Hi, I bought a new quiet system

hotshot · Post by **hotshot** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 7:26 pm

It's been a while since I posted here last, so hi

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I bought a new system recently.

AMD Athlon XP 2600+ 333fsb
Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe (AMD nForce2 Ultra)
Kingston 512Mb PC3200 DDR Ram
ATI Radeon 9200 128Mb Video Card
Seagate Barracuda 120Gb 7200 8Mb cache Hard Disk
Antec Sonata Piano Case
CNPS7000A-AlCu

And overall I'm very happy on how quiet this system is.

Ambient room temperature is about 22 degrees, CPU temperature is 41 degrees idle, case temperature 26 degrees idle.

I can barely tell it's on which is great. I can hear a little whoosh but overall I'm very happy. (I can actually hear my monitor buzzing)

probably the best part about it is that now I can use a speech recognition program that I bought many years ago (Dragon NaturallySpeaking 4.0) that works perfectly. Finally it can understand what I am saying, well most of the time.

I haven't really stressed the system yet, due to the fact that I only use it to surf and word process so I don't know what the maximum temperatures like.

From your reviews and comments about the case and how noisy the power supply is, I was a bit worried how loud the system would be, I really think you guys are really obsessed with silence. Thanks anyway for your help because now I'm very happy with my system.

Peace and quiet last. Cheers!

Sam Williams · Post by **Sam Williams** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 1:54 am

Welcome back, hotshot! I've been away too, actually. I'm glad you're happy with the new system. It sounds great - low temperatures, low noise, plenty of power...

One cautionary word: you -may- find that, as time goes by, the 'little whoosh' you find barely noticeable now may come to blacken your very soul. Don't worry though - you'll be in plenty of company around here if/when it does happen.

Also: are you using any extra fans, or just the CPU heatsink fan and the PSU fan?

hotshot · Post by **hotshot** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 2:29 am

Thanks Sam

The Antec Sonata case has a large 120mm fan at the back.

Currently there are 3 fans in total in my system: CPU, Powersupply, case fan.

Sam Williams · Post by **Sam Williams** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 6:14 am

Ah, great... Always a relief to know there's still scope for tinkering when That Feeling sets in.

monkiman · Post by **monkiman** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 8:55 am

Very close to the new stuff I just put together (see sig) - I have the Samsung HD though.

Overall I'm pleased as well - I did the bezel mods to the Sonata. I need to replace the stock 120 case fan, and perhaps a new PSU soon (my Fortron is developing a bit of grind)