Silent / Quiet PC?

[Tican]

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

 

[Tican]

Rubber mats and mountings are your friends.

That could work! It is probably more the case causing the issues

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 ?

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

 

[Tican]

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)

 

[Tican]

Thanks all,

It's certainly the case/AIO fans making the noise rather than the PSU - over the weekend I will put together a list of case/fans/aio (and maybe PSU)

 

[Tican]

I've ran through the Fan Setup / fan curve video above.

I have narrowed it down now to the AIO pump - that is by far the loudest part of the system and causing vibrations through the case.

I am still going to order the other bits just need to make sure the AIO is quiet

 

[Tican]

from a very quick search it seems something like

be quiet! Silent Loop 2 240 High Performance CPU Water Cooler - 240mm

Order be quiet! Silent Loop 2 240 High Performance CPU Water Cooler - 240mm now online and benefit from fast delivery.

www.overclockers.co.uk

or

Arctic Liquid Freezer III ARGB High Performance CPU Water Cooler - 240mm

Order Arctic Liquid Freezer III ARGB High Performance CPU Water Cooler - 240mm now online and benefit from fast delivery.

www.overclockers.co.uk

might be the way forward? Not too fused about RGB as I could never get it to work in sync with the motherboard before anyway

 

[Tican]

I decided to clean out the case as it had been a while.

The AIO cannot be controlled, SATA power is the only connection on the pump, the only thing that can be controlled are the PWM fans. Exhaust and Intake fans on the case are also different so will need to replace those

The only noise coming from the PC at idle is the AIO pump, and that is causing all of the vibrations and noise.

So I am thinking of something like this (I don't need the case, I just want a new one) - and some form of controller for the RGB

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic Midi-Tower - Black Window (SKU: CA-76S-LL) = £139.99
• 1 x Arctic Liquid Freezer III ARGB High Performance CPU Water Cooler - 360mm (SKU: COO-ARC-01992) = £89.99
• 1 x Arctic P12 PWM PST A-RGB 0db Black Triple Fan Pack - 120mm (SKU: FG-058-AR) = £34.99

Total: £264.97 (includes delivery: £0.00)​