Be silent, computer!!!!

[VetLegion]

That's it. I've decided, no more games.

I'll part with hard earned 130 euros and buy a fanless power supply.

After that, I'll put the hard disk in a box, connect one side of a homemade air duct tube to the box and put a big (120 mm) fan on the other, which will rotate slowly to cool it. The air duct will be all bent like a snake, I'll make the tube from some sponge-like material to soak in all the vibrations.

I'm going to cool my processor with watercooling, and this is important - without any fans. I think the radiator can handle it with convection alone.

I wanted to make this a totally fanless solution, but sadly I can't figure another way to cool the hard disc. Since I'll put it in a box, passive coolers won't be able to do it.

DEATH TO COMPUTER NOISE!!

(especially high pitched, man I hate this hard disc)

Anyway, what are your expiriences, how have you silenced your PCs? Or do you not care?

Personally, I'm ready to give up performance for silence. I have done so opting for a slower video card with only a passive cooler. I have had parts for the other things lying around for ages, but today, I decided it has been ENOUGH! I do this.

[VetLegion]

This one.



The cheapest I could find. Others are well over 200 euros. But since I run a low end system, it will be enough.

[VetLegion]

And from the same company, I was eyeing this:



Sadly, even these huge monstrosities can't handle the heat with natural convection only and you need to use at least one fan, case fan if nothing else. I hate fans with a vengeance, so I decided to go with a watercooling system I'll build. Its radiator will be outside of the case, so hopefully, it will be able to function without a fan.

[Giancarlo]

My PSU has a 120MM and 80MM fan and the only thing I hear are they hard-drives. I have looked for silent fan solutions. Fans that are built in a way.. I have a 480 watt Demon Powmax Power supply. I have 8 80MM fans on my case.. all are LEDs.. and these are silent fans.

[VetLegion]

Yeah, many people are slowing down their fans, using bigger fans and so on and results can be quite good. But I want to get rid of noise once and for all, so I want to go fanless. It seems I'll have to keep one fan. Damn.

[Giancarlo]

Well it isn't really practical to get rid of all fans even if you have water cooling. You need to get air circulation in your machine.

[VetLegion]

I'll keep it open. Air is wellcome to circulate all over it

[VetLegion]

Can't they make hard discs that are silent, for those of us who will pay extra for them? All hard discs I ever had were noisy as hell.

[Giancarlo]

Originally posted by VetLegion
Can't they make hard discs that are silent, for those of us who will pay extra for them? All hard discs I ever had were noisy as hell.

I paid a little more for Maxtor Silent hard-drives.. but even those make a small amount of noise (nothing like the regular ones).

[Fake Boris]

Originally posted by Giancarlo


I paid a little more for Maxtor Silent hard-drives.. but even those make a small amount of noise (nothing like the regular ones).

Which model are you talking about?

[Winston]

Why not just buy a couple of extension chords for the peripherals, and put the thing in the fridge where it belongs.

Then you could even grab a snack or something if you have to load a new CD.

[asleepathewheel]

beer cooler tower.

mmmm

[Sir Og]

VetLegion the easyest solution is to drill a hole in the wall and to leave the PC case outside of the room where you are staying. I assume that your walls are thick enough to isolate the noise that your machine is producing currently.

[:) Smiley]

Even locating your case away from where you sit with long cords will help since intensity dereases as an inverse of distance squared.

[Dis]

Re: Be silent, computer!!!!

Originally posted by VetLegion
That's it. I've decided, no more games.

I'll part with hard earned 130 euros and buy a fanless power supply.

After that, I'll put the hard disk in a box, connect one side of a homemade air duct tube to the box and put a big (120 mm) fan on the other, which will rotate slowly to cool it. The air duct will be all bent like a snake, I'll make the tube from some sponge-like material to soak in all the vibrations.

I'm going to cool my processor with watercooling, and this is important - without any fans. I think the radiator can handle it with convection alone.

I wanted to make this a totally fanless solution, but sadly I can't figure another way to cool the hard disc. Since I'll put it in a box, passive coolers won't be able to do it.

DEATH TO COMPUTER NOISE!!

(especially high pitched, man I hate this hard disc)

Anyway, what are your expiriences, how have you silenced your PCs? Or do you not care?

Personally, I'm ready to give up performance for silence. I have done so opting for a slower video card with only a passive cooler. I have had parts for the other things lying around for ages, but today, I decided it has been ENOUGH! I do this.

my new computer has a really quiet fan. It seems to keep everything cool enough. Even in summer when I keep my house at 82 F (27.7 C).

My old computer was extremely noisey though. Sounded like a jet engine. okay that's a slight exaggeration, but only slight.