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Old February 6th 07, 03:09 PM posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Mike T.
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Default Is it possible to build a silent computer, without fans at all? What case should I buy?


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Hello!
Is it possible to build a silent computer, without fans at all? What
case should I buy?
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Dima
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If you want to go without fans, you will need water cooling for CPU,
graphics card, mainboard chipset and hard drive(s). This will be a
considerable investment in terms of research, money and time. When you are
done, you will need at least one fan in the system still. Best bet would be
to get a really QUIET power supply with exhaust fan(s) such as a Seasonic
brand power supply in particular. While a power supply fan cools the power
supply primarily, it also draws some limited amount of air through the case.
So you could get by using JUST the power supply exhaust fan to cool the
system, probably.

You can't go totally without fans. Even if every major component is
water-cooled, you will still have problems if the ambient temperature in the
case gets too high. That will happen without at least some minimal amount
of airflow. That's why you can't go totally fanless.

There are cases designed specifically for better airflow. But regardless of
what case you buy, you still need a fan somewhere to move air through
t. -Dave