Personal computers keep getting more powerful, and using components that run hotter. To keep them cool heat sinks & fans have become larger - and there are more of them, not only on the processor and the PSU but also on the motherboard, graphics card, case etc. More fans mean more noise and a modern PC can be very noisy indeed. Modern fast hard disks generate a lot of noise too. So how do you get the noise down, how do you make a quiet PC?

We recognise this noise factor and take extra measures to ensure that our products run as silently as possible. All our fans, hard disks, PSUs and other moving parts are carefully selected. However, we do also offer the option of upgrading existing PC models to Extra Quiet Parts by changing the PSU, CPU fan etc to the premium low-noise products in the market to make your PC almost completely silent.

How do you get a quiet PC?

Choose any product from our range and call to discuss how we can make modify it to make it a quiet PC.  

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Some Quiet PC ideas

Above is an example of the Zalman flower fans that is fairly well known but sound reduction goes far beyond that.

Quiet Cases: People often don't realise how much of sound can be caused by the case itself, whether it's rattling of side panels that don't fit correctly, or cases built with poor conducting materials (therefore requiring a lot of fans inside the PC to dissipate the heat). 

Quiet Power Supplies: like the Enermax range. more info

Sound damping lining* on the inside of the case. It's a thick, carpet like material, specially designed to absorb sound. There are cheap makes on which the glue weakens with time and the material falls off. This is dangerous as it can impede other parts in your PC and cause fires. There are others that flake and cause similar problems including problems with air-flow/unsafe temperatures. We ensure we use only the best sound damping materials available. These are not bitumin based but durable polymeric materials with additional mineral fillers and professional, studio grade polyurethene foam. Does the use of this lining cause any heating problems? Surprisingly, in most cases the insides of the PC actually run cooler! Why? It has to do with the "residence time" of the air in the case. As the volume of air in the PC at any given time is reduced but the amount of air flow generated by the fans remains constant what results is a lower "residence" time for the air that is in the case. This means that hot air isn't building up inside your case and hiding in little pockets like it tends to do otherwise.

Makes of fleece/lining vary from time to time and we are constantly monitoring the ones we use, to meet with the type of quality our customers associate us with. see images

Motherboard Solutions: The Northbridge on the motherboard runs very hot indeed and most modern boards come with a small heat sink and fan mounted on the chipset, usually towards the middle of the motherboard. We can remove the fan on the motherboard and replace it with a large heat sink, like this one*:

Video cards do run very hot and tend to have very fast / noisy fans. You can't dispense with the fan/s in favour of a conventional heat sink.

BUT there are solutions. This unusual looking heat sink below dissipates heat over a much wider area over both the front and back of the graphics card more info, and can dispense with a fan in most cases*.

(This option is not available on all graphics cards)

Choose a model of PC today and speak to our sales staff about sound reduction/elimination options. Products >>

* Warning: When we remove any fan/s inside a PC we may require the addition of a chassis fan and/or other measures to improve/redirect air flow within the case.