quiet setup?

[louis]

want to build a quiet computer as i have it in my bedroom and use it for downloading but the girlfriend keeps on moaning about the noise any ideas

[Bunjiweb]

CPU Fan ->

Is it 60mm ? If so get yourself a 80 -> 60mm fan adaptor and fit a quiet 80mm fan to it at 7v. Available from www.thecoolingshop.co.uk or www.overclock.co.uk

Other system fans ->

7Volt them, very simple to do with 4 pin molex connectors... with 3 pin fans u can buy pre-made 7V adaptors (available from various places such as maplins etc).

Northbridge Fan ->

Replace it with a Zalman copper northbridge fan. It's fanless and looks great. about £5 from www.thecoolingshop.co.uk

Graphics Card - >

get a Zalman fanless heatpipe cooler from www.thecoolingsthop.co.uk or maplins


Hope this helps!

Ben

[Korky]

Watch out with the 80mm @ 7v might not be enough airflow to cool the heat sink? I suggest getting an athlon 17/1800 or duron 1.4-1.6 and buy a big heatsink with 80mm fan and 7v then ;-)

[Bunjiweb]

I have an XP1700 @ XP2400 @ 1.6V.

It's cooled by a Coolermaster X-Dream SE @ LOWEST fan setting and my CPU is currently idling @ 38 degrees C according to my external temperature probe.

It will cool fine, trust me

Ben

[louis]

thanks guys

[joshwa]

samsung, seagate, and maxtor hard drives are meant to be the quietest, with samsung apparently the quietest out of those 3...

you could get an epia m6000 which uses a passive heatsink. (or a p3-500 socket 370 with passive heatsink)...

[m2c4u]

http://www.storagereview.com/php/ben...bench_sort.php

Choose idle noise from the drop down list.

Seagates are the quietest, Barracuda ATA V being first.

[Bruno]

I use the SilentDrive for my WD1200JB drive - it virtually elimates ALL noise from the drive, but you lose a 5.1/4" bay. It's the same one as here: http://www.kustompcs.co.uk/product.php?view=3807, but you can get it from other places too.