~pcwiz Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 I just built my new system (specs in sig) and its zero noise, I mean like you can't even tell whether its on or off. Thanks to the quietness of the Antec Sonata III and the heat pipes on the Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3P Rev. 2.0 Motherboard, I have a zero (or close to zero) noise system that doesn't use water cooling and only uses the Intel processor stock cooler, no big fancy heatsinks needed. And only 1 x 120mm fan too Plus the machine is fully OS X compatible and it performs great, 4017 on Geekbench 32-bit and the CPU temperatures are good too. Just thought I'd share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suhail Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Mine is similar to yours. Similar GFX, Same Mobo and same fans. Barely noticeable but I have the MB in the Rev 1.1 Version Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted January 13, 2008 Author Share Posted January 13, 2008 Yeah, I'm lovin' it. Its such a major improvement over my other Pentium D 830 machine that sounds like a jet winding up to take off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Italia64 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 I'm building a new computer, based on a BadAxe2 mb, with quiet components (fanless video card, Zalman 9500 CPU cooler for the core2) in this case: Lian Li 1100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted January 14, 2008 Author Share Posted January 14, 2008 Mine is similar to yours. Similar GFX, Same Mobo and same fans. Barely noticeable but I have the MB in the Rev 1.1 Version The only differences between the rev. 1.1 and rev. 2.0 are: Rev 2 has bigger cooling pipes Rev. 1.1 has all those legacy ports and the Rev. 2.0 doesnt ; in the Rev. 2.0 they are replaced with a mass of USB ports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Adams Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Looks like a nice rig you have there now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonestonne Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 my computer is silent, however it does have a Scythe Ninja Rev A as the heatsink, but i bought it used for $15, so there was no way i could pass that up. my motherboard has no heatpipes, just two heatsinks, one on the northbridge, cooled passively by the CPU fan, and one on the southbridge, which is cooled by a 92mm fan in close proximity. my case, a Cooler Master Elite 330 is hard to keep silent because the mesh front allows just about any sound to come out. i intend to swap out all fans though, for new Noctua fans. my computer was very quiet when i first built it, but stay up until 3am, turn off all your music, and sit there and you'll realize its not quite as quiet as you thought it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
empire29 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 My computer is about as close to silent as I can get it without watercooling and a solid state HDD. Here is my cooling setup: CPU: CoolMaster Hyper TX2 CPU heatsink ($2.00 AR) and replaced it's stock Fan with a 92mm Nexus fan ($10) -- the stock intel fan is just too loud for my liking. Video Card: BFG 7950GT PCI-Express. Replaced fan with a Thermalright V1-Ultra cooler (Ended up just paying for shipping, because newegg shipped me a used cooler instead of a new). Replaced V1-Ultra's stock fan with a Enermax 80mm ($6) fan running at 7 Volts) and added an old 80mm antec fan I had sitting around ($0) on the other side of the Heatsink (this antec fan plugs directly into the card and run very quiet, though doesnt push much air.) Between the V1-Ultra, Enermax and the low CFM antec fans the card stays incredibly cool/quiet under load (mid 40Cs). Case Exhaust: 120mm Nexus fan ($12) PSU: Antex TruPower 430Watts -- Replaced stock 120mm fan with a very quiet Antec 120mm fan ($0, taken from an old case) (much quieter than the Stock fan in the PSU, but still moves a decent amount of air). All in all my 2 Harddrives (WD 320GB AAKS, Seagate 320GB) are the only things i can hear from my case when im sitting at my computer. If you need quiet fans, checkout Nexus brand fans. They are a little pricey ~$10 each (depending on size), but they are extremely quiet while moving a decent amount of air. I just wish newegg sold them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted January 14, 2008 Author Share Posted January 14, 2008 Looks like a nice rig you have there now.Yeah I love it! I couldn't even harness a bit of the power of my older Pentium D 830 system because of its extreme cooling and stability issues. That's the next job...to fix that older computer up and put it to some use instead of leaving it to whir like a jet engine.stock intel fan is just too loud for my liking.I don't know about your Core 2 Duo fan but the stock heatsink on my Core 2 Quad doesn't make any noise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumford Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Here's mine. See post#3 http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=64033# Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted January 15, 2008 Author Share Posted January 15, 2008 I'm actually quite surprised that I got a system that was noiseless w/ the stock heatsink and fan and didn't overheat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isotome Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 I purposely built my system based on the OSX86 tiger 10.4.8 HCL. It is an open air bench system that is fully air cooled by Thermalright heatsinks. It is completely silent. The only noise is generated by the sata hard drive in a Logisys HD enclosure and the sata LG DVD burner. I use NO fans at all and I get excellent performance from my hackintosh. Mobo- Intel D975xbx2 CPU- intel core2duo 6420 2.13Ghz with thermalright HR-01 Plus video - PNY nvidia Geforce 7900 GS with thermalright HR-o3 Rev A memory - 2 GB DDR2 800 Kingston Ram with thermalright HR-07 (x2) PSU - 480 fanless silent Coolmax USA power supply HD- 500GB WD sata in Logisys HD heatsink/silencer enclosure case- no case! - Top Deck Tech Station open air bench system from High-Speed PC Completely silent exept for occasional seek noise (muffled) from the HD or LOUD burn noise from the LG sata DVD burner. I am VERY pleased with this system and the Kalyway intel SSE3 10.5.1 release. Fanless is the only way to go for a low cost, SILENT hackintosh 145.02 score on Xbench- no OC'ing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rschultz101 Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 isotome, hats off! need to revisit my system,.... .....wanted a portable, g33 dsr2 micro-atx board, with slim case,... slim case over heated, noise psu, no room,.... 