I am considering buying a PC at home to replace my aging Pentium II 400Mhz laptop on which I can't even compile JBoss.
I want this PC to act as a file server, download big files from the internet, play divx, run as a VCR, etc.. It needs to run 24x24 and since I live in a typical small parisian appartement and I hate noise, it must be silent so I've been trying to find info.
I found The Silent PC and silentpcreview.com. Apparently, they have built a PC that runs at 35 dBA and plan to build a gaming machine running at 25 dBA shortly. I've also found a couple other websites selling heatsinks, fans, etc... so there is a trend here.
Just to give you a couple pointers, 20 dBA is a light breeze and 40 dBA is wispering 2 meters away. So I'm going to see how much this would cost. I don't need the latest and greatest processor or gfx board. I'd rather trade power for silence :)
Posted by pgirolami76 at February 23, 2003 07:24 PM | TrackBackA very complete french website with its forum :
http://www.barbones.com/
http://www.sleekline.com [US based] sell a very nice looking machine which is supposed to be quiet [silent?] and has a very nice form factor for being hidden away under a desk etc.
I had a similar situation (small apartment). I have a fong-kai 603 case (awesome case in itself, also very quiet), and replaced all my fans, including my heat sink fan with panaflo L1A 80mm's, and got an enermax 350w whisperquiet powersupply. You can get all this stuff at directron.com. My PC sounds like a small rush of air and that's it.
Posted by: Steve Conover at March 2, 2003 07:28 AMSorry about that Philippe, I should have realized you probably won't be ordering from directron anytime soon ;-). Salut -Steve
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