Quiet PC Any Comments?

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micsim

Bronze Level Poster
I have a custom build quote for very similar machines from PCSpecialist & ComputerPlanet, cost within £9. I have purchased from PCSpecialist before and had a pretty good experience, so I am inclined to purchase here again.

I have a couple of questions;-

The 1GB ATI RADEON™ HD5670 - Is it passive cooled? - I know the CPlanet HD5670 (Saphire) is. How much noise difference would there be if it is not?

Is the Motherboard good for this configuration? I'm not too clear on how to choose.

The power supply I have chosen is larger than necessary, however its the smallest ultra quiet - is it worth the extra £s, is the noise level noticably different in the chosen case?


Case
COOLERMASTER SILEO 500 QUIET MID TOWER CASE

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5-2500 Quad Core (3.30GHz, 6MB Cache) + HD Graphics

Motherboard
ASUS® P8P67: USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, CrossFireX™ SUPPORT

Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)

Graphics Card
1GB ATI RADEON™ HD5670 - DVI,HDMI,VGA - DirectX® 11

2nd Graphics Card
NONE

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB Intel® X25-M 2.5" SSD (34nm / upto 250MB/sR | 100MB/sW)***SPECIAL***

2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD10EARS, SATA 3 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE

RAID
NONE

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NONE

Memory Card Reader
NONE

Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W TX SERIES (TX650) 80+ ULTRA QUIET PSU (£78)

Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)

Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs

USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD

Modem
NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND

Floppy Disk Drive
NONE

Firewire & Video Editing
NONE

TV Card
NONE

Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED

Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE

Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE

Monitor
NONE

2nd Monitor
NONE

DVI-D & HDMI Monitor Cables
NONE

Eyefinity / GeForce 3D Vision
NONE

Keyboard & Mouse
NONE

Mouse
NONE

Speakers
NONE

Webcam
NONE

Headsets (VOIP)
NONE

Surge Protection
NONE

Printer
NONE

External Hard Drive
NONE

Home Installation
NONE

Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)

Data Recovery
NONE

Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)

Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 13 working days



Price


£883.00


Maximum Required Power
338W


Thanks

Mike
 
bg92

bg92

Expert
What are you going to use the pc for?
If gaming you will need to upgrade the gpu. The cost could be kept the same by getting rid of the ssd.
Graphics cards usaully do not make much noise unless running at 100% fan speed. So you shouldn't really be concerned about that.
Do you intend to use crossfire or SLi in the future (have two gpus in a pc)?
 
PCS

PCS

Administrator
Staff member
Great spec you've put together there! :)

The HD5670 is branded PowerColor and will have a fan on it, although in this configuration it will be very quiet, as will the whole PC. The noise difference between the PSU's is very minimal.

Why buy from PC Specialist instead of a competitor?

1. You've bought from us before and had a good experience.

2. We have the best online reviews because we have the best customer service. We're here to support you even if things go wrong.

3. We're a much bigger more experienced company and we are financially secure. Running a credit check on the competitor returns a less favourable outcome.
 
bg92

bg92

Expert
I would only buy from pc specialist, unless I wanted to build it myself. They do indeed have great customer support. I know from personal expierence.
 
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micsim

Bronze Level Poster
I agree, since PC Specialist will supply what I want at a competitive price why would I go elsewhere?

My problem is that I am commited to spending £40k on a loft conversion right now.......... and on the other hand my current pc is behaving oddly from time to time despite new Windows 7 clean install and a new PSU.

I would hate to be without my pc.

Lottery never comes up when you need it!
 
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micsim

Bronze Level Poster
I noticed that the R3 is highly rated for quite running, but the configuration (8 x 3.5 HDD bays) is odd & might be limiting in future?

In your experience the additional soundproofing is noticable?

Thanks

Mike
 
Phoenix

Phoenix

Prolific Poster
No the HDD bays won't be a limiting factor in the future and while I don't have first hand experience the soundproofing does work and as far as I know there aren't any cases that are quieter than the R3.
 
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SimonM

Active member
Is anyone able to compare the R3 with the Coolmaster Sileo 500 Quiet mid-tower case?

I'm thinking in terms of how quiet, rather than other aspects, although if there are other killer differences you are aware of, please comment.
 
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