Comments on: How to Build a Powerful Silent Computer http://foliovision.com/2007/07/31/silent-computer/ Making the web work for you Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:19:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Eric http://foliovision.com/2007/07/31/silent-computer/#comment-12824 Eric Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:00:26 +0000 http://foliovision.com/2007/07/31/silent-computer/#comment-12824 Yeah, the 8800gt is pretty power hungry, but my Real Power Pro 650watt PSU handles it quite nicely. The fan rarely kicks up. What do you recommend for a quiet yet powerful CPU heatsink for the Q6600. I am looking at the Scythe Ninja and Tuniq tower right now. Yeah, the 8800gt is pretty power hungry, but my Real Power Pro 650watt PSU handles it quite nicely. The fan rarely kicks up.

What do you recommend for a quiet yet powerful CPU heatsink for the Q6600. I am looking at the Scythe Ninja and Tuniq tower right now.

]]> By: alec http://foliovision.com/2007/07/31/silent-computer/#comment-12813 alec Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:30:14 +0000 http://foliovision.com/2007/07/31/silent-computer/#comment-12813 Hello Eric, The best way to get a lot of air in there is just to leave the side door off the case. Apart from the hard core video card (that 8800 GPU is sucking down 80 watts alone), most powerful modern systems can run just fine on the Zen power supply. We actually drop the Zen (or equivalent) into even our least expensive computers. Silence has no price. No ATI cards as the good ones tend to require heavy duty fans. Amazingly enough one can acquire even an Nvidia 8800 which is almost fanless (MSI's zilent model). Although there I'm starting to agree with you about costs going through the roof. Good to know that there are some high end users who appreciate (relative) quiet in their computers. Hello Eric,

The best way to get a lot of air in there is just to leave the side door off the case. Apart from the hard core video card (that 8800 GPU is sucking down 80 watts alone), most powerful modern systems can run just fine on the Zen power supply.

We actually drop the Zen (or equivalent) into even our least expensive computers. Silence has no price.

No ATI cards as the good ones tend to require heavy duty fans.

Amazingly enough one can acquire even an Nvidia 8800 which is almost fanless (MSI’s zilent model). Although there I’m starting to agree with you about costs going through the roof.

Good to know that there are some high end users who appreciate (relative) quiet in their computers.

]]> By: Eric http://foliovision.com/2007/07/31/silent-computer/#comment-12778 Eric Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:16:10 +0000 http://foliovision.com/2007/07/31/silent-computer/#comment-12778 Nice guide, however, most people do not have the money to buy a totally fanless PSU. Moreover, most fanless PSU's cannot handle the load of a high end system. Luckily, most of the high quality PSU's out there today are fairly quiet. Also, I want to add that replacing the cheapo punch out 80mm fan holes with a chrome fan grill will make a HUGE difference in both sound and airflow, especially if you have a high rpm fan. Cheers Specs: Silent Tuned | 3D Marks 06: 11566 Q6600 2.4ghz CPU | Gigabyte GA-P35 LGA 775 MB EVGA 8800gt 512mb Video Card G.Skill 4GB Ram | Western Digital 400GB HD X-Fi Xtrememusic Sound Card Antec P180B Case | Evercool Sharks HSF CM Real Power Pro 650watt PSU Nice guide, however, most people do not have the money to buy a totally fanless PSU. Moreover, most fanless PSU’s cannot handle the load of a high end system. Luckily, most of the high quality PSU’s out there today are fairly quiet.

Also, I want to add that replacing the cheapo punch out 80mm fan holes with a chrome fan grill will make a HUGE difference in both sound and airflow, especially if you have a high rpm fan.

Cheers

Specs:
Silent Tuned | 3D Marks 06: 11566
Q6600 2.4ghz CPU | Gigabyte GA-P35 LGA 775 MB
EVGA 8800gt 512mb Video Card
G.Skill 4GB Ram | Western Digital 400GB HD
X-Fi Xtrememusic Sound Card
Antec P180B Case | Evercool Sharks HSF
CM Real Power Pro 650watt PSU

]]> By: alec http://foliovision.com/2007/07/31/silent-computer/#comment-4059 alec Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:17:55 +0000 http://foliovision.com/2007/07/31/silent-computer/#comment-4059 Actually DRH, my silent PC's are much quieter than any Mac I know of except a Powerbook with a silent 4200 RPM drive. I managed to live with a Sawtooth DP 500 quiet happily but suffered with both a G4 DP 1.25 (revised Quicksilver) and a G5 DP 2.5 GHz. The latter had liquid cooling but was horribly loud, even with the processors tuned down to 2.0 GHz (with the help of <a href="http://www.bresink.de/osx/CPUSpeedMenu.html" rel="nofollow">CPU Speed Menu</a> from the brilliant Marcel Bresink of Tinkertool fame). Our silent PC's are really silent. Hard drive noise only. (In fairness, on the Quad processor we do have an ultra quiet special custom copper fan. But the copper fan is quieter than a hard drive. And that's running with a half open case to improve air circulation.) What I don't like about Macs and silent computing, is that it is so difficult to change and adjust the fans and cooling. With a PC if you want to spend an extra $30 and have a really silent fan, you have that option. We are running an office with seven computers in it and not a whisper from a single one most of the day. Actually DRH, my silent PC’s are much quieter than any Mac I know of except a Powerbook with a silent 4200 RPM drive.

I managed to live with a Sawtooth DP 500 quiet happily but suffered with both a G4 DP 1.25 (revised Quicksilver) and a G5 DP 2.5 GHz. The latter had liquid cooling but was horribly loud, even with the processors tuned down to 2.0 GHz (with the help of CPU Speed Menu from the brilliant Marcel Bresink of Tinkertool fame).

Our silent PC’s are really silent. Hard drive noise only.

(In fairness, on the Quad processor we do have an ultra quiet special custom copper fan. But the copper fan is quieter than a hard drive. And that’s running with a half open case to improve air circulation.)

What I don’t like about Macs and silent computing, is that it is so difficult to change and adjust the fans and cooling. With a PC if you want to spend an extra $30 and have a really silent fan, you have that option.

We are running an office with seven computers in it and not a whisper from a single one most of the day.

]]> By: drh http://foliovision.com/2007/07/31/silent-computer/#comment-3898 drh Wed, 06 Feb 2008 09:50:30 +0000 http://foliovision.com/2007/07/31/silent-computer/#comment-3898 The best way to have a quiet ans silent computer is to buy a Mac. it's just what i did, I will never go back to Pcs again. The best way to have a quiet ans silent computer is to buy a Mac. it’s just what i did, I will never go back to Pcs again.

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