Looking to Build A Ultra Quite PC Help?

harv7722 · 6 Sep 2006 at 18:25

Hey, all can some please tell me some ultra quite components as I need to build a quite pc. The pc going be used mainly for Photo & Video editing, music converting have around £600 for the upgrade I need:

CPU:
CPU Cooler:
Motherboard:
RAM:

Could someone please help thank you.

squiffy · 6 Sep 2006 at 18:38

MB-145-AS Asus M2NPV-VM Micro ATX (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-145-AS)
£49.99 £49.99
MY-083-CS Corsair 1GB DDR2 Value Select PC5300 Dual Channel Kit (2x512MB) (VS1GBKIT667D2) (MY-083-CS)
£71.99 £71.99
CP-166-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ 2.00GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail (CP-166-AM)
£89.99 £89.99
HD-070-WD Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB 3200KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-070-WD) x 2
£59.95 £119.90
CA-052-AN Antec NSK4400 Mini Tower Case - 380W SmartPower PSU (CA-052-AN)
£43.99 £43.99
CA-000-SS Seasonic S12 430W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply (CA-000-SS)
£43.99 £43.99
MO-049-SA Samsung SM-940BW 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Silver/Black (MO-049-SA)
£139.99 £139.99
Subtotal £559.84
VAT £97.98
Total £657.82

Goodeh · 6 Sep 2006 at 18:48

squiffy said:
MB-145-AS Asus M2NPV-VM Micro ATX (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-145-AS)
£49.99 £49.99
MY-083-CS Corsair 1GB DDR2 Value Select PC5300 Dual Channel Kit (2x512MB) (VS1GBKIT667D2) (MY-083-CS)
£71.99 £71.99
CP-166-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ 2.00GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail (CP-166-AM)
£89.99 £89.99
HD-070-WD Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB 3200KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-070-WD) x 2
£59.95 £119.90
CA-052-AN Antec NSK4400 Mini Tower Case - 380W SmartPower PSU (CA-052-AN)
£43.99 £43.99
CA-000-SS Seasonic S12 430W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply (CA-000-SS)
£43.99 £43.99
MO-049-SA Samsung SM-940BW 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Silver/Black (MO-049-SA)
£139.99 £139.99
Subtotal £559.84
VAT £97.98
Total £657.82

He didn't ask for a complete system.

My opinion on this

MB-061-GI Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-061-GI) 1
£91.99 £91.99
HS-020-ZA Zalman CNPS9500-AT Aero Flower (Socket 775) CPU Cooler (HS-020-ZA) 1
£29.99 £29.99
MY-014-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR2 NR PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400PHU2-2GBNR) (MY-014-GS) 1
£129.99 £129.99
CP-128-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-128-IN) 1
£194.99 £194.99
Subtotal £446.96
VAT £78.22
Total £525.18

I would have included the scythe ninja, but ocuk doesn't seem to stock it anymore?

Ender · 6 Sep 2006 at 18:53

if you got a 6300, you might be able to run with a scythe ninja passively, therefore cutting off all the sound

squiffy · 6 Sep 2006 at 18:55

Ender said:
if you got a 6300, you might be able to run with a scythe ninja passively, therefore cutting off all the sound

The Ninja is so quite I don't see the problem running at 900rpm! You have to be within 1' to hear the fan, and that's in the open.

harv7722 · 6 Sep 2006 at 18:58

Goodeh said:
He didn't ask for a complete system.

My opinion on this

MB-061-GI Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-061-GI) 1
£91.99 £91.99
HS-020-ZA Zalman CNPS9500-AT Aero Flower (Socket 775) CPU Cooler (HS-020-ZA) 1
£29.99 £29.99
MY-014-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR2 NR PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400PHU2-2GBNR) (MY-014-GS) 1
£129.99 £129.99
CP-128-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-128-IN) 1
£194.99 £194.99
Subtotal £446.96
VAT £78.22
Total £525.18

I would have included the scythe ninja, but ocuk doesn't seem to stock it anymore?

cheers for that, i think ive made my mind up i'll order now. maybe have look for the scythe ninja. Thanks again..

pcoltrane · 6 Sep 2006 at 20:06

How quiet do you really want it? Ultra quiet to me would mean that a 900rpm fan is a definite no. Its not before you get below 550rpm with a nexus fan that you are into the ultra quiet range in my opinion ... but then noise is a very subjective thing.

I can concur that the scythe ninja is the best passive heatsink available however, but hat hasn't been mentioned so far is the hard drive. In a quiet system this can be easily the most audible / annoying component so if you are serious about a really quiet computer it's somehting worth looking into.

As off the shelf 3.5" hard drives go - the samsung spin point 160gb and 250gb are generally considered the quietest, but properly damping the vibrations by suspending them or using foam makes a massive difference. If you are looking to go even quieter than that however - laptop drives are woth considering.

Marc