skinsfanusa
join:2001-03-09
San Marcos, CA
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1 edit | Recommendations Needed: Building a Quiet PC Hello,
I'm probably going to build a new PC in a 1-3 month time frame.
unfortunately I am out of touch with current technology...
Goals:
Build a solid PC that I can easily upgrade in the future.
It has to be quiet.
It has to be stable.
setup/configuration is relatively painless.
How do I do it?
are there Fans/Cases that are quieter than others?
I'm probably going to get an Intel quad core processor, is the stock fan good enough to cool it? If not Can anyone recommend a quiet fan that works well?
what about video cards, they have pretty good size fans on then, is there a quiet video card?
What about stability? what Motherboard, Memory, Video card combinations work well with eachother?
In a perfect world, I would update the bios, Plug in all the hardware and install the OS and that is it. I would like to keep the troubleshooting to a minimum.
Yes it know it's not a perfect world 
I don't think I want to do liquid cooling.
I probably won't overclock the PC.
The PC will be in my bedroom. I leave my PC on 24/7 so I need it to be quiet and without a bunch of LEDs.
Your advice is appreciated.
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Jahntassa
What, I can have feathers
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join:2006-04-14
Conway, SC | What do you want to do with it? What do you expect from it?
And do you really need a quad-core? | |
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skinsfanusa
join:2001-03-09
San Marcos, CA
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| Re: Recommendations Needed: Building a Quiet PC 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. | |
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Telly Boot
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join:2002-05-15
Vancouver, BC
2 edits | n/m, sorry , both my suggestions had already been mentioned: »Silent PCs
and SilentpcReview ( which helped design the Antec P180 case). | |
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