Just went for the plunge and made THE upgrade of the past year or two. I bought Crucial DDR last week on a whim since it was darn cheap and happened upon a BD7-II and 1.6a on the For Sale forum - should be an interesting performance experience coming from an Asus P3B-F and 566@850 (which will be on sale soon!)
A few concerns though - my current system is silent. I threw a PC&C Silencer in the power supply and a 60mm on the CPU cooler, and that's it. Runs 17C idle and never goes higher than 30-40C.
My question is if I can make my new system silent as well. I'm looking at purchasing an Enermax Silent 350w PSU (~50 on pricewatch) - unless people here have other recommendations - and since I'm assuming the retail hs/fan on the P4 is not exactly quiet, I was going to get one of the newer 80mm Alpha coolers and pair it with a Silencer. I'm curious if this is going to get too hot or not. How about when overclocked? I'm told that this 1.6 can hit 2.4 with a small coltage adjustment, and 2.13 without any adjusting.
What are others' experiences here in silencing their system - specifically fans? I already know about most of the noise deadening materials.
Thanks!!
A few concerns though - my current system is silent. I threw a PC&C Silencer in the power supply and a 60mm on the CPU cooler, and that's it. Runs 17C idle and never goes higher than 30-40C.
My question is if I can make my new system silent as well. I'm looking at purchasing an Enermax Silent 350w PSU (~50 on pricewatch) - unless people here have other recommendations - and since I'm assuming the retail hs/fan on the P4 is not exactly quiet, I was going to get one of the newer 80mm Alpha coolers and pair it with a Silencer. I'm curious if this is going to get too hot or not. How about when overclocked? I'm told that this 1.6 can hit 2.4 with a small coltage adjustment, and 2.13 without any adjusting.
What are others' experiences here in silencing their system - specifically fans? I already know about most of the noise deadening materials.
Thanks!!
