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How many hours of research and people on forums yelling at you do you have to go through before you do that? I built a fairly stock PC, it is not silent and ne

How many hours of research and people on forums yelling at you do you have to go through before you do that? I built a fairly stock PC, it is not silent and needs BIOS undervolting and custom fan curves to get there, and most recently I found updating the BIOS erases all of that. Also built a NAS (which is too loud so I'd like to rebuild it) and the one time I reported a bug to FreeNAS a graybeard yelled at me on Bugzilla for not building a 1U server with fans that sound like an airplane taking off.

LeoNatan25 3y ago
Really should be no yelling! If the place you are visiting has assholes yelling, just leave for another. But like any major purchase, it takes research. I do this research every 4-5 years or so, when I will be undergoing a desktop replacement. I’d choose the CPU and GPU first, then investigate cooling solutions. Liquid cooling is not always optimal with regard to noise, so another decision to make before committing on a solution is if you’ll be overclocking or not, as there are air-based cooling solutions that could be silent, and give you all the TDP cooling your CPU needs. After you’ve chosen your cooler (liquid or air-based), investigate low-noise, high-airflow fans at the size your cooler accepts. Going the largest fans is not always the best choice for optimal airflow or noise, so factor that in the investigation. I have less experience with custom GPU coolers, as I’ve only used stock coolers—those are pretty silent and well optimized these days.