Silent Gaming PC - Tips?
Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2011 8:45 am
Well, my very first post, so hello to everyone!
This is the second time I put a PC together, and the second time I come to SPCR for ideas, and this time I even come for suggestions.
The PC I'm running now is still OK I guess, it's about 4 years old. But it's making a whole lot of noise during gaming (and not even high end games), and I'm getting tired of the constant buzzing. I'm mostly using the PC for work. I'm a beginning teacher so lot's of Office applications and Photoshop during the week, but when I have the time I want to game. So I don't need a top-notch high end gaming rig, but I do want to comfortably play without worrying about anything, and of course in silence. Overclocking is not something I'll do very soon I think, if at all.
So this is what I have thrown together, and I hope I did an OK job.
My budget was 1500 €, and now I'm at 1340 €, so I have a little room to play around with other stuff. Any comments or suggestions are welcome!
This is the second time I put a PC together, and the second time I come to SPCR for ideas, and this time I even come for suggestions.
The PC I'm running now is still OK I guess, it's about 4 years old. But it's making a whole lot of noise during gaming (and not even high end games), and I'm getting tired of the constant buzzing. I'm mostly using the PC for work. I'm a beginning teacher so lot's of Office applications and Photoshop during the week, but when I have the time I want to game. So I don't need a top-notch high end gaming rig, but I do want to comfortably play without worrying about anything, and of course in silence. Overclocking is not something I'll do very soon I think, if at all.
So this is what I have thrown together, and I hope I did an OK job.
- Bitfenix Shinobi Window case
- Asus P8Z68-V-Pro mobo
- Intel core i5 2500k cpu
- Noctua NH-C14 CPU cooler
- MSI N560GTX-Ti Twin Frozr II/OC graphics card
- G.Skill Ripjaws DDR3 8GB PC1600 CL9 (2x4GB) memory
- Corsair PSU Gold AX850 Watt PSU
- OCZ Vertex 3 120GB SSD
- Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB storage
- NOCTUA NF-S12B 120 mm side fan
My budget was 1500 €, and now I'm at 1340 €, so I have a little room to play around with other stuff. Any comments or suggestions are welcome!