Been a time that I visited my favourite silent PC site.
Just want to share my experiences of my first gaming rig that is near silent.
This is about my sixth desktop I assembled myself and the third with the knowledge of SPCR on my side.
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As most frequent visitors of SPCR know that is not all that hard to select components for a good performing gaming rig and that's reasonable silent.
Except from the graphics card. Good performing cards are normally loud. But I am quite happy with my present build.
To give you an idea of the Performance of the rig: I play Battlefield 4 on full HD with almost all the settings on max.
I can only hear my PC when a play for a hour or longer, and even then it is not loud, you can barely hear the fans spinning.
For normal work, using MS Office, Internet or Sketchup, you cannot hear it unless you keep your ear at about 50 cm from the PC.
Okay my components:
Case: Silverstone TJ08-E (with a single front side 18cm Air penetrator intake fan) {reviewed on SPCR}
Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-M {Good electrical components no PCB fans, has Fan Xpert+ software standard}
CPU: Intel i5-2500K (3,3GHz) {You don't need an i7 unless you do number crunching tasks, like rendering or video editing}
CPU Cooler: Scythe Mugen 3B (12cm PWM fan)
Storage: Only one SSD (fast and low power, no optical drives or HDs)
PSU: Seasonic X-560 {Is semi-passive, the fan gradually revs-up after 50% load, review on SPCR}
Mem: 8Gb
GPU: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 (Great performing card and near silent!)
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The GPU I use in my set-up is the component I want to elaborate on. Normally the GPU is the component in a gaming setup you have to choose between either speed or quietness.
This Graphic card is the first one that i don't have to compromise!
The MSI N760 TF 2GD5/OC uses the Twin Frozer cooler that I really love for its cooling performance while being almost silent.
Just like the semi-passive Seasonic PSU, the fans of the GPU are only heard when you are gaming. When you're doing productivity work in MS Office, Internet and so on the Twin Frozer is silent.
One nice feature is the fact that the fans briefly spin in the opposite direction when turned on to throw off dust.
Maybe our friends at SPCR can review one of the MSI GPUs with the Twin Frozer cooler. I am sure it will earn some points at the silent front.
Greets,
Silent1