not just quiet but SILENT!
Moderators: NeilBlanchard, Ralf Hutter, sthayashi, Lawrence Lee
not just quiet but SILENT!
Hey guys , I been reading on these forums for a few months now and this will be my first post here. Like many of you I've been trying to get my computer as quiet as possible but without sacraficing performance.
Old Quiet Setup:
- Antec SLK3700AMB
- Power Supply- Antec 350W(SL350)Smart Power
- AMD A64 3000+ Newcastle @2.39ghz 9x266
- Zalman 7700Alcu Ducted
- Case fans- two Globe 120x25mm fans
- Seagate 160gb 7200.7 Sata w/ncq
The setup above was pretty quiet around 20dba, all my fans were spinning below 1000rpm and the hard drive suspended. Loudest thing was the power supply. I was thinking about upgrading to a seasonic or a fortron power supply and getting a passive water cooling system. But even after all that, at best the system would be real quiet but still not silent.
New Silent Setup:
There is a tool room next to my bedroom. I moved a cable wall outlet and drilled two 1/4" holes. Then I ran through the wall one 10' usb extension cable for usb hub, one 10' ps/2 extension cable for keyboard , one 15' firewire cable for external drive and one 10' extension monitor cable. I even swapped my case fans to two 120x38 sanyo denki 105cfm 38dba fans and still silent, no noise in my room.
Yes, silent. no fan noise, whining seeking or anything.
I power up the system with a keyboard like ive done for years.
I'm at work right now, ill try to take some pictures when I have time.
Old Quiet Setup:
- Antec SLK3700AMB
- Power Supply- Antec 350W(SL350)Smart Power
- AMD A64 3000+ Newcastle @2.39ghz 9x266
- Zalman 7700Alcu Ducted
- Case fans- two Globe 120x25mm fans
- Seagate 160gb 7200.7 Sata w/ncq
The setup above was pretty quiet around 20dba, all my fans were spinning below 1000rpm and the hard drive suspended. Loudest thing was the power supply. I was thinking about upgrading to a seasonic or a fortron power supply and getting a passive water cooling system. But even after all that, at best the system would be real quiet but still not silent.
New Silent Setup:
There is a tool room next to my bedroom. I moved a cable wall outlet and drilled two 1/4" holes. Then I ran through the wall one 10' usb extension cable for usb hub, one 10' ps/2 extension cable for keyboard , one 15' firewire cable for external drive and one 10' extension monitor cable. I even swapped my case fans to two 120x38 sanyo denki 105cfm 38dba fans and still silent, no noise in my room.
Yes, silent. no fan noise, whining seeking or anything.
I power up the system with a keyboard like ive done for years.
I'm at work right now, ill try to take some pictures when I have time.
did someone have this idea before and alot of people flamed him for it?
I cant find that thread anywhere.
anyway, if you finally got your goal then congrats.my comp is really quiet but my laptop is near silent! Fujistu S6231, i find myself using it more then my comp now because all my papers are on it.
~RaNDoM
I cant find that thread anywhere.
anyway, if you finally got your goal then congrats.my comp is really quiet but my laptop is near silent! Fujistu S6231, i find myself using it more then my comp now because all my papers are on it.
~RaNDoM
-
- Patron of SPCR
- Posts: 2674
- Joined: Sun Jul 04, 2004 6:07 am
- Location: Houten, The Netherlands, Europe
Somebody had this solution before. He got flamed, but not for the idea. He got flamed, because he thought that this was the one and only good solution for everyone. According to him all other silencing methods where a stupid waste of effort. I don't see this poster having such an attitude.
I doesn't harm to remind people now and then that if you happen to have a well ventilated closet handy, then this can be an easy solution.
I doesn't harm to remind people now and then that if you happen to have a well ventilated closet handy, then this can be an easy solution.
I have the opposite now. Before I thought my lappy was "silent" or atleast silent enough that my PC was louder. Now my PC is so quiet my laptop is making more noise. I regularly get up and walk over to my PC to try and diagnose noise, just to realise it was my lappy making it all along! *doh*RaNDoMMAI wrote: anyway, if you finally got your goal then congrats.my comp is really quiet but my laptop is near silent! Fujistu S6231, i find myself using it more then my comp now because all my papers are on it.
~RaNDoM
I need a fujitsu hard disk!
My goal was to have my computer as quiet as possible. Now, I only know my computer is on from the monitor. I dont know how else to say it, it's silent, muted, noiseless, no noise, 0dba so yes I have reached my goal in pc noise. I forgot to mention, a closet would would prolly work too, depending on the noise of your pc, and the closet, if I didnt have a extra room next to me I would have used a closet.
There is one problem with this setup. if my computer is on fire or a fan is dying I wouldnt know.
There is one problem with this setup. if my computer is on fire or a fan is dying I wouldnt know.
USB HUB: I bought this hub because it's self powered and customers seem to like it also.
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDe ... 300&depa=0
External Enclosure: When picking a external enclosure, firewire is nice to have because you can use it as a boot-up device unlike usb. also firewire uses less cpu processing vs usb. I choose the linked enclosure because it's aluminium cooled, no fans, solid and I also like how it looks.
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDe ... 214&depa=0[/url]
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDe ... 300&depa=0
External Enclosure: When picking a external enclosure, firewire is nice to have because you can use it as a boot-up device unlike usb. also firewire uses less cpu processing vs usb. I choose the linked enclosure because it's aluminium cooled, no fans, solid and I also like how it looks.
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDe ... 214&depa=0[/url]
-
- SPCR Reviewer
- Posts: 2696
- Joined: Thu Dec 11, 2003 9:53 pm
- Location: Scarsdale, NY
- Contact:
He got flamed for his attitude. He basically came in to push our buttons and say any other method than relocation was a waste of time, money and effort and not as effective i.e. relocation is the only solution. A waste of money! That's why he got the jolting he did. Then he had the gall to say that a 10 meter analogue video extension of any quality would do fine without affecting image quality, even at high resolution and refresh--it's harmful to spread that sort of bogus crap around.Tibors wrote:Somebody had this solution before. He got flamed, but not for the idea. He got flamed, because he thought that this was the one and only good solution for everyone. According to him all other silencing methods where a stupid waste of effort. I don't see this poster having such an attitude.
I doesn't harm to remind people now and then that if you happen to have a well ventilated closet handy, then this can be an easy solution.
-Ed
Is that a Mac mini on your desk?
Where exactly is your computer/where does it make noise?
One idea would be to make a wall/shelf enclosure for the pc in the other room out of "dry wall"
Where exactly is your computer/where does it make noise?
One idea would be to make a wall/shelf enclosure for the pc in the other room out of "dry wall"
Code: Select all
|
|
|
|_________
| |
| _____ |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | o | |
| | O | |
------------------------------------
This sounds like an idea I can use. How about access to the CD-ROM drive??? I don't think I can run an IDE cable that long; maybe add an external enclosure with another CD drive? I'd hate to have to keep riunning back & forth from room to room to load CDs. I think I'd also have to run another power switch, since I don't think my motherboard has the power-on with keyboard option.