10.4.9 did not support gma x3100,... got 7300gs fanless,... they send me one with a fan,... put it back in my old black 0221 case, meanwhile added discs,... have 5 2.5TB, stock cooler is ok, but mb chipset needs cooling, 120 fan, 92 exhaust, + 120 psu, still a rattle box, even with dampening material,... boot drive in logisys, works ok, but like to get mobile rack, and have those on sleep, .... thanks again, guess should consider case-less, funny how , less is more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krackato Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 isotome, that seems like an awesome system. I'd be a little nervous to trust my cpu to ONLY a passive cooling solution heatsink, but if it's working that's awesome. I'd like to build a 100% silent system myself and your post was a big help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayanami Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 My laptop's not necessarily loud, but it's noticeable. 5 times out of 4 though, either a DVD or something on iTunes is playing, and I can't tell at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aspirina750 Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 I built a fairly silent system, the specs are close to the OP´s, but I´m using a 8800GT, it´s kinda hard to keep that baby quiet Case: Antec P180b -> Very good case with a nice sound dampening build MB: Asus P5K-VM -> Good enough for my needs CPU: Intel C2Q Q6600 (G0) Cooler: Artic Cooling Frezeer 7Pro, nice one, maybe a bit noisy. I´ll be upgrading this one with a Noctua NF-S12-100, the original is a 92mm one, but I´ll be using an adapter with this 120mm fan GFX: Asus EN8800GT 512mb (G92) -> Noisy, but it´s a great GFX HDD: Seagate 7.11 500gb 32mb Cache -> Not bad, but the new 500gb Caviar is way more silent. I´ll probably be installing another one, I really need 1 Tera. Fan: 4x Noctua NF-S12-1200 2 working at 600rpm 6db, 1 working at 800rpm 9-10db and 1 is controled by the mobo. -> This Noctua are virtually silent, the only thing I hear are air sound. www.aspirina750.com for photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Adams Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 I built a fairly silent system, the specs are close to the OP´s, but I´m using a 8800GT, it´s kinda hard to keep that baby quiet www.aspirina750.com for photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayanami Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 I forgot....my other computer is completely silent. Totally forgot. It's not quite as powerful as my laptop though.... That's kind of an old picture.... =p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aspirina750 Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 WOW, that´s a really nice one, shame it´s watercooled and expensive 105€ around here. I´m thinking about the Artic Cooler Accelero S1 rev2 with the Turbo fans, that might be enough, dunno, any ideas? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredouille Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 I'm building a new computer, based on a BadAxe2 mb, with quiet components (fanless video card, Zalman 9500 CPU cooler for the core2) in this case:Lian Li 1100 i love the case, unfortunately, hadn't got money enough to buy so I had to choose for a PC6O B PLUS but I found it more than acceptable http://www.rue-montgallet.com/prix/75012/a...Li-PC-60B-Plus/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Adams Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 On sell here. http://www.pcpowerzone.com/kovige88vica.html or you could go with Peltier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDRacer48 Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 I just built my new system (specs in sig) and its zero noise, I mean like you can't even tell whether its on or off. Thanks to the quietness of the Antec Sonata III and the heat pipes on the Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3P Rev. 2.0 Motherboard, I have a zero (or close to zero) noise system that doesn't use water cooling and only uses the Intel processor stock cooler, no big fancy heatsinks needed. And only 1 x 120mm fan too Plus the machine is fully OS X compatible and it performs great, 4017 on Geekbench 32-bit and the CPU temperatures are good too. Just thought I'd share ~pcwiz, You have to turn it on... Just kidding... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigelbb Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 isotome, that seems like an awesome system. I'd be a little nervous to trust my cpu to ONLY a passive cooling solution heatsink, but if it's working that's awesome.Modern CPUs have very good thermal protection & if they overheat they first of all reduce the clock speed & if the temp still stays high they will finally shut down before any damage is done. The E4500 in the system in my .sig runs very cool & I even tested it with the CPU fan disconnected so it was just passively cooled by the stock heatsink. Even then the CPU temp even under load didn't rise above 60C (about 90F) which is well within safe limits. temperatures were confirmed in both Mac Hardware Monitor & quickly shutting down & checking in the BIOS. These Core 2 Duos are amazing CPUs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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