- Aug 28, 2012
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Approximate Purchase Date: Sometime this month
Budget Range: ~$1500 although I would prefer to spend closer to $1,000
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Video rendering, Photoshop
Are you buying a monitor: No
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Amazon or Newegg
Location: Utah, USA
Parts Preferences: I've typically used AMD CPU's and ATI GPU's in the past but only because they seemed to offer more bang for my buck. At this point I don't mind paying more for Intel/Nvidia if the performance increase is worth the price increase.
Overclocking: Maybe, usually I run the system stock for a year and then OC after it starts to age.
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe, I never have but am not opposed to it
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920 x 1200 primary & 1920 x 1080 secondary dual monitor
Additional Comments: I post gaming videos on youtube and livestream on twitch. I am upgrading my PC for 2 reasons. First, I need a better PC to handle local recordings an encoding a live stream all while maintaining solid in game performance and frame rates.
Secondly, my current PC generates a lot of ambient noise. I have a studio quality microphone (Blue Yeti) and it picks up a lot of background noise from my computer while streaming or recording videos. Not only do I need the PC to handle games and encoding a live stream at the same time, I also need the PC to be as quiet as possible while it does this.
It doesn't have to be silent, I mean my office isn't even soundproofed or anything. But currently when I record in Audacity or Vegas my yeti picks up about -48 dB of noise. Around -40 dB of noise when my GPU fan kicks up to ~80% and then even a little louder when we have our central air turned on.
I would like to get the ambient noise of my office as quiet as possible, so that you don't hear any background noise in my recordings.
I have a few "ideas" as to how I can accomplish this which might be better suited for the cooling section of the forums but I will post them here anyways in case it helps with the build suggestions.
Idea 1: Wall mount the PC in the laundry room next to my office and run all my wires through the wall to my desk. This would allow me to use as loud of fans as I want to while still minimizing the sound that leaks through the wall. The only complications with this method is I would have to figure out a way to get a power / reset button through the wall and it also prevents me from quickly using any in-case CPU features like on board USB slots or the CD/DVD drive.
Idea 2: Run a liquid cooling system through the case and into the laundry room or outside the house. As far as I've read it seems that the loudest part of a liquid cooled system is the exhaust fans that transfer the heat from the liquid to the air at the end/beginning of the cycle. I could run the fan portion of the liquid cooling system in my laundry room or if need be I could also run it outside via an exhaust pipe in our laundry room. This would allow the system to stay cool while keep the loud fan in another room or outside.
Idea 3: Build some kind of sound proof box around the case to minimize sound leakage from the PC. I'm not sure how viable this is or if it would cause the PC to overheat but I thought it might be an option.
Office setup:
Any suggestions as far as components for the build or methods to achieving a cool yet quiet atmosphere would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
oTradeMark
Budget Range: ~$1500 although I would prefer to spend closer to $1,000
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Video rendering, Photoshop
Are you buying a monitor: No
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Amazon or Newegg
Location: Utah, USA
Parts Preferences: I've typically used AMD CPU's and ATI GPU's in the past but only because they seemed to offer more bang for my buck. At this point I don't mind paying more for Intel/Nvidia if the performance increase is worth the price increase.
Overclocking: Maybe, usually I run the system stock for a year and then OC after it starts to age.
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe, I never have but am not opposed to it
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920 x 1200 primary & 1920 x 1080 secondary dual monitor
Additional Comments: I post gaming videos on youtube and livestream on twitch. I am upgrading my PC for 2 reasons. First, I need a better PC to handle local recordings an encoding a live stream all while maintaining solid in game performance and frame rates.
Secondly, my current PC generates a lot of ambient noise. I have a studio quality microphone (Blue Yeti) and it picks up a lot of background noise from my computer while streaming or recording videos. Not only do I need the PC to handle games and encoding a live stream at the same time, I also need the PC to be as quiet as possible while it does this.
It doesn't have to be silent, I mean my office isn't even soundproofed or anything. But currently when I record in Audacity or Vegas my yeti picks up about -48 dB of noise. Around -40 dB of noise when my GPU fan kicks up to ~80% and then even a little louder when we have our central air turned on.
I would like to get the ambient noise of my office as quiet as possible, so that you don't hear any background noise in my recordings.
I have a few "ideas" as to how I can accomplish this which might be better suited for the cooling section of the forums but I will post them here anyways in case it helps with the build suggestions.
Idea 1: Wall mount the PC in the laundry room next to my office and run all my wires through the wall to my desk. This would allow me to use as loud of fans as I want to while still minimizing the sound that leaks through the wall. The only complications with this method is I would have to figure out a way to get a power / reset button through the wall and it also prevents me from quickly using any in-case CPU features like on board USB slots or the CD/DVD drive.
Idea 2: Run a liquid cooling system through the case and into the laundry room or outside the house. As far as I've read it seems that the loudest part of a liquid cooled system is the exhaust fans that transfer the heat from the liquid to the air at the end/beginning of the cycle. I could run the fan portion of the liquid cooling system in my laundry room or if need be I could also run it outside via an exhaust pipe in our laundry room. This would allow the system to stay cool while keep the loud fan in another room or outside.
Idea 3: Build some kind of sound proof box around the case to minimize sound leakage from the PC. I'm not sure how viable this is or if it would cause the PC to overheat but I thought it might be an option.
Office setup:
Any suggestions as far as components for the build or methods to achieving a cool yet quiet atmosphere would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
oTradeMark
:lol: 
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