I Need Quiet

[ripken204]

im building a comp and want it to be vry quiet

im looking at this stuff, tell me how u think it is and plz plz plz give suggestions

fans:

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc....-999-602&depa=0

power supply:

http://www.xoxide.com/fanlesspsu1.html

also tell me some good and quiet hard drives, ~80 gig

[puntoMX]

Noise(dBA): 21

That’s like whispering... But like I told you before, good airflow and low noise = 12cm fan. Now you ask for 8cm fans...

I thought you were building a PC for 1000US$. Now you start to ask power supplies with a price of 130US$? . Any way, look for Zalman cooling solutions. And there is no need for a fanless power supply, just take a quiet fanned one.

Why don´t you think about water cooling? Just one 12cm for the whole system.

Look for a Seagate HDD, those ones are quiet and fast .

[ripken204]

ive been checking out this one too

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc....-103-473&depa=0

[puntoMX]

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc....-103-908&depa=0

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc....-103-914&depa=0

Antec makes one of the best power supplies. Enermax has also nice ones with a voltage regulator for the 8cm fan in the back.

[Dobby]

I've just sorted out our three machine network (all in the same room) with a Zalman solution.

Their 80mm case fans are seriously quiet and work well for a CPU fan if used in conjuction with a 60-80mm adapter. Beware though that although they come with a resistor (I think) that allows it to operate in silent mode I noticed that one of the machines CPUs heated up quite badly so I removed the resistor. To be honest though it's still pretty quiet and that's my server so it'll be hidden away in a cupboard.

I have the 60-80mm adapters on the two slower machines but for my beast I went for the Zalman CNPS7000B-Cu (Nice name huh!). It's a 90mm fan surrounded by copper fins. Just need to watch out for clearance between the fins and the PSU which BTW is the Zalman ZM400B-APS. I had to buy a new motherboard to enable me to even fit the CPU cooler onto the board (it needs four holes in the board around the CPU). It's still brushed up tight against some capacitors which is a little worrying but I think it'll be ok. They also do a 120mm version but I don't know how anyone gets THAT thing into their case! If you are considering getting one of these CPU coolers then checkout Zalmans website for compatibility with motherboards.

I'm in the process of an unattended install of four machines while I write this and while I've swapped out all the case fans, the CPU one is waiting to get fitted to the new motherboard. Once it's done I'll post my results.

Finally, Zalman also do heatsink only replacements for those noisy northbridge fans. So I got three of those to complete the solution.

[ripken204]

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc....-999-602&depa=0

my motherboard says that it can only have 2 case fans, therfore does that mean i can get 2 of the above or do i need to get 1 input and 1 output fan?

[xper]

Forget Fanless, I tried this one for 3 days. Returned.

http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=24350

Still too hot.

Now I'm using this. You can't hear it.

PSU - http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=24480

CPU - http://www.zalman.co.kr/eng/product/view.asp?idx=145&code=

[puntoMX]

True,

They are only good for home cinema systems. Still you need airflow .

And that Zalman CPU cooler... .. .

ripken204,

Who cares about the connections on your mobo, most fans come with a 3 to 4 pin adaptor. Only the 3 pin version will provide you with RPM information by your motherboard.

[Drewdatrip]

I have tried the Vantec stealths...uhhh ya not so stealth...

Go with Panaflo (for fans anyway)

As for PSU, id go with an enermax noisetaker 485w or higher.

for the CPU, Zalman all the way.

I even use the Zalman GPU cooler...my comp is **** near noiseless.

|Drew|