Silent / Quiet PC?

Tican

Tican

Tican

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Hey,

Are silent, or very quiet PCs possible? My current PC the sound literally travels throughout the house due to the way the house has been built. I have tried every combination possible to stop it.

Last time I upgraded my PC was in 2019 - and it's getting long in the tooth so good excuse to upgrade

Ryzen 5 3600 / 32 GB RAM / 3070 Ti (added since 2019)

Mainly use the PC for video editing, live streaming, DJing and Fusion 360 so any suggestions would be appreciated. Would prefer under 1k - including a case, and can keep the 3070 Ti for now
 
Quartz said:
Rubber mats and mountings are your friends.
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That could work! It is probably more the case causing the issues

mickyflinn said:
If your stressing the components then decent cooling is required.

So what is causing the noise ?

What CPU cooler, case and PSU do you have ?
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ThermalTake case fans, cheap AIO cooler (Raijntek) - MSI case and the PSU (probably underpowered) EVGA 650 GQ

Noise is from the fans, if the tower is on the desk, or something else hard it travels via the floorboards of the house. I have 2 cats so putting it on the floor isn't an option
 
If you have any HDDs are pretty bad for low frequency noise which carries especially at night.

A lot of modern PSUs have zero fan mode and won't spin up the fan(s) until around 200-300 watt utilisation and the better ones are pretty quiet which helps to keep noise down.
 
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what sort of wattage should I be looking for in a PSU?

I think for now then my plan might be a new case, fans, AIO, PSU (I will need all but the AIO anyway if I upgraded) - then go from there

Recommendations on fans would be appreciated also

(Have an MSI B450 Tomahawk motherboard)
 
Depends on what kind of graphics card you might use in the future - for a 3000 series GPU I wouldn't go under 650-750 watt to handle the transient current draw the 3000 series can exhibit - if you plan on a higher tier CPU or GPU in the future that might need increasing i.e. a RTX5080 would push that up to 850 watt minimum.

From a quick Google your existing PSU should be pretty quiet, or near silent in eco mode, though up to mid levels of utilisation.
 
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I just re-housed my PC in to a FLUX PRO and it's the quietest it's ever been.

Having said that, I also think that the positioning of the PC is very important. I made a piece of furniture form mine, which is basically a wooden box lined with acoustic tiles. The front and back are open for good air flow but the sides and top are thick wood. It's quite surprising how much of a difference it makes.
 
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