How do many of you stand such noisy builds?

[Deleted member 284126]

I'm just looking around and many of the finalized builds seem to be lacking in parts that are designed to be quiet.

I don't know about you guys, but ideally I shouldn't be able to tell the difference between my computer being on or off at 3:00am. I've always been sensitive to computer noise, but this is especially true now since I live in a studio condo.

It would be so distracting for me to do productivity work if my computer is constantly nagging on my ears.

Do you guys not mind the noise, or do you find it not worth the money to invest in quieter components?



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[stahlhart]

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[LOL_Wut_Axel]

I'm just looking around and many of the finalized builds seem to be lacking in parts that are designed to be quiet.

I don't know about you guys, but ideally I shouldn't be able to tell the difference between my computer being on or off at 3:00am. I've always been sensitive to computer noise, but this is especially true now since I live in a studio condo.

It would be so distracting for me to do productivity work if my computer is constantly nagging on my ears.

Do you guys not mind the noise, or do you find it not worth the money to invest in quieter components?

It's called Sleep. It's located on the lower part of the Start menu to your right where there's an arrow.

The more you know.

 

[newtobuilding]

^ And knowing is half the battle!

 

[fuzzymath10]

Computers that perform calcs or download stuff aren't very productive when they're in sleep mode

I think priorities are different, and neither is better than the other. Silentpcreview focuses on moderately fast builds in generally smaller cases producing the least heat and noise and using the least power possible at moderate cost, which is sort of the philosophy I follow.

However, it is fair that performance per dollar is considered more important to others since buying hardware repeatedly isn't necessarily a good option, or their tolerance for or ability to mitigate noise/heat/power is greater.

 

[mfenn]

Oh god, not another one of these threads.

OP, as noted most people here don't mind a little computer noise. If you do, you should probably hang out at SPCR.

 

[lamedude]

Play some music and turn it to 11, now you can't hear it.

 

[piasabird]

Well if the object is to build and overclocked gaming system, then a little noise is no big deal because when you are playing a game your computer is going to be making some noise. Anytime you add the fastest video card on earth, it might have one or two big honking fans on it, Duhh!!!!!

So just build the computer that you want to for the results that you want. If you dont overclock and use integrated video then maybe it will not make much noise. Everything is a trade off.

 

[corkyg]

No big deal. If the noise gets oppressive, I remove my hearing aids.

 

[greenhawk]

It is like any other noise from other people, their TV's or from neibours or the street. You get use to it and tune it out.

I do notice mine from time to time, but mainly when I turn it off and I relise that their is no other background noise at that time of day.

If you need to have the computer on to download (or some other light task) and you are not tired enough to sleep through it (I can fall asleep on a moving bus if I need to), then best look at buying a atom based PC and using it for those overnight tasks.

As to the builds, quiet parts (or good overclockers) cost extra. Not unheard of to be 20+% more expencive overall for zero performance again. Not something someone on a budget or looking to heavly overclock cares about. Most users also do not care as it is money that can be used for buying a better GPU/CPU instead.

Buying a good performing PC that is dead silent is possible, but very few want to pay the price. Fanless power supplies are around, but at double / tripple the going rate is outside people's costs. Getting lowerend CPUs to limit heat is counter productive for a lot of people. Getting a fanless GPU generally means mid to low end performance. Spending $100 or so on a large cooler with a slow moving fan (if at all) is not something many people do. Getting only SSD's for drives is way to expencive for most, so for quiet people look to laptop drives instead. but that adds some noise.

As to distracting you when you work, depends where. I find I need a little bit of noise, otherwise the inconsistant noises (even the crickets outside) distract me. At work, the noisiest is the airconditioner of the building, followed by my keyboard.

 

[philosofool]

Loud computers are pretty annoying to me, but I'm a noise sensitive person.

I've paid a little money, about $40, for quieter components. I have a case fan with speed regulator and my 120mm fan is fairly quiet. I have an after market CPU fan from Silenx with a manual fan control and I can barely hear it; I could silence it completely, but then my CPU temps run a little higher than I like.

My GPU fan is pretty quiet except when gaming. I live with it.

 

[sm625]

What is really irritating is noise while trying to watch a movie or listen to a podcast, both of which the computer should be able to do in an almost sleep state.

 

[Patrick Wolf]

You can still have a very quiet, high performance PC with the right parts. 1st is a case that allows for many fans so you can use quiet (low RPM) one's. For gaming, the GPU should be efficient enough that you can cap the fan speed to a level that's acceptable and doesn't overheat. Don't go crazy on the CPU OC and use a good heatsink + quiet fan(s). SSD + quiet storage HDD(s) help a lot too. And if your mobo allows for fan speed control that's a big +. Like ASUS's FAN Xpert tool which is awesome.