The (new) Official PC building thread!

Btw the way how low must the dBA be so you can't hear it? and how loud is 59dBA?

 

59dB is like having a car engine in your room, and not even at idle either.
For absolute silence from more than a foot away, you need about 17-18dB. Bear in mind decibels are a logarithmic scale. 21dB is twice as loud as 18dB.
As for this one, I'm in complete accord with Russ on the FM121, the Deltas are useless beside it.

 

lol Now I want to get a Delta 120mm!

 

LOL abuzar1 do you want a loud fan?

Sam isn't it's a bit over exaggerting?

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKF16kQimWs

GTR: no it's not. It's about as loud as a dozen Antec 900s with all fans at max speed.

 

haha I just saw the video 5mins before you posted it because I was looking up on the fans.

Man that fan is BADASS. You guys know I don't REALLY care about loud, but maybe this is TOO loud.

 

it is. Seriously. The FM121s are unpleasant to work in and are louder than any stock PC I've ever seen, when they're at full speed. A Delta can completely drown even a pair of 121s.

 

holy mother, it's bloody loud! but the air flow is bloody good tho.
@abuzar1 i can't believe you are able to handle that kind of noise.
btw in the vid, is the fan on full speed? I wonder how loud it would be on low

 

The top delta fans sound like a full speed Antec Tricool at about 6.5V, a normal fan at about 4V, and can never run at the same noise level as a low speed fan because the bearings are too noisy.

 

yeah i see, i wonder if P182 case will be able to block SOME of the noise?

 

Perhaps but a P182 isn't really designed for great cooling to start with, there are better cases to use with such a stupid fan. I've heard a server with two of those bad boys in it for real. It's crazy, it sounds like a server room, not just one server.

 

yeah thats crazy, if P182 can cover the noise then have one or 2 of that fan can make a great cooling

 

im sure the cosmos would dampen the sound, but the delt would probably eat the cosmos for dinner

 

Guys thanks for the headsup on the SilenX green fans. That would have pissed me off to order them and then find out they're louder than the Thunderblade. lol.

I'm about to head to see if any of those Aerocool's are left. /me hopes so.... thanks for the info on those too.

.....gm

add:
check this little read out. linky to CompUSA thread

 

looking for a new HDD for my new build I want quality and speed both throw some ideas my way if possible. I don't need a huge HDD probably 150/200 gigs would work fine. I'm looking on newegg now

 

The Raptors are pretty fast, but I've heard they aren't very reliable. I would go with something like this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148309

or this

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148262

 

are the newer 32MB Cache worth the extra money?

yeah that Seagate Barracuda 32MB is a good deal

 

I'm an advocate of these
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136113
Only 8MB cache, but dirt cheap, quite speedy and solidly made. Awesomely quiet as well.

 

@ abuzar1

Trust me... I had top of the line deltas ... my temps were 10- of what they are now.[and they did good at a heavey load] .. BUT it was like launching a scud Missile every time I booted up,,,very,very,every,very,very...very loud

 

I think the 32MB cache is better, you'll need that much cache if you're trafering large files

@herrick
is it only loud when boot up? What about the overall noise level?