Cooling advice case/8800GTOC2/Q6600 silent build.

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    Infinity/Divinity Dev Kane Hart is offline
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    Cooling advice case/8800GTOC2/Q6600 silent build.

    Hey I wrote it all here better explained but since a lot of you know a lot also wanted to see what you think:

    NCIX FORUMS - Need Cooling Advice.


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    /\/\@573|2 NoPeace is offline
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    Re: Cooling advice case/8800GTOC2/Q6600 silent build.

    It isn't going to happen on air. If you want silence then be prepared to spend $700usd on a new case and a good water loop. That's the only way. Even then it wont be that silent as the PSU will still be loud. A silent PSU will set you back another $500.

    So are you up to spending the cash on it?

    NoPeace - out

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    Re: Cooling advice case/8800GTOC2/Q6600 silent build.

    I'd buy a few large silent case-fans and go with a TRUE and a passive GPU cooler and put 120mm fans there. Then get some "dampening material" to use inside the case. Additionally I'd open up my PSU and lower the volt on the PSU fan. But you gotta have REALLY good case ventilation for it to work out.

    This is alot cheaper then NoPeace suggestion but wont be as silent/well performing and you will loose warranty of the PSU.

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    Infinity/Divinity Dev Kane Hart is offline
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    Re: Cooling advice case/8800GTOC2/Q6600 silent build.

    Sad that NoPeace is a nub.. Of course you can't get it 100% silent.. But 20 dBA vs 30 is big and I mean its huge.. Not like 50% increase but more since you don't hear much under 20..

    Anyways I will tell everyone how it goes with out spending 10000's on it.

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    Nopeace, nub? He knows more than anybody you know, and hes like always right, hes been in this section like forever. Dont ever diss nopeace like that.

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    Re: Cooling advice case/8800GTOC2/Q6600 silent build.

    Quote Originally Posted by Initiate View Post
    Nopeace, nub? He knows more than anybody you know, and hes like always right, hes been in this section like forever. Dont ever diss nopeace like that.
    I'm the true god so yes I will :P :technolog

    I don't want a dead silent system I wanted suggestions not fucking ohh if you don't spend 1000's its worthless... I know I can cut down the sound by half AND be able to keep my parts cooler...

    So I guess in the end I picked a ok deal.. If I wanted water cooling I would have said it.

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    Kane Hart, being an asshole will get you no help.

    The noctua fans are completely silent in all honesty, I have one of the 800rpm ones and with my ear to it I can hear nothing. The downside is that it puts out nowhere near the rated 59CFM. So the higher up rpm versions are better.

    20dB is 3x louder than 10dB.

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    Re: Cooling advice case/8800GTOC2/Q6600 silent build.

    to silently and well cool 8800gt+q6600 you will need a giant case - i mean giant
    Lian Li Industrial Co., Ltd. bigger than this.

    problem is that the slower you push the air the less air gets outside of the case - getting caught behind everthing.

    the bigger the case the easier for air to get from a to b

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    Re: Cooling advice case/8800GTOC2/Q6600 silent build.

    Who cares about a silent PSU? Its not really that important, unless you are like in a super ultra silent area xD

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    Re: Cooling advice case/8800GTOC2/Q6600 silent build.

    Quote Originally Posted by Kane Hart View Post
    Sad that NoPeace is a nub.. Of course you can't get it 100% silent.. But 20 dBA vs 30 is big and I mean its huge.. Not like 50% increase but more since you don't hear much under 20..

    Anyways I will tell everyone how it goes with out spending 10000's on it.
    I'm not a nub... I know how to make a computer silent and I know how much it'll cost.

    The only real way to make a quite computer with a quad core is with water cooling. There is no other way around it as the current quad cores are just too damn hot.

    An air cooler just cannot cool a quad under low speeds. So you'll need to have fans run at least on medium to high settings. Then when you put them right against the fins of a heat sink you'll cause air turbulence. Which in turns causes more noise.

    The most quite fans you can get are Yate Loons and they are shit for cases and heat sinks. They are only good on rads for water cooling. To cool an 8800 with a quad you are looking at needing a triple rad (or a dual thermochill rad) if you are using Yates to do it.

