x Sanyo Denki 120x38mm 103CFM's I have in push/pull on my radiator. Push/pull creates a fair bit of air turbulence, so it's a bit noisy, but nothing too bad for my tastes.

 

Mine is definately my CD R/W drive its 52x and is loud as hell It's fast but jeez it's loud.

 

Well my speakers of course followed by my keyboard and case fans

 

The only thing that's loud in my comp is the video card fan, its LOUD AS HELL and i'm getting sick of it.

 

My hard drive. All my fans in my case are set to 7volts.

 

GFX card, need a 8800 or a R600 when they come out.

 

My loudest piece would probably be my power supply as well. I can hear it when speed down when I come out of games, my radiator fans are whisper quiet. Although, sometimes if it's quiet enough I can hear the radiator pump vibrate on my case, gonna try and eliminate that though.

 

I can safely say my case fans.

 

Definitely my speakers. Then the chipset and case fans.

 

My whole computer when i game. Especially since im on AIR cooling since my 2 pumps died... But it's not that bad when im not gaming... i turn all fans down to there lowest and it's relatively inaudible...

 

I cant stand my CPU cooler running at 3500RPM during the summer

 

Lite-On CD-RW/DVD-R

when it spins up...its LOUD.

that or the damned fans on the 7900's..

 

aside from my optical drive when it is reading a disk, right now.... the damn pump for my reserator is on it's last legs and makes an almost clicking sound sometimes. i am hoping to replace it before it goes belly up, but was going to attempt cleaning it with some vinegar first...

 

my hdds by a long shot.sometimes i can hear the water splashing thru the reservoir.everything else is nearly silent.

 

Lucky you! I'm really temped to replace my PSU for a more silent version. But the cabling was done extra-careful the last time I had to and I really can't be arsed to redo it all. Hmm, weighing the options....

 

Optical drives. My fans aren't so bad since I installed the controller.

 

if your looking to go silent.i would definately look at something quiet.it made a world of difference for me.my antec tc 550 was really loud.my last two(including the seasonic)have been virtually silent.the seasonic gets just a tad noisy when i game but its far from loud.my old enermax noisetaker was completely silent.<--fs btw

 

Whatever that thing is that makes the rattling sound.

Doesn't seem to be doing it now though, earlier I would have to hit it to make it stop.

 

The boxed cooler on my 3800+, gonna replace is asap :whip: