Silent PC for Web Development

atsung168 · Post by **atsung168** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 11:44 am

Hi,

I will build a silent PC for my home office (work and light entertainment). I plan to use this new PC for next 2.5 ~ 3 years.

Here are my requirements:

(MUST) No gaming
(MUST) No overclocking
(MUST) Web development in VM
(MUST) Multi-tasking : development, downloading and converting movies
(MUST) Light photo editing - post process photos from RAW to JPEG
(MUST) Will install Windows 2008 x64 (or Windows 7 x64)
(NICE) SILENT or VERY QUIET - This PC will be in my bedroom, and I'd like to leave it on 24/7, so I hope it's silent
(NICE) Compact size
(NICE) Dual DVI to support dual monitors

Here is the list of hardware (based on many posts in SPCR forum):

CPU: Intel i5 750
Mobo: Gigabyte P55M-UD2 mATX
CPU Cooler: Xigmatek HDT-S1283
RAM: G.SKILL F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL Ripjaws PC3-12800 4GB 2X2GB DDR3-1600 (* 2 = 8GB)
HDD: Western Digital WD10EADS Caviar Green 1TB SATA 32MB 3.5IN
GPU: ASUS GeForce 9600GT Silent
DVD: Samsung SH-S223B/BEBE 22X DVD+-RW SATA
CASE: Antec NSK-3480
PSU: Corsair VX450 450W

Any comments are welcome!

Thank you in advance.

Alex

RBBOT · Post by **RBBOT** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 7:57 am

If you going to be running virtual machines with development software on them, I'd recommend more than 4gb of RAM.

danimal · Post by **danimal** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 1:46 pm

i have seen a number of posts claiming that the xigmatek fan is not the quietest.

what about case fans?

atsung168 · Post by **atsung168** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 2:03 pm

RBBOT wrote:If you going to be running virtual machines with development software on them, I'd recommend more than 4gb of RAM.

I updated it to 8GB RAM, thank you.

atsung168 · Post by **atsung168** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 2:05 pm

danimal wrote:i have seen a number of posts claiming that the xigmatek fan is not the quietest.

what about case fans?

I don't really know much about CPU cooler, I use the one comes with CPU all the time - this will be my first time using 3rd party CPU cooler/fan and I'd like to get the quietest CPU cooler/fan which can also fits into Antec NSK 3480 case.

Thank you for the information.

danimal · Post by **danimal** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 2:12 pm

look at the mugen 2 review on this website, it has a very quiet fan, and it's cheap, but i don't know how it will fit in your case... it is a very big cpu cooler.

karkee · Post by **karkee** » Wed Dec 09, 2009 4:46 pm

maybi prolima megashadow is an option?