New PC Build - Shhh, it's quiet!
Saturday, August 18, 2018 by Fuzzy Logic | Discussion: Personal Computing
Decided my old trusty i7 920 pc has had it's day, so, time for something new. Very new. Very... radical. A totally silent PC!
That's right. Silent. 0db. No moving parts at all (save my 5Tb removable back-up drive).
Here's the bits:
Nofan CS-80 Fanless Computer Case
Nofan P-500A Silent 500W Fanless 80+ GOLD PSU
ASUS PRIME H370-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
Intel 8th Gen Core i7 8700 3.2GHz 65W UHD 630 12MB 6 Cores 12 Threads CPU
Nofan CR-95C Black Pearl IcePipe 95W Fanless CPU Cooler
Corsair DDR4 Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) Memory Kit
Palit GeForce GTX 1050 Ti KalmX Fanless 4GB GDDR5 Graphics Card
Samsung 970 EVO 1TB Phoenix M.2 NVMe SSD (3400/2500)
Samsung 850 EVO 500Gb (for documents backup)
Here's what the inside looks like:
For those who may be sceptical about how a fanless PC can run cool, here's the current temps:
Boot time is around 7 seconds, shutdown time >1 second.
Handy features of the case include a removable 'EZ-Swap' drive bay system with a removable side door so you can just plug/unplug drives at will. This is what I'm doing with my backup drives - just plug them in as I need them (HDs are noisy!)
Very pleased with it so far
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Reply #23 Thursday, September 13, 2018 8:43 PM
I find noise distracting.
Hehe! I thought my No 1 rig was relatively quit until.... until I cleaned the wax out of my ears with some cotton tips and a spade. Now when starting up it sounds like a Harrier jet taking off... and like one of those garden blowers when idling.
Nah, it's not that bad. Well not quite, but since this thread went up I have noticed it more. Also when the room is quiet I notice it, but if I have a fan or the air-con on I don't usually hear it at all. It's mostly the top case fans I can hear, but being the case is way too big to fit in the desk pigeon hole, it is exposed and therefore they're going to sound louder.
Oh well, so long as the beastie works. 
Reply #24 Friday, September 14, 2018 10:22 AM
does it get more or less dust compared to fan boxes? and is that going to work for gpu of the X070 tier?
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Reply #21 Saturday, August 25, 2018 11:06 AM
Just out of curiosity why is silence so imoortant if you are not much of a gamer.
As long as it's cool that is fine.