[Icarium]

Ah, the 7800 GT is what's in my current machine

My next card will probably be a 8900 GTX or a 9800 series.

 

[Ingo]

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Originally Posted by Icarium /img/forum/go_quote.gif Ah, the 7800 GT is what's in my current machine My next card will probably be a 8900 GTX or a 9800 series.

My PC started out inaudible. Two years later and I can here a bit of fan noise from two or three of the fans in there. The PSU fan on my Seasonic PSU seems to be the one that is making the least noise. The loudest by far is the southbridge fan on my K8N.

 

[Banach]

Go for seasonic for the PSU, it is dead silent and very efficient (it never gets hot). After you have this under control the only thing to worry about is how to avoid cooler fans on the MB and graphic cards. The are very good heat sinks for that purpose.

 

[Icarium]

Ha! I was thinking Seasonic. My friend raved about them a year ago so I wasn't sure if that advice was outdated by now.. Good to know. I'm told very stable and quiet. 600 W here I come.

 

[joze7205]

Don't forget about the harddrives. I recently tried to quiet down my PC by replacing some fans. Then I discovered that the harddrives made a lot of noise. Since they are spinning pretty fast they make a lot of vibrations. I'm not talking about the noise that comes from reading or writing.

I solved the problem with bicycle tyre. You can put the harddrives in the 5.25" slots and let them hang there with some pieces of bicycle tyre. It's a DIY solution, but I don't think it's very hard to do. Just make shure they get proper cooling.

 

[tb2007]

Silentpcreview.com is going to be your friend.

 

[Icarium]

Yeah I saw in another thread something similar to the bicycle tire solution for harddrives, looks doable for even someone of my caliber ;p