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| Thread ID: 55936 | 2005-03-23 06:20:00 | How do I make my computer silent? | Esspro (7682) | Press F1 |
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| 337065 | 2005-03-23 08:56:00 | ok to make the thing really silent, you will need one of those silent psu's or even a new case | Prescott (11) | ||
| 337066 | 2005-03-23 10:05:00 | Seeing as there is no way to isolate the case at all given what I am using it for, my location and the millions of plugs that go into it, I must actually silence the case. How much is a water cooling system going to set me back? And is this only good for the CPU cooling, or does it just keep the whole case environment cool? Will I need a new case to water cool it? Overclockers has retail prices. All depends on which one you get, you really need to go have a look - theres kits and then theres the individual components. Plus various case stuff, noise reduction stuff. It doesn't cool the whole case. Graphics cards produce heat, so can your PSU. I don't know what sort of case you have now, a standard case shouldn't be a problem as far as I know (I'm not the watercooling expert). Overclockers also has a forum, they have sections relating to all this and more expert people there that would be able to help you decide on what you need. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 337067 | 2005-03-23 11:54:00 | You don't need expensive or complex cooling gear to achieve relative silence for a PC that your not overclocking or has high gamer spec's, that's you . Mostly passive techniques will work, in no particular order: Isolate hardrives, CD/DVD drives, fans and motherboard from case and other components with neoprene washers, etc (some people suspend the drives) . Of course don't isolate the CPU fan from the heatsink :eek: Use a good heatsink with a quiete fan (a fan that can run at 1800rpm and not need to get much above 2200rpm), the heatsink will do most of the work . Heavy copper heatsinks with flat shiny bottoms and large fin area work the best . A compromise on weight would be to use a copper aluminium combo . One large, slow turning fan to exhaust the warm air from the case . Dampening material on the inside of the case (not necessarilly the expenisive stuff sold, adapt some firm foam rubber), put the case on some old mouse pads, isolate the rattles and vibrations A good quality, solid, case with a good quality silent PSU . If the case is not an option replace the PSU if it's noisy or replace the fan(s) . You can under-volt case fans to reduce the noise . There is a sweet spot where the noise is reduced the lost while still giving reasonable CFM (cubic feet per minute airflow) . The fans themselves can make a huge difference, some brands are noisy, larger slower spinning fands are quiter while moving the same amount or more air than smaller high spped fans . Replace video card fans (typically small high speed) with passive heatsinks (the large case fan mentioned earlier will do the rest . Only change what you need to ie; that which is making the noise, find it, kill it . Do the worst ones first, the difference will be very pleasing, at least initially . If you find yourself becoming aware of the noise again, deal to the next worst culprit . Read the articles and visit the links at http://www . silentpcreview . com/ |
Murray P (44) | ||
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