Quiet PC

[bez23]

Eh oop. I'm about to build another PC, and wondered if anyone has successfully made a really quiet one.

Any tips on good tower, fans or anything else would be appreciated.

 

[The Phonographist]

My housemate has recently built a really quiet one. Mine's really quiet but his is quieter.


Antec's :


http://www.xcase.co.uk/acatalog/Antec_Cases.html

 

[ChrisCabbage]

Unj (our projections dude) swears by those little barebones systems for being quiet.

Drop him a line on: unjulation@hotmail.com

 

[Geoff3]

I can vouch for antec cases¬!

although it still depends what other fans you have...

Processor and graphics card fan etc...

Some cases can also have foam insert kits to deaden the noise...

 

[herbert newbert]

I've got one of the antec cases.... http://www.xcase.co.uk/acatalog/Antec_SLK3700_BQE__Black_Quiet_Super_Mid_Tower.html

They are pretty quiet, and are very solid cases... but the noisest thing in my system is definately the cpu fan (still on my list of things to upgrade :ismile: )... so worth spending some money on a decent one

zalman do some good stuff, i've got one of their fan-less heatsinks on my graphics card which works like a dream...

always a good source of info - http://www.quietpc.com/gb-en-gbp/home

ghttp://www.ebuyer.com

 

[Dragongurl]

Ooohh....lordy!! I didn't see this posted......popular brand!

 

[Flanny]

Eh oop. I'm about to build another PC

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

te he he he he, snurfle snurfle :~))))))))))))))))

(Only been in 'ere 10 mins bezmund, honest)

 

[moonbeam1]

www.quietpc.com/uk

I have a pc case from here and its practically silent

Expensive but deffo recommended, case is fully sound damped etc

 

[ichabod]

I have the Antec Sonata which is pretty quiet. Get a Zalman CPU fan and a motherboard chipset heatsink to replace the chipset fan. Also buy a low end graphics card which doesn't require a dedicated fan (if you want a better graphics card then you could try and get a large fanless heatsink to replace the fan). The Antec Sonata comes with fairly quiet power supply and case fans. Also go for a quiet model of hard disk. I think the Seagate Barracuda is one of the quietest. I find that having my CPU fanspeed on its lowest setting on my P4 is fine until you are running at about 60%CPU - at which point it starts to overheat and needs to be turned up. You could get a motherboard with intelligent fan speed control to deal with this.

If you want to splash out a bit more it is possible to build a completely fanless PC with enough cash/effort.

 

[Faction]

I can recommend the quality and effectiveness of the parts you can get from quietpc.com. I bought a case, Zalman flower CPU fan, low-noise PSU and DVD-RW drive from them and it made a huge difference.