4 Aug
2016
4 Aug
'16
2:01 a.m.
Greetings,
I finally got around to replacing the stock CPU fan in my machine. I got
an Arctic Freezer 7 Pro (r2), took about ten minutes to install for an
AMD3+ socket, works beautifully. Major reduction in the noise here, at
long last. Now I can get to recording some acoustic stuff I've had
hanging around for a year or two.
Best,
dp
4 Aug
4 Aug
8:22 a.m.
On onsdag 3 augusti 2016 kl. 20:01:44 CEST Dave Phillips wrote:
I finally got around to replacing the stock CPU fan in
my machine. I got
an Arctic Freezer 7 Pro (r2), took about ten minutes to install for an
AMD3+ socket, works beautifully. Major reduction in the noise here, at
long last. Now I can get to recording some acoustic stuff I've had
hanging around for a year or two.
Cool, I'm looking forward to hear it! :-)
Speaking about fan noise: I was luckily able to do this: I made a small hole i
the wall and placed the computer outside the studio. So S/PDIF, USB, ethernet
and sound card interface cables are running trough it. That said, I'm also
using a Fractal Design Define R5 chassis for the computer, so the CPU is seldom
hotter than 30 degrees Celsius and the thing is almost dead quiet. :-)
Jostein
4:16 p.m.
If the budget is not a huge constraint, for more recent machines look
for cases that have plenty of grills, particularly on top (since heat
rises you don't want to trap it with a solid top cover), get a Ninja
series cooler and a fanless GPU. On the Virginia Tech DISIS machines we
have entire machine with respectable specs (recent i7, Zotac fanless
Nvidia GT 750, fanless PSU, SSD, 16GB RAM) and a single fan on the Ninja
cooler running at 600rpm being effectively silent unless you put your
ear next to the back of the case. If you choose to go with a spinning HD
you will find that HD noise will be incredibly bothersome because it
will be the only thing you hear.
Below is the itemization of the most recent items for a performance
(~$1,250) vs. economy options (~$1K) based on June prices. GPU will be
by far the hardest thing to find because it is not in production
anymore. I suspect you could forgo the GPU and just rely on the
integrated Intel chip which is actually pretty respectable.
PERFORMANCE:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133212 Computer
case $79.99 1
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117559 CPU
$314.99 1
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130873
Motherboard $174.99 1
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MTSWFMM RAM 16GB $57.99 1
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151122 Power
supply $139.99 1
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KFAGCUM/ Solid state hard
drive $199.98 1
https://www.amazon.com/ZOTAC-GeForce-DisplayPort-Graphics-ZT-70707-20M/dp/B…
Video card $230.56 1
https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B017S3ZJNY/ref=dp_olp_new_mbc?ie=UT…
CPU cooler $53.44 1
ECONOMY:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133212 Computer
case $79.99 1
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117369 CPU
$204.99 1
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130873
Motherboard $174.99 1
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MTSWFMM RAM $57.99 1
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151122 Power
supply $139.99 1
https://www.amazon.com/Crucial-MX200-250GB-Internal-Solid/dp/B00RQA6DTE/
Solid state hard drive $79.97 1
https://www.amazon.com/ZOTAC-GeForce-DisplayPort-Graphics-ZT-70707-20M/dp/B…
Video card $230.56 1
https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B017S3ZJNY/ref=dp_olp_new_mbc?ie=UT…
CPU cooler $53.44 1
HTH
Best,
Ico
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