Just allittle fun

[Cogman]

If you Had Unlimited Money and wanted to make the Quietest Single Processor PC what would you put in it (Parts on the Market right now).
Id go:
Althon XP 2100
Epox 8KTA3L (PLUS) (KT133A Socket A ATX
3 sticks of PC3000 DDR 512MB
3? Seagate 181.6GB SCSI LVD SCA 80-pin 7200rpm
56x Generic CD Rom EIDE
40X12X48 RW CDRom
16x DVD Rom
GeForce4 TI 4600
Plasma 50inch Monitor ( Yep it is on the Market)
Enermax 400 watt Power Supply
ThermalTake Volcano 7+
21Bay Case
Generic 3 1/2 floppy
Iomega 250 Zip Drive
Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum
Creative Labs Cambridge Soundworks MegaWorks 510D Speaker
Addtron 32 Bit PCI Gigabit 10/100, 1000Mbs Ethernet Adapter, Full Duplex.
Duel Boot WinXP, Win98, Mandrake Linux, Win2000

Ranges over $10,000 for this system (monitor cost the most at about $6000)

 

[MasterHoss]

Um... sorry but how would that be quiet? I don't think a GeForce4 Ti4600 would be quiet. I mean, are you going to take off the stock fan? How about your processor? Are you going to underclock it and what HSF would you use?

SCSI HD for quiet? 40X CD ROM to be quiet? Enermax powersupply for quiet? Most of your choices ignore what your goal is, right?

 

[Nate420]

I was thinking the same thing Hoss.

That Enermax has to go(or atleast change the fans in it), swap the 7200 HDD for a 5400(you said quiet, not fast), scrap all the HSF's for a water kit, line the case with DynaMat or Roadkill (or some other sound deadning mat), and with "unlimited" money I wouldn't buy anything "generic", not even a CD drive.

I wouldn't use that mobo or cpu either, but that's just personal preference.

 

[wfbberzerker]

dont forget sound-dampening material for the case

 

[FishTankX]

Abit ST6
Underclocked PIII tualatin 1.4GHZ at 700MHZ.@1.3 volts or under
Heatsink/no fan
512MB of SDRAM
Seagate Baracuda ATAIV (With a modified cooling system, an Sk6 attached by arctic silver to the top of the drive in the bottom drive bay)
Geforce4 MX440 (heatsink, no fan)
Butchered 230 watt powersupply (By butchered I mean replace stock fan with LA1 at 7 volt)
Extra LA1 exhaust near CPU
Gigabit ethernet
Sb Audigy platinum EX
Rubber grommets for the LA1's
Liteon 16X DVDROM
Sony Floppy
Whatever monitor you want

Conclusion:Is she silent yet?

 

[Derango]

Just buy really long VGA, PS/2 and USB cables and then stuff it in a closet somewhere Pure silence.

 

[FishTankX]

Who can challange my silent system?! Muahahaha.. nothing compares to undervolted tualatins..

 

[Cogman]

ok, ok, Was not specific Enough, Yes Stock Fans, And untouched (As in Not Unlocked, OC, or anything like that) And I though That Enermax was a quiet Power Supply. Guess i was wrong. As for the Generic Stuff, Your right, Why go Generic when you can go Brand Name. Any More Oppions?

 

[zzzz]

why do you have both cd drive and dvd drive?
Most of the 40X burners are loud.
volcano-7+? There are better HSFs, but you should go watercooling if you want quiet.
power supply--PCpower and cooling silencer

Actually none of the parts you listed are geared towards making a quiet PC. Do you want to make a quiet PC or an expensive one?

Get cyrix for quiet operation.

 

[Budman]

Derango had the right Ideal.

Is there such a device as a wireless usb KVM switch?

If so,use that & put your pc in your basement,instant Quiet.

 

[sharkeeper]

<< 3? Seagate 181.6GB SCSI LVD SCA 80-pin 7200rpm >>



I bet you have never used or heard a SCSI drive before!

Those Seagate 181 'cudas are exactly what you do NOT want in a quiet system. Unless 500 BB's in an Oster on FRAPPE is your definition of quiet! :Q

Also, something has to cool that XP2100 and it isn't going to be SILENT. I have a XP 2200 and the cooling is very very quiet (23 dB Panaflo) but NOT silent. Of course I don't hear the fans over the whine of the hard disks...

Cheers!