Will this work[?]

elec999 · Post by **elec999** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:49 pm

I am want to build a system with very low noise and no moving parts. Will this work or will there be too much heat inside the case.
Antec Solo
FSP Fortron Zen FSP300 *will this psu have enough power to power this system
ASUS M3A78-EMH HDMI AMD 780G
Amd 5000+ BE
2GB ram unknown yet
Thermalright ULTRA-120 Extreme + Thermalright AM2 BOLT-THRU Kit fanless
HIS Radeon HD 3650 Isilenceiii 100% fanless
LG HDDVD/BLURAY drive
Western Digital 1TB GP x2 in raid1

This will act as my workstation/htpc. Needs to be 100% silent. I no longer want to go through the trouble of modding the fans, etc, etc.
Maybe add some Noctua fans running in silent mod (90mm*2 front + 120*1 back, and if needed on the Thermalright cooler.
Thanks

Xuestor · Post by **Xuestor** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 2:01 am

I don't know how quiet the Fourtron psus are, but I would get one noctua for the thermalright, and one for exhaust at the back. Both at 600rpm.

bonestonne · Post by **bonestonne** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 7:50 am

FSP300-60GNF-R is the power supply i'd use for that (and i did for my setup too).

the only thing i have against the fanless one is that you'll be putting it at the top of the case, with the exhaust fan below it. the PSU will catch rising warm air, as well as its own heat, so there's not much chance for it to cool off.

if anything, at least an exhaust fan would be worthwhile. an 800rpm Scythe Slipstream would work out great.

is the OS going to be on the GP drives? or will there be a separate OS drive altogether?

my suggestion for RAM would be to look at either Mushkin or Crucial Ballistix, both are great sets. G-Skill also makes really good RAM.

oxygen200000 · Post by **oxygen200000** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 9:05 am

Thermalright ULTRA-120 Extreme is the best air cooler for OC-ers, but is not so great for an fanless system. For that kind of build an Scythe Ninja is recommended.
I'll never recommend an fanless PSU... If you chose Seasonic S12 550 Energy+ or Corsair VX450/HX520 you'll not hear a sound...

Moogles · Post by **Moogles** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 9:36 am

Even if you could run that system fanlessly (which is ill advised, imo), your harddrives would make more noise than a low RPM quality fan would.