27-01-2020, 03:33 PM
Tracy, I've not gone for the lowest noise options. I could have gone for an ultra low noise CPU cooling system and a better insulated case. The PSU should be silent most of the time as it's unlikely to be heavily loaded except when the PC is doing heavy work for a long period. The rest is inherently silent, apart from the 1TB HDD I intend to add. Though 1TB SSDs are no longer prohibitive. An example: https://www.ebuyer.com/829682-kingston-a...00s37-960g That's a lot less than I paid for a 500GB SSD a few years ago. You can even have a 2TB SSD for udner £200: https://www.scan.co.uk/shop/computer-har...sata3-ssds
For real speed you need M2 SSDs (they plug into PCIe slots) but just about any ordinary SATA SSD will outperform just about any spinning rust. If you have a PC that's feeling a bit slow then upgrading to an SSD of any type will put a spring in its step.
Actually my existing main PC is acceptably quiet. In other words I don't notice it 99%+ of the time. It doesn't have anything special, just respectable bits from about 5 years ago. Helped by sitting under my desk extension on a carpeted floor.
This may be useful on silent laptops: https://www.ultrabookreview.com/6520-fan...ltrabooks/ Depends on how much money you've got and how much CPU grunt you need.
For real speed you need M2 SSDs (they plug into PCIe slots) but just about any ordinary SATA SSD will outperform just about any spinning rust. If you have a PC that's feeling a bit slow then upgrading to an SSD of any type will put a spring in its step.
Actually my existing main PC is acceptably quiet. In other words I don't notice it 99%+ of the time. It doesn't have anything special, just respectable bits from about 5 years ago. Helped by sitting under my desk extension on a carpeted floor.
This may be useful on silent laptops: https://www.ultrabookreview.com/6520-fan...ltrabooks/ Depends on how much money you've got and how much CPU grunt you need.
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