Thanks guys. Its really dead silent until it goes into full load on a render and the exhaust fan picks up to full speed. Even then, I can barely hear it over the central heating in my house. Gaming, it's completely silent which is great. I've been working in Maya and Mental Ray and I've been experim...

Ok wow, so after nearly a year and a half, I realized while installing some more RAM that I never posted any pictures of this build. Final specs: i7 920 @ 3.75 24/7. Runs at 4.1Ghz while doing render jobs 12gb OCZ Platinum 1600MHz 7-8-7-24 ATI 4770 Corsair HX620 PSU 2x Scythe Slipstream 1200RPM. 650...

Now now, the man is pushing a lot of hardware there, he can be excused for not vacuuming before guests come over. I'm in the process of a move right now and I'm waiting on my i7 chip so my build is on hold for a couple of weeks it seems. I'll try to get pictures of the Accelero installed on the 4770...

Small update, still waiting on the CPU and since the Mugen 2 screws in from the backplate I can't get the motherboard installed which means I can't do much right now :( I've also got the 1/2" accoustic foam on order from Parts-Express, should be able to pick it up next weekend. As to the Accelero S2...

Thanks for the advice guys on the fans guys. I've already cut out the back fan grill but I'll leave the fronts since there won't be any active fans there. I'm gonna stay away from Acoustipak, I just can't afford the cost. I've ordered some 1/2" acoustic foam from PartsExpress which I'm going to comb...

I built my main PC for animation and rendering. I bought everything right when it came out so in total i think i spent 3 g's. It renders pretty fast. 1 min video in highest quality in Maya rendered in about 4 min i think it was less. my laptop would normally take 30 min and the schools macs would t...

Scythe Mugen 2 CPU cooler w/1200RPM slipstream I would recomend just using the PWM fan that comes with the Mugen 2 I have used it and it will run as slow as ~250-1200 RPM and can run at much slower speeds than a normal 1200 RPM slipstream and it is PWM controlled so you don't have to worry about fa...

Hey hey! I'm currently studying animation in school and am moving slowly into 3D modelling and rendering so I figured it was time to upgrade my lowely E6300 for a new rig. Enter the i7 920! My plan is to use minimal fans, custom sound deadning panels and acoustic foam to make the system completely i...

I agree to test ICD7.

After doing a lot of research into noise reduction materials I decided that the only way for me to reduce the noise in my already quiet P180 was to use noise absorption material. I did a lot of research on materials to use and the science behind it. Like lots....every night for a week from 10PM-5AM....