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my ideas for a new silent system:

case: cm centurion 5
gr: gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH 256MB PCIe
cpu: intel core 2 duo E6400 2.13GHZ
cooler: scythe ninja plus rev b
ps: Seasonic 380
hdd: 2x sata samsung 320 mb, 1x ide samsung 250 mb
board: gigabyte GA-965P-DS3
RAM: 2x 1GB PC2-800
1 x DVD-Rom

ok so?
recommendations?

thx for any advice

christian

Welcome to SPCR!

Why so many HDDs? If there is any fans in that case I bet they need to be replaced

For DVD i can recommend Samsung SH-S183. Rather short, has SATA and suprisingly quiet

McBanjo wrote:Welcome to SPCR!

Why so many HDDs? If there is any fans in that case I bet they need to be replaced

For DVD i can recommend Samsung SH-S183. Rather short, has SATA and suprisingly quiet

I agree on the case fans. A silent 120mm for exhaust, is pretty easy to find. Nexus or Noctua for ex.

But a good 80mm is much harder. Probably Akasa, amber series or Nexus would be the best bet.

I also wonder why you need all those hd's?

If it is for backup and storage? Then it's better to get a couple of external USB enclosures for the hd's you intend to use for backup.

This will lower the case temp / noise. And you can have those external usb hdds on and off by will.

Actually, I thought the exhaust fan in my Centurion 5 was pretty good, other than a weird pure tone type noise when operating at a certain speed. The front 80mm isn't so good. I would just leave it unplugged.

disphenoidal wrote:Actually, I thought the exhaust fan in my Centurion 5 was pretty good, other than a weird pure tone type noise when operating at a certain speed. The front 80mm isn't so good. I would just leave it unplugged.

Remove it for a bether airflow

Motherboard is fine but what are you exactly planning to do with the PC?

Game?

Make it a Multi Media Centre?

This could have a big influence on what to put in your PC