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I've been putting together fanless PCs for my own use for a few years now, also disliking the aircraft-taking-off sound of many desktop PCs when they are switch
by m-i-l 10y ago
I've been putting together fanless PCs for my own use for a few years now, also disliking the aircraft-taking-off sound of many desktop PCs when they are switched on. I started with the Zalman Reserator[0] water cooling tower, then moved to the Zalman TNN 500-AF[1] where the case was a giant heatsink (it was an amazing piece of kit), although more recently have been using ready-made fanless PCs (which are more widespread now most of the components run much cooler). The site at http://www.silentpcreview.com/ http://www.silentpcreview.com/ used to have useful information for people building quiet PCs, and https://www.quietpc.com/ https://www.quietpc.com/ still has some good components (and ready-made machines) too.
[0] https://www.quietpc.com/reserator1-v2 https://www.quietpc.com/reserator1-v2
[1] https://www.quietpc.com/tnn500af https://www.quietpc.com/tnn500af
- hubert123 10y agoI use an integrated graphics chip and a noctua cpu cooler, it's practically completely silent. I sleep right next to my PC often.
- masklinn 10y agoDifferent people have different noise threshold, and different ability to filter out noise. I couldn't sleep next to a running computer even using large low-speed fans until I built one using a Reserator. I have friends who can sleep next to what are essentially heli turbines. The big annoyance of the Reserator is it's a pain in the ass to carry around.
- commentzorro 10y ago+1 for the Noctua fans and coolers too. When I need a full tower I always swap out the stock fans and coolers for Noctua.
- Already__Taken 10y agoI'd love to get just that water block back-plate to bond to my steel boat hull. How do you get components like in the TNN case?
- masklinn 10y agoThe TNN didn't use watercooling it used heatpipes. These are not waterblocks, they're heat absorbers. The part that's bonded to the case would be a heat spreader. A regular case wouldn't be that good at dissipating heat though.
- Already__Taken 10y agoI'd love to get just that water block back-plate to bond to my steel boat hull. How do you get components like in the TNN case?
- jdietrich 10y agoI can recommend the NoFan passive heatsinks. The CR-80EH costs less than many premium HSFs and will easily cope with an i7-6700. It's now possible to achieve dead silent operation without compromising on performance or spending a fortune on exotic parts. http://www.nofancomputer.com/eng/products/CR-80EH.php http://www.nofancomputer.com/eng/products/CR-80EH.php