Poweroid 1200
Today's high-end desktop systems make four- or five-year-old PCs look like museum pieces. But one undesirable trait that ancient and modern PCs almost certainly will share is noisiness. An up-to-date system may have quieter fans than an old one, but it's likely to have more of them: the CPU, Northbridge chipset, graphics card, chassis (intake and exhaust) and power supply unit will all normally carry fans that whirr away some or all of the time. This can add up to quite a racket, although there are plenty of tricks you can employ to <A href="http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/desktops/0,39023850,39119201,00.htm">keep the noise down</A>.
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