On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Kjetil S. Matheussen <k.s.matheussen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > rosea grammostola: >> >> Hi, >> >> Thanks for all the info so far. >> I have gathered some components: >> >> Processor: i5 750 >> Heatsink: ? >> MB: Asus P7P55D >> Memory: Corsair XMS3 4GB(2x2GB) PC3-10666 >> HDD: 2 x Western Digital WD5000AADS (Bulk, Caviar Green) (500GB) >> Case: Antec SOLO >> Fan: Nexus 120mm Real Silent case fan >> DVD: Lite-On iHAS124 24xDVDRW >> PSU: Seasonic S12II, 380Watt, ATX >> Screen: Lenovo L1951p 19" or ThinkVision L197 19inch (1440x900) Wide >> Flat Panel LCD (Analog/Digital) HDCP TCO 03,MPR-II >> > > That cabinet has the PSU placed at the top. > If you want a silent case, but one which is cheaper > than antec p183, maybe fractal design could > be an alternative? Thanks. I didn't see scientific sources which confirms that the 'PSU on bottom approach' is better ;) I was thinking to follow this approach http://www.silentpcreview.com/article826-page1.html It just needs one fan... > > Regarding heatsink, thermalright hr-02 looks really promising. > It might not be good enough to run passively, although it is supposed > to, but the fins are wide, so you could get away with using a low-pressure > fan such as a noctua uln, which is extremely quiet running at 400rpm. > In case you can't get hold of it yet, you could just use the one > which is included with the CPU until hr-02 is in store. I'll check it. > > Also, I would buy one harddrive at 1GB instead of two at 500GB. > Harddrives these days are so fast anyway, that you probably don't > need to run RAID or anything for multitracking. (Even the > slowest HD should be more than fast enough.) > In your setup, the harddrive is also likely to make the most > noise. (not because the ones you have picked is noisy, quite > the contrary, but because the other parts should be quite silent) True, but how do you backup your stuff? Plus people seems to advise a special drive for audio stuff. Regards, \r _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
