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[rougy]

Hi,

I'm thinking about buying a new computer and I've heard that the liquid-cooled kind were a lot quieter than the regular air-fan varity.

Is that true?

Any recommendations about buying an online, quiet computer?

Thanks.

[anon-e-mouse]

Moved to computers.

[Jeremy]

I wouldn't recommend dipping into water cooling... by your post.

Alot of the newer procs are pretty cool n quite.
find a mini atx setup on newegg.

[Adam H]

Ive heard the pump can still be quite loud.

[ProtocoL]

My friend currently owns a liquid cooled system, i've used it before and it seems pretty quiet to me, almost no sound basically. Keeps the temp down real nice, its more expensive than a fan but the performance and cooling is a lot better than a fan(s).

[rougy]

Thanks for the input.

I found a place online that sells "quiet" computers, and I think I'm going to give them a try.

I'm going to to get a case that has special padding built to keep down the noise.

I've developed a ringing in my ears that is about the exact same pitch as the sound that my current desktop computer makes. I don't know if my computer is the cause of the tinnitus, but I need to remove sounds like that from my environment.

[keywolf]

If you want a cool quiet PC buy the Antec 900 Case. Ive just built a new computer into it on wednesday. CPU runs around 30-36c with the fans on low speed and its whisper quiet

[ITHost-KoreyR]

I would recomend the Thermaltake Shark case & Thermaltake Bigwater liquid cooling system. The case is specifically designed to house your liquid cooling on the inside. Many regular cases will not give you enough space for the radiator on the interior.

[MMMarky]

I recommend anything that doesn't have a fan! Say "NO"! to fans, they are loud as hell... mine makes a chimming noise

[martz]

If your less inclined to mess around with the components, why not try and get something like a zalman cpu cooler with a fan mate, it controls how fast the fan spins, similarly you could get a drive-bay fan controller to limit how fast they spin which will control how loud they are.

[freebase]

Not ALL fans are noisy. Just like not all water cooling pumps are quiet.

Choose the components with appropriate performance/noise for what you need.

ie. newer cases have 120mm fans, these are alot quieter than older 80mm fans as they ran at higher RPM for equivilent performance.

If you don't plan overclocking, and your CPU's low heat (pretty much all of them, with the exception of the old Pentium 4 "Prescott"), get low RPM 120mm fans (Scythe S-Flex, Papst or Sharkoon Silent Eagle) & a Zalman CPU cooler.

Oh, and avoid graphics cards & motherboards with noisy coolers on them. Using HSF's on motherboards is cheaper than passively cooling them, so they're popular on lower end models.