Cool and Quiet PC

wilber · 9 Nov 2011 at 12:36

Hey all

I have the upgrade bug and it wont leave me alone.

I have read a few build threads and put together the following build. After having lived my current PC I have decided I want something quiet and subtle and not the condensed Heathrow (Noise and lights!) I currently have sitting in the corner of my room.

This will live in the corner of my bedroom, so I need it to be as quiet as possible.

Here is what I have put together so far.

Its very possible I wont be buying the graphics card till after the new series of AMD cards are out.

I may also wait on upgrading the HDD and PSU till that time as well so as not to blow so much cash on myself before Xmas.

Any suggestions or changes you would make to improve this?

Quietness is my goal here.

95thrifles · 9 Nov 2011 at 12:41

If you want a really quiet system have a look at the Antec P series cases, excellent
Build looks good

Sasahara · 9 Nov 2011 at 12:52

I'd go for the Corsair Professional Series AX750 over the BeQuiet. (And I have.

)

It's smaller, 160mm compared to 200mm.
Tad more +12 V output. 744 W - 732 W.
7 year Warrenty - 3 year Warrenty

For loads under 150-200 W it's completey silent as the fan doesn't run.

+1 for the Antec P (Might be slighty biased, got a P183 at work too)

If you want something bigger the Silverstone Raven 3 RV03B is pretty good as long as you use quiet components. Be aware these are BIG.

Reaper 392 · 9 Nov 2011 at 13:22

assuming your not interested in watercooling, quietness + standard cooler on the graphics card just does not compute

heres my recommendation:

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS ATI Radeon HD 6950 IceQ X PLUS Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with Battlefield 3, Dirt 3 & Deus Ex PC Games** £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £149.99
1 x MSI Z68A-GD55-G3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £124.99
1 x Lepa G-Series 700W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply - with FREE LEPA Hard Drive Enclosure £99.98
1 x Fractal Design Define R3 Midi Tower Case - Titanium Grey £79.99
1 x Thermalright Silver Arrow CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA775/AM2/AM3) £54.98
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £45.59
Total : £980.00 (includes shipping : £13.75).
~£960 with the MSI cashback thing

if you do want to go down the GTX 570 route then go for the windforce 3X (and get the 900W version of the PSI i chose). i chose the 6950 because it will be quieter, and comes with three free games. unfortunately it isnt quite as powerful as the 570

one thing i will say is, i have literally no idea how noisy the PSU ive chosen is

wilber · 9 Nov 2011 at 16:12

Not a fan of the Antec P series or the Raven for some reason. I just dont like the way they look.

I'll have a look at that PSU. Do i really need a 900w PSU for a single GTX570 :eek:

Reaper 392 · 9 Nov 2011 at 16:17

wilber said:
I'll have a look at that PSU. Do i really need a 900w PSU for a single GTX570

nope, something around the 550W mark will be plenty for one GTX 570, but i am pretty sure that for two in SLI you will need more than 700W, so i put the 900W version in to give you that option of going SLI later

wilber · 9 Nov 2011 at 16:19

Ah thanks. I don't think i will go SLI I always say to myself i will but never actually do, so a single car setup should be fine.