So, for a couple of years, I have been aiming for silence (or at least ultra quietness) in my computer. I started with an Antec Superlanboy and immediately ripped out the harddrive bays and suspended my raptor there. Unfortunately, the case is so light that it resonants from everything including my cpu fan through the mobo, through the mobo standoffs!.
Enter: P150.
So, I installed my Yateloon D12SL in the rear, 2 Nexus 92mm in the front, and a Nexus 92mm on the cpu. There is also a Yateloon D12SL on my Zalman large blue heatsink on the graphics card. EAR isolators on the case fans. It was not very quiet, but an improvement over the Superlanboy.
Enter, 5x Zalman FanMate2. The front Nexus fans are at 5V, the Rear is at 7V, the GPU fan is at 5V, and the CPU is full.
With the side panels on, When i push the power button, all i hear is "click" of the power button and my harddrives spinning up. 5 second later when the harddrives are all set and idle, no noise. My ears feel pressurized due to the lack of noise.
Happy is me!!
Edit:
The computer is hearable if i stick my ear within 3" of a fan. I sit 4' away from the computer and it is barely audible about the wind outside. From my bed, I cant hear it period.
Edit 2:
The temperature hit? My temperatures actually went down 3C!!! I say thats win!
Sorry guys, i had to shrink the 4Megapixel image in paint because I havent installed Adobe Photoshop yet
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/jonomega/Overall.JPG
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/jonomega/Closer.JPG
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/jonomega/Closeup_of_GPU.JPG
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/jonomega/Elastic_HDD.JPG
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/jonomega/Inside.JPG
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/jonomega/Inside2.JPG
Enter: P150.
So, I installed my Yateloon D12SL in the rear, 2 Nexus 92mm in the front, and a Nexus 92mm on the cpu. There is also a Yateloon D12SL on my Zalman large blue heatsink on the graphics card. EAR isolators on the case fans. It was not very quiet, but an improvement over the Superlanboy.
Enter, 5x Zalman FanMate2. The front Nexus fans are at 5V, the Rear is at 7V, the GPU fan is at 5V, and the CPU is full.
With the side panels on, When i push the power button, all i hear is "click" of the power button and my harddrives spinning up. 5 second later when the harddrives are all set and idle, no noise. My ears feel pressurized due to the lack of noise.
Happy is me!!
Edit:
The computer is hearable if i stick my ear within 3" of a fan. I sit 4' away from the computer and it is barely audible about the wind outside. From my bed, I cant hear it period.
Edit 2:
The temperature hit? My temperatures actually went down 3C!!! I say thats win!
Sorry guys, i had to shrink the 4Megapixel image in paint because I havent installed Adobe Photoshop yet
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/jonomega/Overall.JPG
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/jonomega/Closer.JPG
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/jonomega/Closeup_of_GPU.JPG
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/jonomega/Elastic_HDD.JPG
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/jonomega/Inside.JPG
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/jonomega/Inside2.JPG