Posted on 12/10/2007 7:35:06 AM PST by Momaw Nadon
Could anyone recommend a silent PC and/or laptop?
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Thanks ShadowAce!
Hmmm...I have one of the Antec 2 cases, but didn’t like it so much (I currently use it as a door stop at work). The hard drive layout is nuts, and it wasn’t really all that quiet. I’ve since bought 2 Antec Solo cases. They’re much nicer, easier to work on, and are the quietest cases I’ve ever used. The loudest component is the video card fan.
I’ve heard that Toshiba has issued a new laptop with flash memory, no harddrive.
‘Silent’ PCs are nothing new. I’ve used this site with great success:
http://www.logicsupply.com/categories/fanless_systems
I prefer the VIA line of boards and use laptop HDDs for lowest power consumption / noise.
Got an older AMD based Shuttle system attached to my LCD TV.
The Shuttle variable fan speeds are a godsend!
The blue power LED is more distracting than any noise that thing makes (very little)
Here's my favorite Laptop...
Try the Zalman TNN 300 or Zalman TNN 500AF series pc cases. Add hdd enclosures and it is completely silent.
I plan to “monitor” this discussion for helpful information. /rimshot
For a laptop, I've found that they are getting significantly better. I just bought a brand new HP and it's amazingly quiet. :)
Although the base silence of the Antec may be new, the concept of speeding up the fans is not. I have an almost 3-year-old Gateway whose fans speed up when things get hot and heavy with the processor. Drives me nuts.
I prefer a somewhat noisy machine. Noise, or sometimes lack thereof, is good for troubleshooting. ;^)
Practically silent for almost three years now. It's about as quiet as ambient room noise, but you can hear the optical drive when it's going if you're close enough.
The iMac is pretty quiet, too, the loudest thing again being the optical drive when accessing it.
Methinks Peter Wayner wouldn't know a capacitor if he found one sitting in his Vichysoise.
What a helpless widdle crybaby, welded to the Hollyweird teat. At some point you have to accept the noise as a necessary part of the life of your equipment. Real men recognize that fact and learn to ignore it.
Good catch. I know capacitors can buzz, but isn't that usually when they need to be replaced?
We're talking about people who will spend thousands of dollars just on cables because they're told it makes things sound and look better. And the cables are really expensive, so it must be true, right?
They will pay for anything better, perceived or real, so the market is there to feed it.
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