Silence, air cooling and AMD - it can be done!

[spirits247]

I've just grabbed a Whisper Rock II (80mm cooler) rated at 26db and two YS-tech 80mm ball bearing fans pushing 27CFM@20db.

This is the quietest option I can find in the UK. Ideally I wanted the Raptorcool/FalconRock 1 with the three connector clip, 25db rating and a copper insert but no sign of these in the UK.
The WhisperRock heatsink 80mm fan (26db, 2800rpm) wasn't very noisy but had an annoying pitch to it so I replaced it with a YS-Tech 20db 27CFM fan - I love these fans!

Now my rig has a YS-Tech 80mms on the PSU, exhaust and CPU. I've left out a front intake because it seems to make little difference. No fan is individually louder than 20db making for a very quiet system.

In fact, all I can here now is the 7200rpm Harddrive - the fans are inaudible.

Temps? Well system never goes above 28 in a VERY warm room, 26 average in cooler weather. At the hottest ambient temps, the CPU idles at 46 and hits 50.5 full load (socket temps).

Not bad. I'd say I'm running only 2-4C hotter than with a full kit noisy fans, but many, many times quieter.

For anyone wishing to have silence over performance, I fully suggest going for 80mm fans all round with db ratings no more than 24.

[Allan]

You could have deleted one of them, but its ok, I'm sure Daniel will do it for you.

I'm glad to hear about your silenced wonder, have you tried silencing the hard drive as well? Or maybe installing NoiseKiller mats?

[spirits247]

I tried deleting one of the posts but the sever went on about lacking authorisation.

As for the mats, I thought about it but I'm really happy with the noise level I have right now.

What's available for harddrive silencing?

[Allan]

You can look into silent drive,
http://www.molex.com/cgi-bin/bv/mole...lentdrive.html

WOW - thats the longest freakin' web addy I've ever seen! LOL

[spirits247]

Thanks, and yeah, that's once addy I won't be typing out!

[Allan]

If vibrations are your problem, you can check "NoVibes",

http://www.noisecontrol.de/info/infplra.htm

[Woof!]

Use sleeve bearing 80mm fans and you won't get vibrations no matter how much of them you stuff into your casing. "Quality" ball bearing fans shake a lot of booty!