Is it possible to have a top gaming rig that is silent/v.quiet?

scumbies · 6 Nov 2011 at 21:39

I've been out of the PC gaming world for a few years. (My last post was Dec 15 2007, which was 10 days before my first child was born. I think that says it all!

) Anyway I'm back in the game but I'm really out of touch so I'm looking for advice.

I want a system that I can leave on when I'm not gaming (e.g. for streaming video) so I need it to be really quiet. But when I'm gaming I want a top-end system that can run the latest games with everything maxed out. Am I in lala land? Can I have my cake and eat it?

It doesn't have to be silent while I'm playing - I'd be happy with a system that allowed you to switch between gaming and non-gaming configuration. I just can't have fans humming whenever it's running.

My budget is around the 2 grand mark and I'd prefer to buy prebuilt rather than build it myself.

Thanks in advance for your advice.

scumbies · 6 Nov 2011 at 23:05

infernox said:
Where abouts in London do you live, even if you don't fancy pre-built someone, including myself would do it for you.

One of the main reasons I want to buy a pre-built system is so I can get a warranty. I'm so busy these days I can't really afford to be "fixing" the thing. Plus I'm actually pretty clueless with the hardware to be honest.

scumbies · 6 Nov 2011 at 23:16

Greavesy said:
Aslong as you get nice quiet fans then its quite simple, windows 7 lets you change the computers performance to balance between performance and noise to some level but with the new bios its very easy to change between the differant modes.

If you want to fork out all that money on a pc i would personally build it myself just to have the confidence if something needs to be changed later, that and 1/2 the fun is building the pc

Good to know I can easily switch between modes like that.

Yeah it would be fun to build it, but I'd need to spend ages getting clued up on all the tech, and as I said in the previous post I kinda want a warranty.

Can anyone recommend an OCUK system that's insane and quiet?

scumbies · 7 Nov 2011 at 09:04

fowler002 said:
he did say quite

Yes, I would have ordered the Tyrannosaur but apparently it's a bit noisy. I suppose water-cooled systems still need fans. Maybe I need liquid nitrogen.

Perhaps I should call OCUK and see what they can do on the noise front?

scumbies · 7 Nov 2011 at 14:40

Thanks guys. I've decided to just go balls to the wall on the gaming rig and hope and prey that the adjustable fans give me some peace and quite when I need it. If that's still too noisy then I'll go for the cheap media server option.

I appreciate all the advice. As usual, the OCUK forum comes through with the goods.