Newbie Building First Silent System

djlin · Post by **djlin** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 9:45 am

Hi there.

I am currently getting all my parts read to build my first ever silent system.

So far I have:
Antec SLK3000B Atx Super Mid Tower
Seasonic S12-430W -power Supply By Seasonic Electronics
Thermaltake Big Typhoon CPU Cooler, Model "CL-P0114
P4 3.2
Asus P5GD2-Premium
2 X 250gig HD
DVD-RW
CDRW

Still have to get:
2 gig of DDR2 Ram
PCI-E Video Card
Floppy?

Missing:
More fans?

Just wonder if I need more fans and if it'll still be a quiet unit with more fans.

Any suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks.

alleycat · Post by **alleycat** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 10:32 am

Those Scythe Ninja heatsinks look quite good; you'd probably only need to add one case fan for adequate system cooling.

Flo-Job · Post by **Flo-Job** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 1:05 pm

Did you already buy the P4? Cause if you did, then it'll be really hard to make your system quiet. The P4 is much too warm for a silent system, an Athlon 64 with Venice core is much cooler. Did you think of an HDD suspension yet?

mfG< FLow

djlin · Post by **djlin** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 1:38 pm

I already have the P4.

BTW...what is a HDD suspension? I'm getting too old to be a newbie~!

Shadowknight · Post by **Shadowknight** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 2:30 pm

Flo-Job wrote:Did you already buy the P4? Cause if you did, then it'll be really hard to make your system quiet. The P4 is much too warm for a silent system, an Athlon 64 with Venice core is much cooler. Did you think of an HDD suspension yet?

mfG< FLow

It'll be more difficult if it's a Prescott, but not impossible. Right now I have a rig with only fans running, both undervolted Nexus fans, and it's below 20db. The buzzing from the Phantom is more audible in an extremely quiet room than my fans.

lenny · Post by **lenny** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 2:35 pm

djlin wrote:BTW...what is a HDD suspension?

Here's an example. Lots of other examples in the forums.

djlin · Post by **djlin** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 8:38 am

The suspensions for the HD is pretty cool. Knowing me I will probably destroy the case or damage something.

Also another question. Is one case fan and CPU fan enough if I try to overclock the CPU?

lenny · Post by **lenny** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 9:42 am

djlin wrote:The suspensions for the HD is pretty cool. Knowing me I will probably destroy the case or damage something.

For a no mod solution I like the HDD on Sorbothane strips at the bottom of the case. You just need to remember it's just sitting there and not turn your case sideways / upside down before removing the drive. Search for Sorbothane in the forums - they're not expensive and available from McMaster Carr.

djlin wrote:Also another question. Is one case fan and CPU fan enough if I try to overclock the CPU?

Depends on CPU, case, and overclock... If you wonder if temperature might be limiting your overclock, open the side panel and point a box fan into the PC.

djlin · Post by **djlin** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 1:40 pm

After consideration, I don't think I'll ever overclock. Thanks for the advice.

Another stupid question. Do people overclock video cards often? I will be getting a X800XL 256mb PCIe.

Shadowknight · Post by **Shadowknight** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 2:21 pm

a lot of people overclock video cards, but I've read on some forum that even if you have a nice, stable overclock, the card might just be dead one day. Because of this, I'll only run mine at stock speeds.

djlin · Post by **djlin** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 10:49 am

ATI x800xl 256mb or ATI x700pro 256mb??

It's only $50 difference.

@TOMMY@ · Post by **@TOMMY@** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 11:38 am

djlin wrote:ATI x800xl 256mb or ATI x700pro 256mb??

It's only $50 difference.

ATI X800XL all the way, the performance is at least twice better in high res. and high AA/AF