Quiet PC

oh well...i put MB into the case, connect everything,install all the soft and when i tried to close side panel---oooooops.. :)

unfortunately for me it did not fit into the case,where i was initially planning to use it. it will fit in 8" wide regular mid size case. i have couple of them,but it's a pain in a** to take the s** in and out once again. will finish over the weekend.

been big fan of arctic cooling case fans i bought couple of these-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186036

but disappointed. their speed is nowhere near CPU fan. way higher and pretty noisy.
 
another issue i run into is that when i tried to use SSD as a boot and OS disk and then added old,formatted HD to use as a backup(there was acronis installed on it prior formatting)- the Pc fail to boot up properly with message-acronis loader fatal error. i assume this is because acronis loader is still on old HD MBR and wasn't destroyed during format.
question-how to format this HD properly to get rid of everything that was on t?

Thank you!
 
Quote from Bob111:

another issue i run into is that when i tried to use SSD as a boot and OS disk and then added old,formatted HD to use as a backup(there was acronis installed on it prior formatting)- the Pc fail to boot up properly with message-acronis loader fatal error. i assume this is because acronis loader is still on old HD MBR and wasn't destroyed during format.
question-how to format this HD properly to get rid of everything that was on t?

Thank you!
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Run Low Level Format utility on the drive...
 
My current computer has 6 fans!
2 on the box, one on the chip,
one on the power supply,
and one on each video card [2].

I tried putting it in the closet,
which still annoyed me,
and I was a little concerned about the heat.

So, with very long extension cables,
running through a wall [where the Cox cable used to run]
I now have the computer in the living room,
and my computer room is near dead silent.

marc
 
Quote from marcoPolo21:

My current computer has 6 fans!
2 on the box, one on the chip,
one on the power supply,
and one on each video card [2].

I tried putting it in the closet,
which still annoyed me,
and I was a little concerned about the heat.

So, with very long extension cables,
running through a wall [where the Cox cable used to run]
I now have the computer in the living room,
and my computer room is near dead silent.

marc
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FYI... A Dell Precision T3500 has only 3 fans (including PSU).. and if you get video cards with no fans, it's almost inaudible from 3'.
 
Quote from Bob111:

another issue i run into is that when i tried to use SSD as a boot and OS disk and then added old,formatted HD to use as a backup(there was acronis installed on it prior formatting)- the Pc fail to boot up properly with message-acronis loader fatal error. i assume this is because acronis loader is still on old HD MBR and wasn't destroyed during format.
question-how to format this HD properly to get rid of everything that was on t?

Thank you!
More...

found it-

http://kb.acronis.com/content/1507

following by

format c: /fs:NTFS
 
I used that same beast of a heatsink in a Coolermaster 690 case. My solution to get a relatively quiet pc was to make sure the case held a bunch of 120mm fans and slow them down with a fan controller. Much better than smaller fans running faster and louder to move the same amount of air.
 
Quote from chisel:

I used that same beast of a heatsink in a Coolermaster 690 case. My solution to get a relatively quiet pc was to make sure the case held a bunch of 120mm fans and slow them down with a fan controller. Much better than smaller fans running faster and louder to move the same amount of air.
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yep. another way is to reduce voltage manually on those molex connectors

http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic69357.html
 
Quote from Scataphagos:

FYI... A Dell Precision T3500 has only 3 fans (including PSU).. and if you get video cards with no fans, it's almost inaudible from 3'.
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Well, I like my computer.
I simply don't like any noise.
So, a quieter computer wouldn't help.

marc
 
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