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Re: Recommendations Needed: Building a Quiet PC
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. |
