Noise levels
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Hey all

I've been thinking for quite a while about buying/building a dedicated HTPC. The only thing keeping me from actually doing so, is that i don't really know what to expect from the amount of noise the product or assembled system will produce.
Right now i'm running XBMC on an old AMD 4600+ dualcore, 2 Gb Ram and a Radeon 5560 GFX, it runs everything smoothly, but the main nuissance is that it's quite loud. Tho not quite as loud as my i7 930 + 6870 Gfx. Both were originally bought for gaming, so i only went for performance, so it's pretty much just stock coolers and such, didnt pay attention to silent components.

Now, my question is... will an A6 or A8 system, or a zotac/acer/lenovo type box, be remarkably quieter, aka near inaudible ?

[CPU+iGPU] AMD A8-3850 4x2.9GHz HD6550D FM1 100W ($135 + $0)
[MOBO] ASRock A75M FM1 CIR USB3.0 SATAIII UEFI μATX ($75 + $0)
[CASE] SILVERSTONE ML03B μATX ($60 + $0)
[PSU] SeaSonic SS-400ET 80+ Bronze 400W ATX12V ($43 + $9)
TOTAL: ($322)

--> appeals to me most, but how silent is it? Comparing to "universal" devices like for example gaming consoles, I'm fine with the noise levels of a PS3, but an Xbox 360 does bother me.

Thanks in advance for shedding some light on my situation Wink
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Messages In This Thread
Noise levels - by Bokothor - 2012-05-09, 00:25
RE: Noise levels - by Mick1152 - 2012-05-09, 02:17
RE: Noise levels - by Bokothor - 2012-05-09, 22:29
RE: Noise levels - by bluray - 2012-05-10, 00:09
RE: Noise levels - by Memes11 - 2012-05-28, 07:28
RE: Noise levels - by GortWillSaveUs - 2012-05-28, 15:44
RE: Noise levels - by filthycatbox - 2012-05-28, 20:14
RE: Noise levels - by GortWillSaveUs - 2012-05-28, 21:08
RE: Noise levels - by filthycatbox - 2012-05-29, 02:10
RE: Noise levels - by GortWillSaveUs - 2012-05-29, 03:09
RE: Noise levels - by filthycatbox - 2012-05-29, 09:33
RE: Noise levels - by poofyhairguy - 2012-05-29, 07:18
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