For those who are building new pcs or who are simple fed up with the racket their existing pc makes you may be interested in this.
I recommend the following from experience
Q power supplies from http://www.quietpc.com - Very quiet, I gather these are better than the enermax whisper series.
Silentdrive enclosures - very effective at cutting out harddisk noise. also from http://www.quietpc.com. (although i gather that the seagate drives are so quiet you may not need these)
Alpha heatsink and pabst fans - pricey but worth it. the slowest pabst fans run at a staggering 12db and still shift 19cpm of air!! the alpha heatsinks help distribute the heat quickly. you can get these at http://www.overclockers.co.uk and most good online overclocking/cpu type stores.
I have a pc using all of the above and It runs much quieter than my new carillon music pc which is designed to run quiet - they claimed around 24db. Im about to replace the heatsink/fan in that with alpha/pabst combination.
Other items of interest..
Northboard heatsink - some motherboards have fans to cool this chipset cos they are cheap. You can replace them with a good heatsink - checkout one on http://www.quietpc.com.
When choosing a graphics card you may want to make sure you find one without a fan on it. Matrox cards dont have fans, neither do some of the slower geforce cards and ATI cards. But the latest greatest games cards are normally equipped with very noisy fans.
If you can afford to, get a heavy case - I just invested in a carillon pc from http://www.carillondirect.com because i wanted their case! its nice and heavy, rackmountable and has some cool features for audio like neutrik 1/4inch jack at front and bays for midi transport controllers. (ill give a more detailed review of this soon along with the rest of my studio once i get it all up and running.)
Coolermaster also make some very nice aluminium cases that act like one big heatsink, helping to keep everything nice and cool. these are also expensive but they look gorgeous.
Last tip, tighten everything up well and rest something heavy on top of your pc It helps reduce any vibrations.
Quiet PCs (noise annoys)
once again, just because the product is so cool.(sorry for the pun)this box has no fan and it keeps your gear cool, silent and right next to you.
http://www.norenproducts.com/
(click on acoustilok)
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http://www.norenproducts.com/
(click on acoustilok)
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Anyone using the Silent Motherboard Heatsink on a Northbridge?
Does it provide adequate cooling without a fan?
What about when overclocking?
Does it provide adequate cooling without a fan?
What about when overclocking?
I'm quite tempted by the coolermaster but worried about those fans. Four seems a bit excessive and the reviews have mentioned the noise. Wouldn't mind the case without them.On 2002-04-30 13:47, orbita wrote:
...the coolmaster fan is noisy
Are you going to turn them off?
Hi, Im talking about the coolmaster fan on my northbridge. Its noisy, so ive ordered another heatsink to replace it with.
I dont have a coolmaster case, My main PC has a cheaper case Coolercase, which I bought with a stack of fans and turned them off straight away. I dont bother overclocking anymore cos its basically pointless
You can check them out here. they have a stack of other cases too..
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/ ... 2d008_2doc
The CoolerMaster cases are lovely, You can simply turn the fans off. The aluminium construction means that they should keep everything nice and cool anyway as they act like a big heatsink. They are quite pricey though.
If you do need extra cooling power then get pabst fans. They are near silent (half the noise of everything else that says it is silent) and still shift reasonable amounts of air. not that cheap though. you can find them on that overclockers.co.uk site too.
I dont have a coolmaster case, My main PC has a cheaper case Coolercase, which I bought with a stack of fans and turned them off straight away. I dont bother overclocking anymore cos its basically pointless
You can check them out here. they have a stack of other cases too..
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/ ... 2d008_2doc
The CoolerMaster cases are lovely, You can simply turn the fans off. The aluminium construction means that they should keep everything nice and cool anyway as they act like a big heatsink. They are quite pricey though.
If you do need extra cooling power then get pabst fans. They are near silent (half the noise of everything else that says it is silent) and still shift reasonable amounts of air. not that cheap though. you can find them on that overclockers.co.uk site too.