Highish end Quietish Build Help
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Highish end Quietish Build Help
Hi Folks,
Yes, it is another advice thread!
I am looking to build a new system that is at least not annoyingly loud, as opposed to totally silent. It will be used mostly for Adobe Lightroom and for some games, such as Oblivion.
Case Antec P180B
PSU Seasonic S-12
CPU Core 2 6600
Cooling Scythe Ninja
MB Asus P5B Deluxe
Memory 2GB G. Skill PC6400
Video EVGA Geforce 7950GX2 1GB or ATI 1950XTX
HD 1x150GB Raptor, 2 x320gb Seagate (JBOD)
Sound Creative X-Fi Music
DVD/RW Pioneer
Floppy+ Card reader Mitsumi7 in one
OS Windows XP Pro
I keep waffling over the hard disk configuration and over the video card. I am debating using a 1080p HDTV as a monitor, which would mean I'd need enough video horsepower to hanle 19x12 resolutions. Finally, I look at all the possible memory configurations out there and my head spins...
I would therefore appreciate any and all feedback before I shell out the bucks!
Yes, it is another advice thread!
I am looking to build a new system that is at least not annoyingly loud, as opposed to totally silent. It will be used mostly for Adobe Lightroom and for some games, such as Oblivion.
Case Antec P180B
PSU Seasonic S-12
CPU Core 2 6600
Cooling Scythe Ninja
MB Asus P5B Deluxe
Memory 2GB G. Skill PC6400
Video EVGA Geforce 7950GX2 1GB or ATI 1950XTX
HD 1x150GB Raptor, 2 x320gb Seagate (JBOD)
Sound Creative X-Fi Music
DVD/RW Pioneer
Floppy+ Card reader Mitsumi7 in one
OS Windows XP Pro
I keep waffling over the hard disk configuration and over the video card. I am debating using a 1080p HDTV as a monitor, which would mean I'd need enough video horsepower to hanle 19x12 resolutions. Finally, I look at all the possible memory configurations out there and my head spins...
I would therefore appreciate any and all feedback before I shell out the bucks!
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Hello & welcome to SPCR,
The stock video cooler is likely to ruin your noise levels -- a Zalman VF900 should do the trick.
Also, the Antec Solo might be quieter with it's hard drive supension. Seagate HD's are not very quiet, or very cool running -- maybe the new Western Digital SE16 would be a better choice?
The stock video cooler is likely to ruin your noise levels -- a Zalman VF900 should do the trick.
Also, the Antec Solo might be quieter with it's hard drive supension. Seagate HD's are not very quiet, or very cool running -- maybe the new Western Digital SE16 would be a better choice?
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its not quite as Scarey as you make out it normaly just involves pushing out the push pins and screwing a new one in. There isnt realy any prying or glueing involved.Admiral Nelson wrote:Isn't the radeon X1950XTX supposed to be quiet? The idea of prying of a GPU cooler and gluing on a new one is terriffying to someone who has never done it before....
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actually, you might want to see for yourself. Most people here probably haven't had any play time with the new coolers on the x1950's. It's basically a iceq-3 cooler with a different fan, as far as I can tell. Either that, or a damn fine clone. If you do go the ati route, I'd see if the stock cooler was quiet enough before you go replacing it.Admiral Nelson wrote:Isn't the radeon X1950XTX supposed to be quiet? The idea of prying of a GPU cooler and gluing on a new one is terriffying to someone who has never done it before....
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