Advice on upgrade or new system please

sam49 said:

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

No it does not and I'm not sure why that member even posted that info. Any SSD would more then likely work just fine in your system even if it was the newest SATA standard, SATA III (3) which is 6GBs transfer rate instead of SATA II (2) 3GBs transfer rate that your system supports. Most if not all drives are backward compatible and the only time I have seen systems that aren't able to use SATA III drives are made by Apple, Mac computers, and only when a SATA III SSD is installed in the Optical bay of Mac notebook (Apple has limited the transfer speed of there notebooks on the interface the optical drive is normally on).

So no matter what SSD you buy it should work without problem in your system. But there is always the exception.

SSD brands: Samsung, Crucial, Intel.

You say the CPU fan has 2 to 3 centimeters of movement. That's about one inch. Are you sure of that measurement? Any movement should be very very small, not one inch.

The Intel cooler and fan works quite well, but it of course could have gone bad, like any other fan can.

What did you find out about noise levels of other case fans by stopping them temporarily?

That's an off-brand generic power supply; average at best. It may be working OK or not. Is the power supply fan a source of your noise?

What are your ears telling you about noise location when running the PC with the side panel off?

I've seen noise and vibration caused by hard drives shaking very very slightly in their mounts. Sometimes this can be eliminated by either pushing firmly against the hard drive to cause it to move very slightly or by adjusting the tension on the drive mounting screws.

Hi not had chance to test the fans one by one yet and sorry about the movment it's only millimetre not centemeter

Thanks for all the advice

I have found the problem it was a case fan that had a wobble so i just changed it and now all is ok.

Thanks again