popeyPC NERDS! I have an old-ish desktop PC. MSI H61M-E23 Mobo, i7-2600 CPU, 8GB RAM, GTX 960 GPU. It's mostly just Steam and some VMs that it's used for. I make little incremental improvements over time, and this machine has suited me fine for quite a while. It's a bit noisy though. I suspect the CPU fan is the main culprit (likely?). Would like to make it quieter. Low cost suggestions?
Kyle Fazzari@popey Assuming those check out and the CPU fan is the noisy one, do you have room in your case for an upright heatsink? Something like https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099 .