i love ur build!, the speakers, the case, thee components, the desk! all so nicely arranged and clean. convinced me to get an antec p150/designer 500!

one, 120mm exhaust at the back to blow out the hot air in the case should do fine. sometimes putting in too much fans can have a negative effect, as they could be blowing about air everywhere, disrupting a clean flow of air through the case.

my x1950pro required 32amps on the 12v (as listed on the ati website), im pretty sure the 3870 will be around that level also. also had rebooting troubles when i first tried to load up games with my x1950pro when i had a 400w, 14amps on the 12v psu. Changed to a 36A on the 12V rail psu after :). smo...

just replace all ur fans in the armor with quiet ones (ie. nexus), then there wont be any sound (or much of it) to escape in the first place! (assuming you have other quiet things, i.e. quiet cpu cooler, quiet vga cooler, quiet harddrive...etc)

great, i think i will go with my desired case then. will definately change the stock 80mm fan to a 120mm nexus, maybe add an extra nexus at the front of the case for a better airflow. also might have to do something about the harddrive bay if rubber grommets etc arent included. thanks for ur comment

Hey guys, im a bit confused here. On one hand, im really liking the looks of the Asus VENTO TA-915 case (plus its cheap price!), however I see these forums filled with the antec p150/p180/p182/solo...etc cases. I was wondering if those cases were vital for a silent pc? Im planning to replace the sin...

Hey guys, what should the length of the 12v cpu power line be on any power supply for it to be nice and loose (and able to be routed behind the motherboard) for the antec p180/182. thanks in advance. or...what is the length of the 12v cpu power cable on the corsair hx520? (as the hx520 cable lengths...

not sure if this helps or not but when i first got a 500w enermax liberty, it had a high pitched whine straight from the get go. just went back to the store and got a refund.

that shuld be all good to go, although i'd get a separate VGA cooler for that 8800gts, as graphic cards tend to get very loud. (even when idle)

thanks for the reply, since then ive made a few more changes before finally ordering in the parts :) Case: Antec P180 CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (G0 Stepping [SLACR]) CPU COOLER: Zalman CNPS9500 Motherboard: Asus P5K Ram: Super Talent DDR2 PC2-6400 4-4-3-8 2GB Graphics Card: Leadtek 8800gt 512mb G...

i think it is quite a must, from my experience, the power supply and graphics card (especially the high end, gaming graphics card) produce the most noise. cheers.

after much scrutiny i've decided ill invest on an good, silent power supply as recommended by this site in order to achieve my aims of a silent pc :) heres my new build revision, could you guys have a quick look through and confirm whether it'd be a silent pc or if i need to make further changes. th...

despite the average loudness, non-recommended powersupply, do you think all the other modifications such as a 3rd party cpu /gpu cooler, antec p180...quiet spinpoint harddrive do the trick? im not aiming for dead silence here, just want to be able to sleep with the pc on approx 2.5metres away

cheers

hey kaange, thanks for the reply. ive made new revisions to my build, could you guys please check it out Case: Antec P180 CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (G0 Stepping [SLACR]) CPU COOLER: Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme /w Evercool 120mm fan Motherboard: Asus P5K Ram: Supertalent 4GB PC-6400 DDR2 Graphi...

hey guys, im aiming for a reasonably quiet PC build in my bedroom. im hoping for it to be quiet enough so i can sleep with it on overnight in my room 2.5 metres away from my bed. my aim aside, heres my build so far PSU: Zippy 500W (Cant change this, this is from my previous computer, and i dont have...