KVR Audio

reflekshun · Post by **reflekshun** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 9:17 am

I'm planning on making my next PC as quiet as I can possibly make it, and I'm willing to spend a decent amount on that. I was just wondering if anyone here knows whether its worth using liquid cooling, or whether I should stick with heatsinking everything? I plan on buying a decent motherboard with a core2 chip and overclocking it somewhat. Has anybody here tried or uses liquid cooling? I would love to hear what anybody knows about it!

Thanks anyone who can give me any info!

metamorphosis · Post by **metamorphosis** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 9:35 am

reflekshun wrote:I'm planning on making my next PC as quiet as I can possibly make it, and I'm willing to spend a decent amount on that. I was just wondering if anyone here knows whether its worth using liquid cooling, or whether I should stick with heatsinking everything? I plan on buying a decent motherboard with a core2 chip and overclocking it somewhat. Has anybody here tried or uses liquid cooling? I would love to hear what anybody knows about it!

Thanks anyone who can give me any info!

I recommend passive cooling - Zalman's northbridge, VGA & HDD coolers are excellent (their HDD coolers are actually the most silent ones out there - more quiet than enclosure solutions even)- stick a fanless Zen Heatlane cooler or Scythe on your CPU,with a PSU with a 12" fan sucking up directly from underneath -
if necessary, you can also rig up a secondary 12" fan, volt-modded to 5v (look it up) on the underside of the CPU cooler.
I have,essentially,this setup,and my speakers mjake more noise than my PC. It works.
m@

stefancrs · Post by **stefancrs** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 10:15 am

It seems a good case is important. Have a look at antecs cases.

Kingston · Post by **Kingston** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 10:22 am

reflekshun wrote:I plan on buying a decent motherboard with a core2 chip and overclocking it somewhat.

rule one: overclocking and quiet computers are mutually exclusive. when you start to spec up the system, you can do it either way, but not both, despite what the people at the overclocking forums tell you. none of those benchmark gamer types have ever heard of the concept of 24/7 stability.

sure you can run a gaming benchmark on an overclocked and quiet system, but start working and, well, you can't.

reflekshun · Post by **reflekshun** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 1:20 pm

Thankyou very much everyone who could give information. I will look into all the avenues you have suggested more in depth.

Stefancrs: I never thought about getting a good case. And oh boy after looking at their high end cases, I'm VERY tempted to go for one of those - thanks for the tip!

Questions on making a quiet PC