26 Feb
2006
26 Feb
'06
12:55 p.m.
Hallo,
aljordan(a)maine.rr.com hat gesagt: // aljordan(a)maine.rr.com wrote:
I have been playing with DRC and Brutefir for room
correction and
digital crossover capabilities. The results have been positive and now
would like to quiet down one of my PC's in order to keep it in my stereo
system. I am looking for a particularly quiet case, CPU fan (for Athlon
64), and a video card that does not need a fan (hopefully NVidia based
or something that is easy to configure in Linux). I can't afford the
expensive fanless PC cases (heat pipe style).
Check out http://silentpcreview.com for lots of good hardware reviews
with a focus on silentness. For a gfx-card I would recommend to stay
away from NVidia and Ati, instead go for a Matrox G400/G450/G550. Dead
cheap now on *bay, stable open source drivers, zero noise, wonderful
quality, dual head, low power consumption etc. Beats the crap out of
everything, NVidia ever did, in everything but 3D-performance.
CPU fans: Try without a CPU fan, it works. You may want to go with
Scythe-coolers or the Thermalright HR-01, which is easier to install:
http://silentpcreview.com/article290-page1.html
Then you may want to add a silent 12" fan to your case's back outlet,
or maybe the power supply's fan is enough.
For cases I don't have any recommendation. Just make sure it is big
enough to be able to mount one of the big heatsinks to your CPU.
Bigger often is better here.
Ciao
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