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Recommendations Needed: Building a Quiet PC

They make silent video cards, here is a ATI 3850 silent.
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Nvidia 9600GT Silent
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Silent cooling solution for your LGA 775 CPU
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Silent 80mm case fans
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reply to skinsfanusa
I'm not going to get in to pieces and parts because that is personal preference and should be determined by what you want to do with the box. Gamers are going to go one direction and basic computing needs will go another.

Look for a case with larger exhaust fans and minimal LED's.
120mm fans will exhaust the air without the RPM's.

The new Intel processor stock fans are reasonably quiet and if Intel says it is good enough, it will be good enough. I'm running a core 2 with the stock fan in an older case and it is barely noticeable. I did upgrade the exhaust fan to something quieter than the stock.

You should also look for a quiet power supply.

You can also ask for some ideas in here »Silent PCs
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reply to skinsfanusa
Short answer:
Yes to all.

Long answer:
I could go on and on to give you an answer yo all your questions but instead ill point you to: »www.silentpcreview.com . The articles there will answer the questions you asked.

I have followed their recommendations and built a quiet computer. It's barely audible even in quietest of nights (where my ears start to ring from the eerie silence).

The most important base to a quiet computer is the case, and everywhere you go people will recommend Antec's P180 and P182 cases. Second, the power supply. Enermax's Modu82+ 625 is currently the king of actively cooled power supplies in terms of noise levels. Corsair's 520HX and 620HX are also excellent choices if you can't afford a Modu82+. Third, the fans. The "Recommended Fans" article will point you to the right direction. fourth would be component selection. You'd want something with a passive cooling solution on a video card, and a cool-running processor like Intel's new 45nm Wolfdales. Fourth would be an efficient heatsink. Most people like Scythe's Ninja tower heatsink for a passive cooled cpu setup, and most go with Thermalright's Ultra-120 Extreme for an active cooling setup. Fifth would be a motherboard that supports throttling fans and passive cooling on the northbridge. The famous brands like Gigabyte and Asus will build these kind of motherboards (I use Gigabyte's GA-P35-DS3L). Sixth would be hard drive selection. Western Digital's 1TB "Green Power" drive is ultra silent.

And lastly, patience.

reply to skinsfanusa
What do you want to do with it? What do you expect from it?

And do you really need a quad-core?

reply to skinsfanusa
n/m, sorry , both my suggestions had already been mentioned: »Silent PCs
and SilentpcReview ( which helped design the Antec P180 case).

reply to Jahntassa
Thanks for the links to Silent PCs forum. After all these years I never knew it existed.

I don't need quadcore but it seems to be reasonably priced right now.

I want a strong multimedia machine with some gaming capabilities if there is something in the future that I want to play.