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Is it possible to build a silent computer, without fans at all? What case should I buy?
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Is it possible to build a silent computer, without fans at all? What case should I buy? Best regards, Dima +790350938 |
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Hello! Is it possible to build a silent computer, without fans at all? What case should I buy? Best regards, Dima +790350938 TNN500AF - heat pipe technology http://www.zalman.co.kr/eng/product/...x=151&code=020 http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coo...-tnn500af.html TNN300 - a smaller version of the above http://www.zalman.co.kr/eng/product/...x=175&code=020 http://www.silentpcreview.com/article302-page1.html These are fanless, up to a point. If you put too much heat generating stuff in the case, there is room for a fan. So you must still select components that have low heat output. A laptop contains components which have fair attention to heat output, so that should give you some ideas as to which processors or GPU technologies to use. The above cases are too expensive to use, unless you are a business and have a large budget. Paul |
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oups.com... Hello! Is it possible to build a silent computer, without fans at all? What case should I buy? Best regards, Dima +790350938 What do you need the PC for? And what budget are you working with? If you want to play the latest 3d games, then you need something fairly powerful, which tends to make noise. For normal windows use, you can build an extremely quiet PC. You can buy fanless PSUs, or silent PSUs - see www.quietpc.co.uk You can use none-stock cooling heatsinks and fans on GPUs and CPUs. You can get mobile processors that are much cooler than desktop equivalents. My system is old now, but still runs windows very smoothly. I have my Athlon 2400+ processor undervolted, so it runs cooler and I have a large 120mm fan spinning relatively slowly above my zalman CPU cooler. I have replaced the small winey heatsink+fan on the motherboard with a large heatsink, which is also blown on by the large 120mm fan. I have replaced the heatsink and fan on my graphics card with a zalman GPU heatsink and I have an intake and exhaust fan re-wired to run on the 5v circuit instead of the 12v, so they are silent. I have a Samsung Spinpoint hard disk, which runs silently. |
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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 probably not. Put a number on how quiet it needs to be. Zero is not an option. , without fans at all? yes A google search for fanless gets almost two million hits. What case should I buy? Best regards, Dima +790350938 |
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Is it possible to build a silent computer, without fans at all? What case should I buy?
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oups.com... Hello! Is it possible to build a silent computer, without fans at all? What case should I buy? Best regards, Dima If high performance is not an issue: http://www.tranquilpc-shop.co.uk/ |
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Is it possible to build a silent computer, without fans at all? What case should I buy?
On 6 Feb 2007 00:15:00 -0800, "k" wrote:
Hello! Is it possible to build a silent computer, without fans at all? It depends on what you're trying to build, how cool the room is, and how long you need it to last. What case should I buy? One with fans. Getting rid of fans is seldom the correct solution for a silent computer. Extremely expensive solutions do exist that claim to do it, but they only factor for immediate stability, not longer term use of consumer grade PC parts. The correct solution is the same as always, choosing a reasonably ventilated case (it is not as though there is only one you could choose, there are many) so far as unobstructed air passages, choosing moderate to lower power/heat parts, and very low RPM fans. If you can hear very low RPM fans in a relatively quiet room, the problem is not that there are fans, it's either the poor quality of the fan or the case (or fan mount) design. If you really, truely need a "silent" system then I would suspect you would have specified the reason and environment in which it is necessary, as people usually do if they had a specific reason like near a mic in a studio. |
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On Feb 6, 11:53 am, Paul wrote:
k wrote: Hello! Is it possible to build a silent computer, without fans at all? What case should I buy? Best regards, Dima +790350938 TNN500AF - heat pipe technologyhttp://www.zalman.co.kr/eng/product/view.asp?idx=151&code=020http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coolers/display/zalman-tnn500af.html TNN300 - a smaller version of the abovehttp://www.zalman.co.kr/eng/product/view.asp?idx=175&code=020http://www.silentpcreview.com/article302-page1.html These are fanless, up to a point. If you put too much heat generating stuff in the case, there is room for a fan. So you must still select components that have low heat output. A laptop contains components which have fair attention to heat output, so that should give you some ideas as to which processors or GPU technologies to use. The above cases are too expensive to use, unless you are a business and have a large budget. Paul Thanks Paul for your reply! |
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On Feb 6, 1:04 pm, "GT" wrote:
"k" wrote in message oups.com... Hello! Is it possible to build a silent computer, without fans at all? What case should I buy? Best regards, Dima +790350938 What do you need the PC for? And what budget are you working with? If you want to play the latest 3d games, then you need something fairly powerful, which tends to make noise. For normal windows use, you can build an extremely quiet PC. You can buy fanless PSUs, or silent PSUs - seewww.quietpc.co.uk You can use none-stock cooling heatsinks and fans on GPUs and CPUs. You can get mobile processors that are much cooler than desktop equivalents. My system is old now, but still runs windows very smoothly. I have my Athlon 2400+ processor undervolted, so it runs cooler and I have a large 120mm fan spinning relatively slowly above my zalman CPU cooler. I have replaced the small winey heatsink+fan on the motherboard with a large heatsink, which is also blown on by the large 120mm fan. I have replaced the heatsink and fan on my graphics card with a zalman GPU heatsink and I have an intake and exhaust fan re-wired to run on the 5v circuit instead of the 12v, so they are silent. I have a Samsung Spinpoint hard disk, which runs silently. Thanks GT for your reply! I don't want to play the latest 3d games, but some 3d games like Need for speed porsche unleashed. I need a case mostly for normal windows use. Best regards, Dima |
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Is it possible to build a silent computer, without fans at all? What case should I buy?
On Feb 6, 8:02 pm, kony wrote:
On 6 Feb 2007 00:15:00 -0800, "k" wrote: Hello! Is it possible to build a silent computer, without fans at all? It depends on what you're trying to build, how cool the room is, and how long you need it to last. What case should I buy? One with fans. Getting rid of fans is seldom the correct solution for a silent computer. Extremely expensive solutions do exist that claim to do it, but they only factor for immediate stability, not longer term use of consumer grade PC parts. The correct solution is the same as always, choosing a reasonably ventilated case (it is not as though there is only one you could choose, there are many) so far as unobstructed air passages, choosing moderate to lower power/heat parts, and very low RPM fans. If you can hear very low RPM fans in a relatively quiet room, the problem is not that there are fans, it's either the poor quality of the fan or the case (or fan mount) design. If you really, truely need a "silent" system then I would suspect you would have specified the reason and environment in which it is necessary, as people usually do if they had a specific reason like near a mic in a studio. Thanks kony for your reply! The room is cool. I need the computer to work at night at my room to download through e-mule. Best regards, Dima |
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Is it possible to build a silent computer, without fans at all? What case should I buy?
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k wrote Is it possible to build a silent computer probably not. Corse it is. Put a number on how quiet it needs to be. Zero is not an option. Corse it is. without fans at all? yes A google search for fanless gets almost two million hits. What case should I buy? |
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