RedM Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 We keep our PC in the lounge and TBH it's so bloody loud that we end up turning the TV right up to 11 when they are both on. I've heard of silent fans and would like to know if they are silent and what pitfalls they might have? Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 Watercooling is very quiet but potentially messy Cooling can depend on lots of things. A poorly designed case will cause your system to run hotter than it should, which causes your fans to try harder than they should. The Nexus silent fan is ok but the Akasa AK-183-L2B Ultra Quiet 120mm Fan is better still. I'd go for Akasa, 18db's is a whisper. The "Silent" fans are 22db in their 120mm flavour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 Which fan is noisy though? Power supply, CPU, possibly a case fan and graphics card fan too. A larger slower RPM fan is quieter. I've got an Antec sonata II case which is supposed to be quiet... not with PSU, CPU, Graphics, and two case fans though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguin Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 or get the daddy of cooling - the vapochill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguin Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 or get the daddy of cooling - the vapochill - 20 to -25c for your cpu - and mountains of overclocking potential Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 A mate of mine used to run a peltier on his CPU back in the days where loads of people were getting the 300MHz Celeron's to run at 500MHz easily. He had a second PSU mounted that just ran the peltier and motherboard. I remember he used to get down to -4c. -25c is ridiculous. Peltiers were brilliant back then but these days you'd need a mahoosive one to dissipate enough heat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colsoop Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 You could get a fan controller, it allows you to lower the voltages of the fans to allow them to spin slower and in return less noisy. The nosier fans tend to be g card and cpu. Silent fans are good if you don't do overclocking, the downside is they are quite large. Make sure you check your motherboard for compatibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burna Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 Try here Martin http://www.quietpc.com/gb-en-gbp/home They will have everything you need Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted October 28, 2006 Author Share Posted October 28, 2006 Try here Martin http://www.quietpc.com/gb-en-gbp/home They will have everything you need Cheers. That's just what I was looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 i've been looking at this. http://www.westavon-systems.co.uk/pd_thermaltake_sonic_tower4.cfm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Nah you wanted this Steve, http://www.quietpc.com/gb-en-gbp/products/intelcooling/ninjaplus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 Yup - you're right, I do............. and i think i will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 Buying this one today instead: The Ninja is HUGH. looks like a tight fit in the case and against the PSU, but i'm sure its designed so it doenst interfear. + its instock and a tad cheaper and i like the idea of 4 way mounting (oh er baby). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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