Silent System

[buzz_]

I think it's about time for a new system. My current P4 2.5GHz, 1GB RAM, GeFource4 4200 128Mb, 60&160Gb HD was horrible the last video I tried to edit, although a bigger hard disk would have helped.

I mostly do Photoshop & Video editing, although I would like to play with a decent driving sim if I could find one. And I'd like to be Vista ready - infact by the time Christmas is paid for, Vista probably will be ready - don't mind waiting a month or 2 for the finances to level out...

And I'd like it to be silent - or at least quiet. The PSU in my current machine sounds like an air conditioning unit, and the hard disks clatter like made. No need for a new monitor and DVD drives are OK.

Less than £600 would be nice, what do you think?

 

[Dark_Angel]

Hmmm... A bit of a ard one this. I dont really know much about "silent" PC's, bt would probablly say something like a:

Intel E6300, 2GB of ram DDR2 ram, a DS3 motherboard and an X1950 Pro and a Corsair 520W PSU would be a good base.

Should leave you some money over to get some nice Hard Drives to!

*EDIT* as a thought, the X1950 Pro might be a bit overkill if you dont game much, so in which case something like an 7600gs might be better.

 

[Bananadude]

Google for silent pc and you'll find several sites and forums dedicated to the subject. You'll get some useful info in this forum, but it's not a dedicated silence forum as some others are. Spec above is a good start though. Depends how 'silent' you want it. Not really difficult to get a PC semi-silent though, as long as you do more than 5 minutes research on the subject.