Silent Build

[LeDoctor]

Will I need fans? If so, what fans are relatively silent?

 

Case: Fractal Design R5

CPU: Intel Core i5 2320

CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 no fans

Power Supply: SS-520watt Fanless

SSD: Crucial MX100 512 Gigabyte

Graphics Card: GT 630 With Arctic Accelero S1 Silent Passive Cooling VGA Cooler

Motherboard: P8H61 Micro ATX Motherboard

Ram: 4GB Patriot Ram

Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST

[Enderman]

what colour for the fans

[dadasmithywinkle]

How much are you getting the i5 and the mobo for? Why not get new stuff?

[mathijs727]

Why not just get a new i5 and ditch the graphics card?

That card+cooler is an extreme waste of money

[pinksnowmanshandle]

I'm guessing your use is for some gaming?

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($199.99 @ Micro Center) 

CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 93.3 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  ($89.99 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Kingston Fury White Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($139.79 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($104.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.89 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 4GB STRIX Video Card  ($549.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case: be quiet! Silent Base 800 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($119.99 @ NCIX US) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic X Series 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($139.99 @ NCIX US) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($89.98 @ OutletPC) 

Total: $1582.59

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-15 12:39 EDT-0400

[vembutech]

Yo can choose cool master fans.

[almoskosz]

Now this is a silent build to behold! My PC is also silent optimized, but nowhere near as this. 

IMO you shouldn't get fans first because you don't want to hear anything coming out of your PC, which I totally understand.

However if it's getting warmer inside than it should, get a few Be quiet fans immediately, and also consider putting one on the CPU cooler, that makes a big difference and you will barely hear Be quiet!

[KamiKatze]

Will I need fans? If so, what fans are relatively silent?

 

Case: Fractal Design R5

CPU: Intel Core i5 2320

CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 no fans

Power Supply: SS-520watt Fanless

SSD: Crucial MX100 512 Gigabyte

Graphics Card: GT 630 With Arctic Accelero S1 Silent Passive Cooling VGA Cooler

Motherboard: P8H61 Micro ATX Motherboard

Ram: 4GB Patriot Ram

Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST

 

Hello,

 

Are you buying this new or is this your existing PC? If you already have that PC, you are on a great way to achieve silence! Especially because you don't include a HDD.  Some bequiet silent wings 2 140 mm or noctua NF A14 would to niceley.

 

If you're buying new, then yes, you should choose some more up to date parts, especially for the GPU, but you're on the right way.