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==Motherboard== | ==Motherboard== | ||
==CPU== | ==CPU== | ||
New CPUs are consume much less power and therefore deliver more processing power with less overheating which means you need less cooling. | |||
Choose the processor you want first. It is the most expensive item and it sets which kind of support chipset and therefore which kind of motherboard you need. | |||
===[http://www.intel.com/products/processor/index.htm?iid=prod_nav+proc& Intel®]=== | |||
These seem the best price point: | |||
* [http://www.intel.com/products/processor/core2duo/index.htm Core™2 Duo Processor] | |||
*: E6300 [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115005 buy me] $167.00 | |||
*: E6320 [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115015 buy me] $168.00 | |||
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==Memory== | ==Memory== | ||
Revision as of 13:11, 10 May 2007
Recommendations for PC hardware to buy.
First, a great website to examine: Silent PCs. This website examines lots of different ways to make your computer as quiet as possible. Everything from what to buy to what to modify. Some of the modifications may get a little difficult.
Case
Power Supply
Fans
Really huge fans are quieter for the same amount of air-flow (cooling).
Motherboard
CPU
New CPUs are consume much less power and therefore deliver more processing power with less overheating which means you need less cooling.
Choose the processor you want first. It is the most expensive item and it sets which kind of support chipset and therefore which kind of motherboard you need.
Intel®
These seem the best price point: