mushrooshi

Hi, would this solution work?

To keep noises low, could I hide my computer in my walk-in closet, and run long cables through? Instead of spending a fortune on high-performance low-noise fans and stuff, and getting an expensive VGA cooler, why not just move it far away from yourself?

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LuckySe7ens

Sure except heat will eventually build up in that closet and temps may become an issue unless you can find a way to vent the closet properly.

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mushrooshi

The closet... its about 5ft by 8ft. I could open the door, but that defeats the purpose...

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Josh81

the heat has to go somewhere

my case is high-end and silent, other than my dumb hard drive


15$ fan controller ftw

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Spxprovost

you could just replace what ever is so loud?

mushrooshi

Actually I don't have it yet and I don't mind the noise but it could be an option since I heard that 10 fans + overclocked Radeon 4890 = jet engine.

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Spxprovost

i really think its a mater of personal preference, whats a jet engine to some is tolerable to others. And there is always a way to get the noise down to your liking

LuckySe7ens

that HDD noise can be fixed fairly cheaply

Heres a great post. For HDD only silencing cheap out the uber cheap rubber band mod @ step 6
http://www.overclock.net/computer-pe...-computer.html

You can silence a case for pretty cheap if you get a little creative.

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killa_concept

In some situations, this is wise... but only when the place you hide it has adequate ventilation which your walk in closet does not. IMO, a $15 Sunbeam Rheobus + $30 GPU cooler is probably going to be more effective and probably won't be much more than what you'd end up paying for in cables (10ft DVI extenders are ~$25+shipping)

There's also the option of going all out with cooling and just buying a good set of closed headphones

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mushrooshi

Hehe. At night I am watching anime on my iPod (Shhh, don't tell anyone!) or listening to music, so I won't hear a thing. I could hide it in the closet at day time, and then open the doors at night or when I am not in the house.

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