Quiet please!

NeilMcL86

NeilMcL86

NeilMcL86

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Ok guys after a recent huge upgrade from an old q9300 to Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) ooof what an upgrade HOWEVER,

I have a few old PC's that im thinking of upgrading my little old synoligy by using these older but faster than the synoligy to a HTPC/server not sure but if i want to do anything with it, it NEED to be quiet !

So the parts i have goes as follows Asus P5QL - Intel q9300 2.5ghz 8G DDR2 Ram 888mhz lolz :P Nvidia 800GT and AMD 5770 rather not use either of these because of the noise of them. 120 ssd OCZ Vertex 2. Quite a few different Sata Drives.

choice 2 cases, so really i would be looking at Gpu, CPU cooler socket LGA775. Maaybe a quiet PSU not sure on that one. the 2 i have are 500w anyway's probably 2 much power for what it needs,. If i hook this machine to a TV it will be a 1080 50" plasma.

This is a bit of a fun project for me so don't really want to throw any big bucks at this guys,

Shoot some ideas please

Thanks
 
maybe have some free fun with it? :)
underclock that cpu see how cool you can make it
rip the fan off the 5770 stick a 12cm one on it

the parts seem pretty ok for htpc!
you still might need spend a little on better cpu cooler if its stock to make it silent but yeh
 
Yeah I never over clocked the chip but I don't have the stock cooler neither your maybes right see how quite I can make it then buy parts if needed. Don't think I will fry the GPU taking the coolers off? Lol
 
NeilMcL86 said:
Yeah I never over clocked the chip but I don't have the stock cooler neither your maybes right see how quite I can make it then buy parts if needed. Don't think I will fry the GPU taking the coolers off? Lol
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don't take the heatsink off just the annoying fan
they normally just screwed in on top
should run cooler with any other fan strapped to it so I doubt it fry no :)
I did it with an old 6770 I think and seen it done to many other cards

I think a 5770 is still pretty ok! for a htpc anyway
 
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