help with building comp for friend

[Aznboy]

he wants its better than his old compaq( 1.4 ghz, integrated gc, 256 ram, etc) i wuz thinking 2.2 ghz and 768 ram. my question is scince he wants realllllllllllly queit most of all because he dont like noise, wut cooling fans and cpu heatsinks( or fans) should i get?

he expects as quiet as his compaq. i wuz thinking a zalman flower cooler? also wut case to get? mostly focused on quietness again.

[Chris]

Get an Antec Sonata for a quiet beautiful case

[Aznboy]

wutelse...

[Aznboy]

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[Tawcan]

Case: Antec Sonata with 2 120 mm fans.

1.) Use Vantec 120mm fans (lowest rating is 20mm thick I think). Reverse the back fan to use it as intake. Duct the air to the HS. And run passive HS. (Assuming no overclocking etc).

2.) Use the case fans as usual set up. Use the SLK900 and 92mm fan combo for HS.

3.) True Power PS.

4.) Use fan bus to control the fan speed.

5.) Use sound damping material (expensive though. :( )

[Aznboy]

would papst fans be better? and also is taht antec true power psu a really quiet one? do u no of any quieter? also, i heard there are some heat sinks that are so good that i can handel like up 2 2.4 ghz without fan. is this real? do u no of any? would the flower types work?

[Aznboy]

no thx john, i use them all day, barely any idle time, and we got 6 in the family. dont try convincing me.

[Aznboy]

wut about mobos and cpus? which mobo u htink i should get if i want 2.2-2.4 range only, and wut cpu (and the heatsink that would be good for it)

[Aznboy]

i just found something. would this work? an slk900 with a papst 3412NGL? would that be cool enough? it does 1950 rpm. and also
a 14 dBA - SilenX 350 Watt PSU, Silent Power Supply. is taht good? o also i wuz thinking just 2-3 papst fans in the antec sonata. is that good enuf?

1. Sonata with 2 papst fans
2. 14 dBA - SilenX 350 Watt PSU
3. and slk900 with papst 3412NGL

will that be cool enuf?

[Aznboy]

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[Aznboy]

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[Amro]

how about the stock intel/amd solution for cooling

[Grimson]

The stock Intel HSF on the pc I built for my stepdad is really quiet, in a Lian-Li case with an Antec True power 430w ps. The only thing is you'll want to keep the fans in the front of the case on low.