On Fri, May 06, 2022 at 11:21:36AM -0400, Joe Hartley wrote: > On Fri, 6 May 2022 09:24:06 -0500 "Chris Caudle" wrote: >> I am interested in getting a computer quiet enough for audio work, >> but still powerful enough for video rendering as well. >> >> Usually the second part means noisy fans. Has anyone on the list >> used a water cooler system to move the heat out to a radiator that >> can be cooled with larger slow turning fans? I don't want to invest >> in a water cooling system only to find out after I get it that it >> hums loudly from the water pump, or the radiator fans aren't actually >> very quiet, or it makes gurgling or swooshing noises, etc. > > No WC experience here, but I've built a silent PC. I got a Fractal > Design case, a Zalman CPU fan that at its low speed is absolutely > silent, and a fanless GPU card. > > My CPU runs in the 40-50C range consistently and the GPU rarely goes > above 45C. I've been really happy with it for years now. I don't > think WC would have been any better. ^ This. As you fear, some WC systems can be noisier/louder than air-cooled systems. Incidentally, if audio/video transcoding is part of your workflow, you may find Intel's Quick Sync feature useful, especially if your CPU is a new-ish model. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Quick_Sync_Video It seems to be even more energy-efficient than Nvidia's equivalent (NVENC; NVDEC): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia_NVENC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia_NVDEC QuietPC is a vendor of - and also a good guide to - quiet PC components: https://www.quietpc.com/ (Not an endorsement, just a statement of fact. I have no relationship with QuietPC.) Sam _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
