6 May
2022
6 May
'22
6:24 p.m.
I am interested in getting a computer quiet enough for audio work, but
still powerful enough for video rendering as well.
Usually the second part means noisy fans. Has anyone on the list used a
water cooler system to move the heat out to a radiator that can be cooled
with larger slow turning fans? I don't want to invest in a water cooling
system only to find out after I get it that it hums loudly from the water
pump, or the radiator fans aren't actually very quiet, or it makes
gurgling or swooshing noises, etc.
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Chris Caudle
6 May
6 May
7:13 p.m.
Hallo Chris!
On Fri, 6 May 2022 09:24:06 -0500
"Chris Caudle" <6807.chris(a)pop.powweb.com>
schrieb:
I am interested in getting a computer quiet enough for
audio work, but
still powerful enough for video rendering as well.
Usually the second part means noisy fans. Has anyone on the list used a
water cooler system to move the heat out to a radiator that can be cooled
with larger slow turning fans? I don't want to invest in a water cooling
system only to find out after I get it that it hums loudly from the water
pump, or the radiator fans aren't actually very quiet, or it makes
gurgling or swooshing noises, etc.
It is not always necessarily to use water cooler. In my workstation for
music and related things I have a case and fans from „be quiet“ and I
don’t hear the machine – except I render images with povray which uses
all 16 cores.
Grüße, Gerhard
7:21 p.m.
On Fri, 6 May 2022 09:24:06 -0500
"Chris Caudle" <6807.chris(a)pop.powweb.com> wrote:
I am interested in getting a computer quiet enough for
audio work, but
still powerful enough for video rendering as well.
Usually the second part means noisy fans. Has anyone on the list used a
water cooler system to move the heat out to a radiator that can be cooled
with larger slow turning fans? I don't want to invest in a water cooling
system only to find out after I get it that it hums loudly from the water
pump, or the radiator fans aren't actually very quiet, or it makes
gurgling or swooshing noises, etc.
No WC experience here, but I've built a silent PC. I got a Fractal Design
case, a Zalman CPU fan that at its low speed is absolutely silent, and a
fanless GPU card.
My CPU runs in the 40-50C range consistently and the GPU rarely goes above
45C. I've been really happy with it for years now. I don't think WC would
have been any better.
Joe
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Without deviation from the norm, "progress" is not possible. - FZappa
8:01 p.m.
On Fri, May 06, 2022 at 11:21:36AM -0400, Joe Hartley wrote:
On Fri, 6 May 2022 09:24:06 -0500 "Chris
Caudle" wrote:
^ This.
As you fear, some WC systems can be noisier/louder than air-cooled
systems.
Incidentally, if audio/video transcoding is part of your workflow, you
may find Intel's Quick Sync feature useful, especially if your CPU is a
new-ish model.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Quick_Sync_Video
It seems to be even more energy-efficient than Nvidia's equivalent
(NVENC; NVDEC):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia_NVENC
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia_NVDEC
QuietPC is a vendor of - and also a good guide to - quiet PC components:
https://www.quietpc.com/
(Not an endorsement, just a statement of fact. I have no relationship
with QuietPC.)
Sam
I am interested in getting a computer quiet
enough for audio work,
but still powerful enough for video rendering as well.
Usually the second part means noisy fans. Has anyone on the list
used a water cooler system to move the heat out to a radiator that
can be cooled with larger slow turning fans? I don't want to invest
in a water cooling system only to find out after I get it that it
hums loudly from the water pump, or the radiator fans aren't actually
very quiet, or it makes gurgling or swooshing noises, etc.
No WC experience here, but I've built a silent PC. I got a Fractal
Design case, a Zalman CPU fan that at its low speed is absolutely
silent, and a fanless GPU card.
My CPU runs in the 40-50C range consistently and the GPU rarely goes
above 45C. I've been really happy with it for years now. I don't
think WC would have been any better.
8:12 p.m.
On Fri, 6 May 2022 11:21:36 -0400
Joe Hartley <jh(a)brainiac.com> wrote:
No WC experience here, but I've built a silent PC.
I got a Fractal Design
case, a Zalman CPU fan that at its low speed is absolutely silent, and a
fanless GPU card.
My CPU runs in the 40-50C range consistently and the GPU rarely goes above
45C. I've been really happy with it for years now. I don't think WC would
have been any better.
In response to a private email that seems relevant, I've never measured
the noise level, but I don't really know that it's worth it. The ambient
noise in the room is louder than my PC. My work laptop, which is usually in
the same room, is far noisier even at rest. Heck, my tinnitus is louder
than the PC.
I have a pair of hard drives in the system that I use for backups of
everything on the SSDs. I've been startled before when I was at the
computer late enough to hear the backup cron job start them up.
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Joe Hartley - UNIX/network Consultant - jh(a)brainiac.com
Without deviation from the norm, "progress" is not possible. - FZappa
7:52 p.m.
I am using an AIO from Arctic.
CPU is Ryzen 5900x.
Until 50°C the fans are off.
Case fans run on 450 RPM.
Noise level is quite acceptable, did not measure it though.
Cheers
Moshe
On Fri, 6 May 2022, 17:24 Chris Caudle, <6807.chris(a)pop.powweb.com> wrote:
I am interested in getting a computer quiet enough for
audio work, but
still powerful enough for video rendering as well.
Usually the second part means noisy fans. Has anyone on the list used a
water cooler system to move the heat out to a radiator that can be cooled
with larger slow turning fans? I don't want to invest in a water cooling
system only to find out after I get it that it hums loudly from the water
pump, or the radiator fans aren't actually very quiet, or it makes
gurgling or swooshing noises, etc.
--
Chris Caudle
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