noise is getting on the nerves!

CyberGhost

what's the most silent PSU/CPU fan you know? i have XP2000 so... it can be fanless too

joePC

PSU = Zalman & Emermax are very quite,

Cooler = Again look @ Zalman they do very good/quite coolers & ThermalRight + quite fan of choice.


Zalman coolers
ThermalRight coolers

Zalman PSU
Emermax PSU

Thanks joePC

Creamy Goodness

can i suggest www.hitide.ie for the zalman stuff they are irish and i'd prefer supporting them before overclockers because overclockers is a bitch for shipping

Col_Loki

For silence definetly the Zalman CPU cooler (preferably 7000 series).

For Power Supply's .......

Antec 380w Single fan (sonata PSU),
Zalman PSU's,
Be-quiet PSU's

If you want to try something different then you could pick up a fortron 300w/350w and mod the 120mm fan to run on 5v........... im just after getting one to try it out. There not expensive but produce alot more power than there rated for.

Places to buy........

www.hitide.ie
www.pc-look.com

I find these the best, very good companies. Basicly your Northbridge fan will make more noise than these products.........next up will be hard drives, NB, GFX card, but the majour ofenders are the PSU & CPU. Good luck .

CyberGhost

Thanks a lot for your recommendations guys! i think i'm gonna go with Zelman, and as fast as possible, this thing is driving me nuts!

Venom

My Zalman CPU fax is pretty damm sweet, but just beware of the fact that when you get a quite psu and cpu cooler, you will start to notice how noisy your gfx card and hard drives are

Hitides prices are cool but untill they get sorted out with credit cards they will not be getting my business.

CyberGhost

but just beware of the fact that when you get a quite psu and cpu cooler, you will start to notice how noisy your gfx card and hard drives are

lol! well i don't have a fan on my gfx card, but my hard drive is really loud! it's old 14.2 GB, gonna have to buy a new one

Col_Loki

If your buying a new one, try the segate's or samsungs for quietness.

CyberGhost

thanks for the advice Col!

seagate's eh?

what about Maxtor or Western Digital?

Woden

WD are the loudest, maxtor in between WD and seagate i think

CyberGhost

cool guys!

then i'm gonna go with a Seagate, thanks for the advice!

unkel

The Seagate is starting to age a bit now, Samsung is probably a better choice

Had all the details in my head when making this very decision a few weeks ago, but they must have evaporated

I went with the Samsungs anyway

CyberGhost

hey guys what do you think of this cooler? it's very cheap
http://www.peats.com/cgi-bin/shop/db.cgi?view=1&id=6996&type=6&path=14x122x308

22 dB dunno is that loud or not? I read Zalman's operate from 20-30 dB so, it must be pretty quite?

SantaHoe

Here's my current anti-noise rig...

Zalman Flower Cooler
http://www.peats.com/cgi-bin/shop/db.cgi?view=1&id=5323&type=6&path=14x122x308

Sharkoon 300W PSU
http://www.peats.com/cgi-bin/shop/db.cgi?view=1&id=7184&type=6&path=14x122x5315

My PC is now whisper quiet... next on the shopping list is a passive heatsink for my Radeon... then.... total silence ... well almost

Lump

Same as me santa..... that CPU fan is rather sweet.


John

CyberGhost

awesome!

that's exactly what i want to buy!

i read couple of reviews about Zalman Flower Cooler

but i couldn't find anything about Sharkoon, i'm interested in it, are you happy(meaning silence) with it?

I only have 2 places with fans in my pc, PSU and CPU, My vid card is old so it has passive heatsink, same with northbridge

I'm also looking for those silencing walls for attaching to the case, to make it absolutely silent.... I read a review those silencing walls, but forgot the manufacturer name and i can't find it on the net anymore

also getting silentdrive! to shut the hell up that clicking noise!

i wasn't kidding when i said the sound is driving me nuts

SantaHoe

Yeah I'm very happy with my sharkoon PSU, I haven't tried sleeping while the PC is on since I got this PSU, but I could never sleep with my old one... must give it a go.

Funny you should mention the northbridge actually, since the fan that comes with the Zalman flower cooler is so big that you can aim it half over the cpu heatsink and half over the northbridge, then just plug out the northbridge fan, two birds with one stone
It cools my nForce2 northbridge well enough, I haven't had any stability problems at all.
TBH I think they should just have put a bigger heatsink on the northbridge and left out the fan... doesn't seem to run that hot anyway.
But as always, chipsets/load may differ, caution advised blah de blah.

Wolfie

Originally posted by SantaHoe
Yeah I'm very happy with my sharkoon PSU, I haven't tried sleeping while the PC is on since I got this PSU, but I could never sleep with my old one... must give it a go.

Funny you should mention the northbridge actually, since the fan that comes with the Zalman flower cooler is so big that you can aim it half over the cpu heatsink and half over the northbridge, then just plug out the northbridge fan, two birds with one stone
It cools my nForce2 northbridge well enough, I haven't had any stability problems at all.
TBH I think they should just have put a bigger heatsink on the northbridge and left out the fan... doesn't seem to run that hot anyway.
But as always, chipsets/load may differ, caution advised blah de blah.

As far as I know, Asus motherboards use a bigger heatsink, and no fan on the northbridge, so passive cooling works for northbridge.