    Quote Originally Posted by Kane Hart View Post
    I'm the true god so yes I will :P :technolog

    I don't want a dead silent system I wanted suggestions not fucking ohh if you don't spend 1000's its worthless... I know I can cut down the sound by half AND be able to keep my parts cooler...

    So I guess in the end I picked a ok deal.. If I wanted water cooling I would have said it.
    Not with air and your setup. You cannot make it drop in sound and have your system run cooler.

    If that's the case go and get a dual core CPU and not a quad core CPU. Quads output 100-120w of heat. That takes quite a lot of air to remove, even on a huge ass heat sink.

    Now if you install sound dampening material in your case, you will be looking at increasing the temps on average by 5-10c.

    Now if you use slower fans you'll also be increasing your temps about 5c.

    Though what will all that do for sound? Actually increase it. Why? Because your PSU will be getting even hotter and that's your loudest component in your system.

    Quote Originally Posted by MasterBubba View Post
    Who cares about a silent PSU? Its not really that important, unless you are like in a super ultra silent area xD
    If you have a high end system then the PSU on average is the loudest component.

    NoPeace - out

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    Re: Cooling advice case/8800GTOC2/Q6600 silent build.

    Quote Originally Posted by NoPeace View Post
    The only real way to make a quite computer with a quad core is with water cooling. There is no other way around it as the current quad cores are just too damn hot.
    Speaking of which, I finally finished mine :D

    It's been set up for a good few weeks now, just I couldn't be bothered to redo all the cabling inside my case to make it fit, until yesterday.

    Yes my room is a mess, yes my camera sucks XD

    I also noticed something rather disturbing. Seems like there was some trapped air in the loop or something, it all got to the rad and now theres a few cracks in the top, from the inside out :/ Fortunately they havn't cracked all the way through the plastic but I'll have to keep an eye on it.
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    Re: Cooling advice case/8800GTOC2/Q6600 silent build.

    wow cable management is crazy :p guess you dont have to worry about it much with the water cooling.

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    Re: Cooling advice case/8800GTOC2/Q6600 silent build.

    Yeah, my cable management REALLY sucks, but also I don't have to worry about it that much =). I wanted to make holes in the mobo backplate to run the cables round that side of the case, but in the end I thought it was too much hassle so I left it.

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    Re: Cooling advice case/8800GTOC2/Q6600 silent build.

    wow your cable management is bad. But ive seen MUCH worse. like my PC before i did management. it was idle at 40C. now it idles at 26-30C

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    Re: Cooling advice case/8800GTOC2/Q6600 silent build.

    Quote Originally Posted by NoPeace View Post
    I'm not a nub... I know how to make a computer silent and I know how much it'll cost.

    The only real way to make a quite computer with a quad core is with water cooling. There is no other way around it as the current quad cores are just too damn hot.

    An air cooler just cannot cool a quad under low speeds. So you'll need to have fans run at least on medium to high settings. Then when you put them right against the fins of a heat sink you'll cause air turbulence. Which in turns causes more noise.

    The most quite fans you can get are Yate Loons and they are shit for cases and heat sinks. They are only good on rads for water cooling. To cool an 8800 with a quad you are looking at needing a triple rad (or a dual thermochill rad) if you are using Yates to do it.



    Not with air and your setup. You cannot make it drop in sound and have your system run cooler.

    If that's the case go and get a dual core CPU and not a quad core CPU. Quads output 100-120w of heat. That takes quite a lot of air to remove, even on a huge ass heat sink.

    Now if you install sound dampening material in your case, you will be looking at increasing the temps on average by 5-10c.

    Now if you use slower fans you'll also be increasing your temps about 5c.

    Though what will all that do for sound? Actually increase it. Why? Because your PSU will be getting even hotter and that's your loudest component in your system.



    If you have a high end system then the PSU on average is the loudest component.

    NoPeace - out
    Wow dude, the kid called you a nub and you still help him. Shows how great nopeace really is. anyways now kane knows not to call youa nub anymore :P

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    Re: Cooling advice case/8800GTOC2/Q6600 silent build.

    Sorry for being off topic but does anyone notice how even after nopeace gets dissed he still manages to keep his cool and give advice.



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