Quiet SFF Gaming System
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 5:39 am
This as as quiet as they come, took me 6 months to get this built, due to components not being available, went through 4 motherboards but finally have the system stable..
Silverstone SG03 S
Asus P5B-VM DO
Enermax Liberty 500W, modded with Nexus 120MM Fan @ 12V
Core2Duo E6600 @ Stock Speeds, Mobo is a realy bad overclocker
Silverstone NT06 Lite
4* 1GB OCZ DDR2800 4-4-4-15
2* Seagate 120GB 7200.2
2* Scythe Quiet Drive SDQ2500
2* Nocuta 120mm Running at 7.5V
Radeon X1950 Pro 512MB fitted with Arctic Cooling Accelero S1
Soundblaster X-Fi Xtreme Music
Terratec 2400idt, Dual DVB-T PCI-E
Pioneer 109XLS "Silver Limited Edition Aluminium Face" + IDE to SATA Convertor
-All cables are placed/tied so they do not obstruct any airflow from the 2 front 120mm fans, the ATX PSU Cable sits between the two fans so it does not block much air.., spending the extra 45 minutes on cable management pays off..
The HDD Power/DATA cables might look messy but it's the neatest I could get them, also they are on the side so they do not block airflow over the hard drive enclosures..
Playing Shadowrun @ 1680*1050 with everything on MAX and AA set to 2x, obviously a faster card would mean better performance, but system runs stable, no longer do I have to tolerate the loud fans and dvd drive from the xbox 360, same performance minus the noise..
Thinking about upgrading to a 8800GTX with HR-03 Plus, but that would mean my PCI slot is blocked and they don't make a PCI-E x1 soundblaster, well not a very good one...
Anyway anyone think they can make a quieter rig?, unless your using 2.5" Laptop Drives, your desktop drives are always going to be louder than the loudest component in my system "Nexus 22DB"
Silverstone SG03 S
Asus P5B-VM DO
Enermax Liberty 500W, modded with Nexus 120MM Fan @ 12V
Core2Duo E6600 @ Stock Speeds, Mobo is a realy bad overclocker
Silverstone NT06 Lite
4* 1GB OCZ DDR2800 4-4-4-15
2* Seagate 120GB 7200.2
2* Scythe Quiet Drive SDQ2500
2* Nocuta 120mm Running at 7.5V
Radeon X1950 Pro 512MB fitted with Arctic Cooling Accelero S1
Soundblaster X-Fi Xtreme Music
Terratec 2400idt, Dual DVB-T PCI-E
Pioneer 109XLS "Silver Limited Edition Aluminium Face" + IDE to SATA Convertor
-All cables are placed/tied so they do not obstruct any airflow from the 2 front 120mm fans, the ATX PSU Cable sits between the two fans so it does not block much air.., spending the extra 45 minutes on cable management pays off..
The HDD Power/DATA cables might look messy but it's the neatest I could get them, also they are on the side so they do not block airflow over the hard drive enclosures..
Playing Shadowrun @ 1680*1050 with everything on MAX and AA set to 2x, obviously a faster card would mean better performance, but system runs stable, no longer do I have to tolerate the loud fans and dvd drive from the xbox 360, same performance minus the noise..
Thinking about upgrading to a 8800GTX with HR-03 Plus, but that would mean my PCI slot is blocked and they don't make a PCI-E x1 soundblaster, well not a very good one...
Anyway anyone think they can make a quieter rig?, unless your using 2.5" Laptop Drives, your desktop drives are always going to be louder than the loudest component in my system "Nexus 22DB"