hardcoreware.net— Ever wonder how you can make your PC quieter? Do you need to start from scratch and build a whole new system? Or install a complicated water-cooling setup? Maybe... But then again, maybe not!
Oct 20, 2006View in Crawl 4
"Little known fact - When Apple engineers were trying to make a laptop out of the G5, they had to make the cases out of Tungsten instead of Titanium because the melting point is higher. ;)"Sounds like a little known crock of s**t to me.1. There was no low power G5 until a month after Apple announced the switch to Intel. There was no reason for Apple to develope a new machine based on the LP G5 chip, only to replace it 6 months later.2. The melting point of Titanium is 1668 °C. The processor itself would have been soup long before the case even broke a sweat, not to mention the surface underneath the computer.If you're going to bash Apple, please at least get your facts straight.And (as spiffyman noted) this isn't a Mac vs PC thing. Spiffyman was just commenting that his machine (which happens to be a Mac) runs very quiet. But here's how to build a PC that's even quieter (if it makes you feel better):<a class="user" href="http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=silent+pc&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8">http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=silent+pc&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8</a>Congrats, you just got owned by common sense and 10 seconds worth of Googling.@ mbthompson - you can say that again.
Fans are cheap and easy. WC is quite a bit more expensive, plus harder to install, plus more danger if there is a problem (however unlikely). And some have external radiators. Fans are cheaper and easier and less risk. For the few that need the extra performance (like OC'ers), the price/risk may be worth the performance increase.I just use a Mac Mini (Intel). Even when I'm encoding video (not blazing fast, but tolerable), it barely makes a noise. My linux fileserver, on the other hand, is about to get a Zallman makeover :D
and if you don't want to pay shipping or wait, they sell the sonata II at comp usa for about 90 bucks...the ONE thing about the sonata case though... it has these obscene blue LED clusters built into it, around the front access USB/firewire/headphone jacks, that are well capable of lighting up a room. just go ahead and cut their power when you first build your computer, so you don't have to go back and do it later :P
SilentPCReview is hands down the best website for this sort of info. I started researching quiet computing on there about 4 years ago and havn't looked back. I love being to leave my gaming machine on in the same room I sleep in and not have to hear it.
scott2Oct 20, 2006
"Little known fact - When Apple engineers were trying to make a laptop out of the G5, they had to make the cases out of Tungsten instead of Titanium because the melting point is higher. ;)"Sounds like a little known crock of s**t to me.1. There was no low power G5 until a month after Apple announced the switch to Intel. There was no reason for Apple to develope a new machine based on the LP G5 chip, only to replace it 6 months later.2. The melting point of Titanium is 1668 °C. The processor itself would have been soup long before the case even broke a sweat, not to mention the surface underneath the computer.If you're going to bash Apple, please at least get your facts straight.And (as spiffyman noted) this isn't a Mac vs PC thing. Spiffyman was just commenting that his machine (which happens to be a Mac) runs very quiet. But here's how to build a PC that's even quieter (if it makes you feel better):<a class="user" href="http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=silent+pc&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8">http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=silent+pc&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8</a>Congrats, you just got owned by common sense and 10 seconds worth of Googling.@ mbthompson - you can say that again.
mbthompsonOct 21, 2006
Wow, great suggestion on the Sonata. Actually a reasonable price for a case that comes with a 450W power supply. Here's the price-grabber link to save us lazy folk the trouble of typing.<a class="user" href="http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php?masterid=9328542&search=Antec+Sonata+2">http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php?masterid=9328542&search=Antec+Sonata+2</a>
kaleOct 21, 2006
Fans are cheap and easy. WC is quite a bit more expensive, plus harder to install, plus more danger if there is a problem (however unlikely). And some have external radiators. Fans are cheaper and easier and less risk. For the few that need the extra performance (like OC'ers), the price/risk may be worth the performance increase.I just use a Mac Mini (Intel). Even when I'm encoding video (not blazing fast, but tolerable), it barely makes a noise. My linux fileserver, on the other hand, is about to get a Zallman makeover :D
Closed AccountOct 21, 2006
Why would you pay ~$100 for a Sonata case when you could just install a 120mm fan in the back of a $30 case?
nerfdudeOct 21, 2006
and if you don't want to pay shipping or wait, they sell the sonata II at comp usa for about 90 bucks...the ONE thing about the sonata case though... it has these obscene blue LED clusters built into it, around the front access USB/firewire/headphone jacks, that are well capable of lighting up a room. just go ahead and cut their power when you first build your computer, so you don't have to go back and do it later :P
nova79Oct 21, 2006
My Intel Mac Mini is damn quiet. Maybe some of you PC guys should try it in your lifetime.
exusOct 21, 2006
SilentPCReview is hands down the best website for this sort of info. I started researching quiet computing on there about 4 years ago and havn't looked back. I love being to leave my gaming machine on in the same room I sleep in and not have to hear it.
fillamanMay 10, 2010
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