right guys, my computer is loud as hell and i wanna quiet it down but im broke as hell.
Peltier coolers.
yeah I know, sub ambient cooling means ill have condensation problems but im pretty sure I can eliminate that with enough care and time.
but what im thinking and id like some confirmations on what i think i know and some other things too.
what I know so far is that peltier coolers have a hot side and a cold side. the hot side can get hotter than what you would like a cpu to be at as the cold side is cooling the cpu
so.
at the moment i have 4 noisy old fans in my computer and what i want to do is use a peltier cooler to keep the cpu cool and use my air cooler passively to keep the peltier cooler cool.
i imagine that the hot side will get hotter than you would expect a cpu to get but that shouldnt matter as the cold side will stay cold as long as i keep the hot side's temperatures under control
like this i can get rid of 2 or 3 fans from my system and bring down noise a lot
or should i just not go down this rabbit hole until i have a system that i dont mind killing?
Having a quiet system really isn't rocket science these days, but it does hinge heavily on the choice of components and case. If you make the right choices at purchase, you can have a super silent, air cooled, high performance rig.
- SSD instead of HDD
- Low RPM optimized case fans (and more importantly: all of them the same ones!)
- Fan curve on GPU leaning towards lower RPM instead of combating the last few degrees C
- 100-150w headroom on PSU + a PSU with a good, silent fan
- Low RPM optimized CPU fan
- Case choice: weighty, preferably sound insulated (ie Define R4/5, Silencio, etc.)
The only annoying bit here is that once you start focusing on noise, you'll start hearing everything too
So either go big or go home.
Peltier? Not on my watch. Keep it simple
We are well into the realm of having access to cost effective, air cooled silent systems.
