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Old January 26th 04, 10:27 PM
Snazz
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Hi

any suggestions for parts to quieten me pc down, do I go for individual
parts or changing to one of the smart 'silent pc cases' suppose it all
depends on the price

any ideas

Sam

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Old January 29th 04, 02:06 PM
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"Snazz" snazz1690 AThotmail.com wrote in message
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Hi

any suggestions for parts to quieten me pc down, do I go for individual
parts or changing to one of the smart 'silent pc cases' suppose it all
depends on the price

any ideas

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Theres a few resellers that specialise in these sorts of components
including http://www.quietpc.com. From experience most cases are fine
(though some cheap cases can cause intense noise, and virtually no cooling).
Quiet components I've used and can recommend a Zalman 7000AlCu HSF,
Samsung Spinpoint and Seagate drives (new ones with FDB - Fluid bearings),
and Antec or Globalwin PSUs


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Old January 29th 04, 07:54 PM
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Hi

any suggestions for parts to quieten me pc down, do I go for individual
parts or changing to one of the smart 'silent pc cases' suppose it all
depends on the price

any ideas

I have been doing a bit of work on this recently - For too long now, I
have had a noisy, hot sideless PC...

Initially I bought an antec sonata case - This reduced the PSU noise and
made other bits generally a bit quieter. Some soundproofing foam made
this a bit more effective.

More recently, changing my main hard drive from a Western Digital one
and putting a Zalman heatsink on my graphics card are the 2 things that
have made the largest difference.

In answer to your question, it is hard to know without seeing the
system, as it is possible to buy very expensive quiet cases, but if it
is just a couple of main items (PSU, fans, etc) that are causing the
main noise problem then it may be better to replace these.
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Old January 29th 04, 08:07 PM
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"Snazz" snazz1690 AThotmail.com wrote:

any suggestions for parts to quieten me pc down, do I go for individual
parts or changing to one of the smart 'silent pc cases' suppose it all
depends on the price


Probably the later - replace the noisiest parts with quieter ones
until you reduce the noise to a tolerable level.

Quiet cases don't make an enourmous difference if you don't have quiet
components in them and you can get a similar result with by lining
most cases with soundproofing materials. That is essentially what
most quiet cases are, with the exception of the new Zalman case which
is effectively just a bloody huge heat sink! ;-)

Usual culprits are the PSU, CPU cooler and case fans. You'll reduce
the noise significantly by replacing those with quieter units.

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Old January 31st 04, 12:19 PM
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thanks guys,

great help, think I'll start with the cpu cooler and get a Zalman

cheers

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any suggestions for parts to quieten me pc down, do I go for individual
parts or changing to one of the smart 'silent pc cases' suppose it all
depends on the price

any ideas

Sam

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