quest_for_silence wrote:

capecodbackup wrote:One of the few that meets all my criteria. Small. Cool. Silent. Powerful.

"Small"?

Well, kind of small Definitely not micro sized, like say the Intel NUC.

Congrats. That is one seriously awesome build. One of the few that meets all my criteria. Small. Cool. Silent. Powerful.

Nicely done.

I went ahead and sprung for an i7 2.3Ghz Mac Mini. I am extremely happy with the silence. I have light bulbs that make more noise! That said, I do not do much with it and I also use fan control software because I think it runs too hot if left to Apple's devices. This little machine, with 16GB Ram an...

I am very interested in how silent this is. Also, there are a few cases being made by third parties for this new "NUC" sized mainboard. Forget who, Silverstone maybe?

I want the 65 watt Haswell version

It is not removable but there is a version supposed to come out next month with i5.

I am looking for a desktop (power desktop) replacement, so no Atom for me!

http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/tran ... -20130129/

Yes, that does look awesome. Will it run the i5 though? Time will tell all here. Which will run cooler? Fan or no fan? That is always the question here at SilentPCreview!

That is the one I saw. SilverStone is correct. Looks awesome. Stock case has a fan too. But still had heat issues. At least one of the versions did.

Last I heard was that a new version with USB 3 was coming in April. Hopefully they have solved any and all heat issues by then too Its always about the heat. There have been some excellent after market cases for it, do not have links at this time. I think one was Lian-Li.

Very nice build. Congrats!

I am not sure that it is as I have not seen/used one.

A. It is SMALL.

B. Which is really A, it is cool according to specs.

C. It takes advantage of the brand new Intel mainboard.

D. They say a Core i5 is coming, which would give it very excellent power.

Good to know there are at least two of us left

Excellent point. I was just reading about that. And must say that the possibility of that occurred to me when I first saw the layout. Too may chips in too small an area equals overheating. I could circumvent that easily as I like to use Ethernet. May be the last person who does

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Tranqu ... 20731.html

I am very interesting in this. If it was a core i5 I would not even hesitate.

I may be building this just to have silence and small and fairly powerful all in the same space

Holy smokes! It looks like someone has finally built my dream silent PC. Nice work. So that is an i7 with a passive cooler. Wow. I would only be using that, with built in video like you, and a 512GB SSD I already have. I also would use a Noctua fan as I like them and they are silent. 2 questions: 1....

Really nice machine! Thanks for sharing. Great pics.

Bitfenix Prodigy has room for cooler.

Very nice! I was thinking of that board in a silverstone case, the SG 08 I think it is. Xeon CPU is interesting. It fits a "real" ATX PSU, super! I happen to have a very nice spare PSU. I do not put CDrom's in anymore so that would be good for airflow I think. I also would only have a single SSD in ...

Why would anyone willingly accept stress inducers, i.e. sources of extra noise, into their home when it can as easily be avoided with a modest investment of effort and money? Only fools, only fools... People didn't ask to have the noise of the modern world, it got pushed on everyone little by littl...

Nice little project. Congrats! I just like a small, quiet yet super fast computer that has a huge thermal envelope so I do not have to worry about heat ever no matter what. I am very curious to see what other companies do with this form factor. Lately I have been pondering this: http://www.silversto...

I am seriously considering http://www.silverstonetek.com/product.p ... 17&area=en

I can use my own very quiet PSU.

And good room for a nice Noctua CPU cooler.

and put an i5 in it, I would add a nice Noctua fan and have the PERFECT computer. Also just big enough for a 2.5 SSD so one would have more options. It would still be the smallest computer around

Small, quiet, powerful. A man can dream

If you want quiet, an SSD will be your best friend. really. It is amazing.

I have never ever regretted my Antec Solo case and I agonized for weeks over what case.

http://picasaweb.google.com/capedave.bell/NewHeatSink#

I love it!

I have a similar setup with same case. I put the HD outside for backup and SSD inside 120GB. So silent I truly feel like th4re is no need whatsoever for further energy spent on silencing. I have found the holy grail. One Noctua CPU fan and one Noctua case fan and the P{SU fan hardly ever comes on. M...

Nicely done! I have the same case and am completely in love with it 7 months later. So freaking quiet I can barely stand it

the key is my SSD. Could never go back. Ever.

too bad most just have no idea how cool a quiet computer is.

I am a nut. I would manage to have someone install the heatsink onsite af5ter shipping

Oh yeah, now THAT is getting to be a super serious SILENT machine! Nice job!

I have always used this philosophy. Good to see someone finally put it into words :) "Always research your drives to know the number of platters More platters gives you more heat, power draw, noise, susceptibility to shock damage, a generally less reliable drive overall. Buy 1 platter or 2 platter d...

Your life will get real good and real quiet when you replace that Intel Crap Cooler. They really suck bigtime.

I ended up with a Noctua 9B but there are plenty that would be fine.

It is a GigaByte board H55M USB3 with 4GB RAM, Core i-650 chip and I use the built in graphics that come with that board and chip combo. Antec SOLO case, Black. I use a Corsair 128GB SSD and currently my CDROM drive is external. It really has exceeded my expectations. Of course, I have Windows 7 64 ...