Advice on upgrade or new system please

sam49 said:

I first need to see what causing the noise it’s not all the time when it first starts up is not too bad then after a while the vibrations are so bad it make the front door on my case rattle and then after a while it just as if a switch has been turned the noise goes away

The vibration could be a hard drive or fan slightly loose in its mount, a fan going bad, or just flimsy case design that allows bezels or side panels to vibrate a bit.

The noise other than the vibration is likely a fan or power supply. You can temporarily stop any case fan with your fingers to see if the noise stops.

Fans spinning above 1000 rpm tend to be audible at close range, even the better ones.

Get the side panel off, get a flashlight, and put your ear in there and pay attention. Some fans are a lot quieter than others and even good fans will eventually fail and make a racket.

Quieting noisy parts is very difficult. The best move is to buy quiet components to begin with, so you don't have to worry much about making them quiet. Some cases have mesh front panels or are otherwise so compromised that it's very difficult to have a quiet system with them, regardless of the internal components.

Yes I thought it was the fans so I cleaned them a few weeks ago but it was still the same.
I don't know how I can find the faulty one as there are all spinning all the time

Anthony said:

That Motherboard only supports SATA 3 Gb/s port: http://uk.asus.com/Motherboards/Inte...specifications

So what baring does that have on the original question. My Asus P7P55 only has SATA 3 ports as an add-on chip. My system runs really fast and I do have an SSD and it is overclocked.

Your point is?

Hi does the info in #14 mean that an SSD will not work on my system

sam49 said:

Yes I thought it was the fans so I cleaned them a few weeks ago but it was still the same.
I don't know how I can find the faulty one as there are all spinning all the time

Stop one fan with your finger or disconnect it temporarily. Does the noise stop? If not, that fan is OK. Move on to the next fan and do the same thing.

Ok guys I will have a look tomorrow as I work nights and at work right now.