On 1 December 2004 at 13:54, Anahata <anahata@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Indeed: apart from the issues with hardware compatibility and > performance, a PC based DAW needs to be acoustically quiet - a visit to > http://www.quietpc.com is probably in order while you're compiling your > shopping list. I second that thought. I bought an Antec case, based on an "Ultimate Linux Box" article in Linux Journal from a few years back, as case vibration can be a noise source. All four of my case fans, the CPU fan, and the power supply are from Quiet PC. I also got some of their sound damping foam. I've got resistors and speed regulators on all the fans to keep them spinning slowly. After all that my CPU temperature under full load for many minutes peaks at 41C; Intel specifies a maximum operating temperature of something in the neighborhood of 95C. The machine is so quiet that I get annoyed with the sound of the lights in my home studio, and I'm annoyed with the noise of my other PC in the house. Yes, quiet your PC and you'll be very happy with it. Cheers... -- Kevin
