Planning new Mobile Athlon 64 quiet system
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2004 11:50 pm
So, I have decided to put together a quiet PC for the first time and found these forums. My existing PC is not only old and falling apart, it is also very loud and hot even in idle. I decided to try and put together a system that is quiet and cool during idle and light use. (I don't care if it's louder when I'm gaming with headphones cranked).
I decided the core of the system should be a 35W Mobile Athlon 64 CPU. They are nearly as powerful as a normal Athlon but for much less peak power/heat. For gaming performance I will include a Radeon X800 XT cooled by an Arctic Silencer. I figure the card's low idle power consumption combined with the silencer will keep it from being a noisy furnace except when I'm actually gaming.
Any criticisms/gotchas with the following?
Case: Lian Li V1000 (stock fans... supposedly they're pretty quiet)
PSU: Seasonic Super Tornado 400W
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 Mobile 2800+ (1.2V/35W)
HSF: Zalman 7000 AlCu
MB: AOpen AK89Max (can be undervolted to use 1.2V CPU)
RAM: 2 x 512 MB Kingmax PC4000 (in case I want to overclock)
HDDs: 2 x Samsung SP1614C 160 gig (RAID mirror)
Video: Radeon X800 XT
Sound: Creative Audigy 2 ZS
DVD-RW: Lite-On SOHW-812S (8X R, 4X RW)
I decided the core of the system should be a 35W Mobile Athlon 64 CPU. They are nearly as powerful as a normal Athlon but for much less peak power/heat. For gaming performance I will include a Radeon X800 XT cooled by an Arctic Silencer. I figure the card's low idle power consumption combined with the silencer will keep it from being a noisy furnace except when I'm actually gaming.
Any criticisms/gotchas with the following?
Case: Lian Li V1000 (stock fans... supposedly they're pretty quiet)
PSU: Seasonic Super Tornado 400W
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 Mobile 2800+ (1.2V/35W)
HSF: Zalman 7000 AlCu
MB: AOpen AK89Max (can be undervolted to use 1.2V CPU)
RAM: 2 x 512 MB Kingmax PC4000 (in case I want to overclock)
HDDs: 2 x Samsung SP1614C 160 gig (RAID mirror)
Video: Radeon X800 XT
Sound: Creative Audigy 2 ZS
DVD-RW: Lite-On SOHW-812S (8X R, 4X RW)