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Looking to build a quiet Gaming PC, Advice wanted
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07-06-2010 12:41pm#1
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Hey Dara,
Good choice on the case, You shouldnt be able to hear those tri-cools on low either so you wont need to replace them with a quiet solution. If your like me and always think you could go quieter then some Noiseblocker or Noctua fans are more defintly the way to go. Some Nexus (or any other manufacturer) sound deadining may be worth investing in although im nearly sure the antecs side panel actually is 2 panels with sound dampening wedged between them. Get some anti vibration mounts for your fans aswell
On to that PSU, theres no need for 1200W unless your running 3x480 GTX cards. Seasonic's X series to the best of my knowledge have a feature where they run passivly until about 20% load. So when your browsing the web or the like it will be silent. They do an 850W model which is pretty much THE best PSU on the market today (Gold rated 80+)
Very few motherboards have active cooling (ie NB cooled witha heatsink and fan) even 300+ euro boards. Gigabyte's UD range is excellent, regardless if your AMD or Intel. They have boards to suit budget builds all the way up to serious overclocker.
On your graphics card, you will definitly want to replace the fan and cooler on the card as high end cards are very loud (My 4890 with the fan @ 60% is louder than everything else in my PC). The Arctic Cooling Twin Turbo Pro is a great cooler which will drop the tempretures of your card while decreasing noise levels.
Unless your someone who REALLY enjoys high quality sounds, then stick with on board sound.
Get an aftermarket heatsink with a loose fin spacing so you can use a low speed fan on it to keep your CPU cool.
Ram wont make any noise at all and is rated for high temps so picking up a set with heatspreaders is a good idea.
Hope this helps you out
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Just looked the price up there...oh my
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Deano12345, I like the Seasonic's X series thanks. Great power rating and they seem very quiet. All reviews I have read so far indicate they are what I am looking for in a PSU. They are not cheap though but you pay for what you get, you know monkeys, peanuts and all that
As for the aftermarket CPU coolers I was thinking something like this Thermaltake, if I can afford it that is
elazar55, I had not heard of them before. Their stuff looks good but their high end 750 PSU is only 80 silver and not gold. Prices are around the same as the Seasonic's X 750 so as I see it so far the Seasonic's X series is winning out.
So I have been out of the loop this last 8 or 9 months on Hardware as I was in college working my ass off. Whats the deal with CPU's and GFX's, whats recommended for gaming and heavy photography and graphic editing?0 -
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