Quiet running PC's (1 Viewer)

[Martice]

Do PC cases really differ in the amount of noise that they allow or do I have to buy a case like THISin order to get the least amount of noise while running my computer?

 

[Rob Varto]

Im sure materials and the number of case funs do make a bit of a difference. My aluminum case has 6 internal fans and I have a Swiftech heat sink fan on my processor. It sounds like a blow drier has been stuffed in my desk drawer. So, I upgraded my sound card and speakers and that helps take care of the issue

 

[Martice]

I have a quiet listening room and although I don't expect the fans to be dead quiet, I would hope that there are ways to keep the noise to a level that when a movie is at one of the quiet passages I don't hear the buzz sound from the fan or some other part of the PC. Is this wishful thinking?

 

[Rob Gillespie]

If you want a quiet machine, the case isn't usually the highest priority.
The power supply fan is probably making a stack of noise. You can either change the fan for a really quiet one, or change the whole PSU. I've got a Quietpc.com 300w PSU in both of my systems. Barely a whisper of sound and a really good quality PSU too. Not cheap though.
I've also got a Quietpc CPU fan (Pentium 3) and two Zalman 80mm case fans, also from Quietpc, which you can barely hear in a quiet room.
If you want a quiet hard drive, Seagate Barracuda ATA IV are the quietest IDE hard drives available - bar none. No case resonance either thanks to the fluid bearing mechanism.
www.quietpc.com
or www.quietpc.ca