I'm in the process of building a sound-proof studio, with acoustic treatment and all - but the biggest bottleneck is going to be my PC. It's quite powerful (100+ tracks) but loud. Don't want to drive myself insane with the noise.
I have the option of putting a hole in the wall to keep the PC isolated to another room, but I'd like to consider other options. How easy/hard is it to build a custom iso box? Iso boxes seem to be ridiculously high priced ($1800+). Almost as expensive as my computer.
Do I have any other options, or should I just resign myself to putting the computer in a different room?
Need to quieten my PC (iso box/hole in the wall/ANYTHING?)
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- KVRAF
- 4340 posts since 8 Mar, 2005
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- KVRAF
- 1645 posts since 12 Dec, 2012 from Switzerland
I don't know how hard/easy it is to do a DIY-iso box. But I believe the hardest thing about it is to have a proper air circulation, that doesn't make noise itself, still does an appropriate cooling, and at the same time it doesn't allow the computer noise to "break out" from the box 
Depending on your setup, putting the computer in another room, will also cost you some money.
Maybe you should consider to custom build a new computer. There are setups absolutely dead quiet and still performing very well.
PS: I have an iMac that is absolutely quiet, no noise what so ever. And it performs pretty well. Although I have never tested 100+ tracks playing simultaneously, I bet it can do that. Definitely not if the all channels are loaded heavily with plugins. But why the heck would someone need 100+ tracks at the same time?
Depending on your setup, putting the computer in another room, will also cost you some money.
Maybe you should consider to custom build a new computer. There are setups absolutely dead quiet and still performing very well.
PS: I have an iMac that is absolutely quiet, no noise what so ever. And it performs pretty well. Although I have never tested 100+ tracks playing simultaneously, I bet it can do that. Definitely not if the all channels are loaded heavily with plugins. But why the heck would someone need 100+ tracks at the same time?
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- 35449 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
Sort out the PC. Better case, acoustic insulation, quiet case and CPU fans, low-noise PSU, passive graphics card, SSD's for frequently accessed drives.keyman_sam wrote:I'm in the process of building a sound-proof studio, with acoustic treatment and all - but the biggest bottleneck is going to be my PC.
Do I have any other options
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- KVRAF
- 4801 posts since 1 Aug, 2005 from Warszawa, Poland
This. And then make the hole and put it in another room. Seriously, if it is an option, it is great solution, best computer mod I ever did.whyterabbyt wrote:Better case, acoustic insulation, quiet case and CPU fans, low-noise PSU, passive graphics card, SSD's for frequently accessed drives.
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- KVRAF
- 7579 posts since 17 Feb, 2005
I upgraded fans in my computer to magnetic bearing fans. They are basically frictionless bearings. Google "Enlobal bearing fan" I think that might be only one brand though.
One day I hope to build my own music room, which would integrate the PC case into a sound-deadened bass trap or similar.
One day I hope to build my own music room, which would integrate the PC case into a sound-deadened bass trap or similar.
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 4340 posts since 8 Mar, 2005
GW wrote:Going after computer parts never quite gets there; putting it in the other room works very well.
Forgot to update this thread - the PC is in another room. Problem solved.