does your pc distract you when making tunes

[RDR]

I would go for the following

Zalman Flower CPU cooler

Silent Power supply (fanless ones are good)

Silent Max Hard Drive enclosures

Internal noise padding foam.

OR

Getting bigger fans and putting your machine into a home built case...

[BloodStar]

I would go for the following

Zalman Flower CPU cooler

Silent Power supply (fanless ones are good)

Silent Max Hard Drive enclosures

Internal noise padding foam.

OR

Getting bigger fans and putting your machine into a home built case...

Yes, but be careful with the Hard Drive enclosures. - they can raise HDD temperature. Same with noise padding - it can raise the temperature inside the case.

Also when buying CPU cooler you should know what is the airflow inside the case. because you can buy nice CPU cooler but it can stop the airflow and then you will have higher temperatures than before.

[loopdon]

It really pissed me off!

- I have a silent gfx card with dual dvi (non-gamer me)
- power supply with fans but very quiet
- thermaltake cpu cooler (nice and quiet as well)
+ regularly clean the fan + powersupply fan !!!
- never had other fans in my casing, don't see the need
- quiet samsung hdd (250 gb)

I think key factors are a quiet hdd, clean fans, quiet gfx card (passive here)

I am shure i could get it even quieter but i did't have to go to any crazy expenses to get like it is now.

[BloodStar]

It really pissed me off!

- I have a silent gfx card with dual dvi (non-gamer me)
- power supply with fans but very quiet
- thermaltake cpu cooler (nice and quiet as well)
+ regularly clean the fan + powersupply fan !!!
- never had other fans in my casing, don't see the need
- quiet samsung hdd (250 gb)

I think key factors are a quiet hdd, clean fans, quiet gfx card (passive here)

I am shure i could get it even quieter but i did't have to go to any crazy expenses to get like it is now.

you are lucky man if you dont have problem with noises from the case... btw are you on dualcore processor?

I never had trouble with noise on my old computer,, but when I bought dualcore processor I started to face the issues of noise and temperatures in the case. so now it is must to have at least two additional fans than I had before. 1piece 12" on the front to put the air inside, and the other one 9" on the back to suck the hot air from the case. If anyone interested in nice fans, check for Noctua. they are better than Zalman and Scythe, imo.