Posts by avaya

You guys are aweomse & I appreciate all the input!! I'm going to wait for the Nvidia GeForce GTX 470 & 480 to be released (which is likely 2 weeks away) then see what happens with gpu pricing. I am going to start...

Goals for the system: 1. QUIET - ideally 25db or less. This might mean "low-energy" type graphics card. 2. $1,500 budget without monitor/keyboard/mouse. Up to $1,700 could be okay if there is a significant performance...

I posted on the watercooling forum and concluded there is not a good below 20db watercooling option. I'm probably going to get the SilverStone FT02B case for $229 & go with a more standard build. Probably i7 920 processor with...

Quote: Originally Posted by lilraver018 If you underclock/undervolt no need to go with water cooling since the price vs your want in performance will not be justified. I would only underclock with a fanless...

Quote: Originally Posted by sti-06 u r in the wrong forums u shud go to underclock.net j/k why are you getting a $580 CPU and underclock it Seriously tho, why? To be able to use a fanless heat sync. My...

I'm going to building an entire system from scratch (well, minus monitor/keyboard/mouse) and am wanting it to be be 20db or quieter. Is that possible/practical with a water system? By practical, I mean I don't want to be using a...

I am leaning towards building it myself since the cost savings seems enough. I'm on the fence about a solid state hard drive since my current system hard drives are the noisiest components, but solid state is super high $ so i...

Quote: Originally Posted by ablearcher Would several passive WC radiators do the trick? Or is the pump noise still too much? Great question- when I built my current PC in 2005 water cooling was a lot more...

Quote: Originally Posted by SZayat if you dont want to DIY then get a gateway That computer doesn't have enclosed hard drive cases, quiet powersupply, quiet CPU fan, etc. Am I missing something?

Quote: Originally Posted by bulmug Perfect Solution even a little bit future proof That setup looks LOUD man. Maybe I should have titled this thread "how do you get today's top GPU's & CPU's...