Personal computing discussed
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Schlendrian wrote:Hello!
[...]I guess it would be good to say what I want to do with my build. Aside from work, I want to play strategy games and such at good graphics settings. Right now I am thinking Total War series and Diablo 3 - so no hardware-heavy 3D-Ego Shooters planned. The question is, maybe I am even performing an overkill with the sweet spot machine (Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz, EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti Superclocked) - maybe I could go for a little less horsepower and invest the saved bucks into quieter gear. But then again, as I upgrade very infrequently, I d like a build that will keep me happy for a little while,not something that is completely outdated in no time at all. Maybe I want too many things at one time.[...]
just brew it! wrote:The Newegg TV video on that page has a good explanation of the differences between the older Hyper 212+ and the newer Hyper 212 Evo.Take a serious look at Coolermaster's tower-style heatpipe CPU coolers.... like the 212 EVO, for even lower noise level.
JustAnEngineer wrote:just brew it! wrote:Take a serious look at Coolermaster's tower-style heatpipe CPU coolers.... like the 212 EVO, for even lower noise level.
The Newegg TV video on that page has a good explanation of the differences between the older Hyper 212+ and the newer Hyper 212 Evo.
JustAnEngineer wrote:When the pump on a three-month-old Corsair Hydro H70 failed, I installed a CoolerMaster Hyper 212+ on a Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition in its place. The CoolerMaster unit was essentially silent, certainly no louder than the much more expensive, bulkier, heavier and apparently less reliable water cooling system that it replaced. The improvements in the newer Evo version seem worthwhile, as well.
glacius555 wrote:
Arclight wrote:@PSU
I remeber from back when i used to read "silent computing" posts on overclock.net they also kept notice of what PSU to use. Some considered the PSU to be the noisiest part of their PC
If this is your type, then i'd recommend the gold series of PSUs from Seasonic. They are known to be extremely quiet, actually during idle or low demand the fan of these PSUs shuts down on it's own
Schlendrian wrote:Core i5 3570K
ASUS P8Z77-V
Radeon HD7850
Coolermaster Hyper 212 EVO
Schlendrian wrote:LE? LX? ASRock?
Schlendrian wrote:I ll probably put a SSD in there, 128GB Samsung 830 sound like a good idea? Probably big enough to run Win 7 plus a VM with Ubuntu for Internet surfing as well as my favourite games? Or is that too big?
Schlendrian wrote:Now I have to really start researching on the case as well, I ve gotten so much good advice already, it will be hard to decide... I will also see what silentpcreview.com has to say about the matter.
moresmarterthanspock wrote:I seem to recall an old friend of mine resorted to liquid cooling to make a silent PC. The PSU fan was the only fan in his machine, but it doesn't make any noticable noise anyway. He piped water over his CPU, GPU, and maybe his chipset, but I can't remember for sure about the chipset. The pump was in an external water tower with heatsink fins protruding around it, relying on convective heat transfer to dissipate the heat. I don't remember the brand of the whole cooling setup. Maybe Thermaltake? Yeah, it was probably a bit expensive just for the sake of having a silent PC, but then again, I always shell out the extra $300 for a decent sound card, so I'm in no place to chastize someone about spending extra on certain luxuries.
Airmantharp wrote:moresmarterthanspock wrote:I seem to recall an old friend of mine resorted to liquid cooling to make a silent PC. The PSU fan was the only fan in his machine, but it doesn't make any noticable noise anyway. He piped water over his CPU, GPU, and maybe his chipset, but I can't remember for sure about the chipset. The pump was in an external water tower with heatsink fins protruding around it, relying on convective heat transfer to dissipate the heat. I don't remember the brand of the whole cooling setup. Maybe Thermaltake? Yeah, it was probably a bit expensive just for the sake of having a silent PC, but then again, I always shell out the extra $300 for a decent sound card, so I'm in no place to chastize someone about spending extra on certain luxuries.
You can definitely get silent PSUs nowadays that can handle a top-end CPU and GPU (just one); but the real noise challenge will be in the pumps for such a system. Otherwise, by increasing the surface area of the cooling system that's exposed to air, a completely fan-less system could easily be built.
anotherengineer wrote:I bought these fans to replace my noctua's.
They start at low voltages, I have seen them running at 300 rpm-ish on start up.
I am very happy with them.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6835185148
and review
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cooler ... html#sect0
Airmantharp wrote:Scythe makes some very good fans- they're in the running with Noctua. I use a stack of S-Flex fans in my server.