WEBVTT 00:00:10.080 --> 00:00:15.360 a close your 00:00:13.160 --> 00:00:16.960 eyes seek 00:00:16.960 --> 00:00:24.680 Paradise won't change your 00:00:20.720 --> 00:00:28.679 mind can't shake the light I'll take the 00:00:24.680 --> 00:00:30.560 chance and throw the dice I want it all 00:00:28.679 --> 00:00:36.860 just for the night I live it out like I'll never die I lose 00:00:34.840 --> 00:00:42.399 my head in the 00:00:42.399 --> 00:00:49.320 St today's PC build guide theme is one 00:00:45.520 --> 00:00:51.280 that I've wanted to do for quiet some 00:00:49.320 --> 00:00:56.520 time and while we've all heard the arguments against silent Computing LOL 00:00:54.559 --> 00:01:01.320 it doesn't matter if your PC is loud just put on your headphones to me that's 00:00:59.480 --> 00:01:06.000 about like saying it doesn't matter if your armpits stink just wear a nose plug 00:01:03.559 --> 00:01:11.159 no I'm not going to wear protective ear coverings to use my computer that's 00:01:08.040 --> 00:01:13.799 ridiculous especially given that Modern 00:01:11.159 --> 00:01:19.119 Hardware if configured correctly can achieve near silence without 00:01:16.479 --> 00:01:23.479 compromising performance and that is what we're going to show you today 00:01:20.840 --> 00:01:29.079 welcome to the near silent gaming PC build guide start by preparing your 00:01:25.759 --> 00:01:32.159 workspace a safe uncluttered static free 00:01:29.079 --> 00:01:34.399 Workstation is a must I use a modmat and 00:01:32.159 --> 00:01:39.439 an anti-static ankle strap now the only tool we really need for assembly is a 00:01:36.680 --> 00:01:44.759 multi-bit screwdriver but a magnetic Parts tray a pair of side Cutters and a 00:01:42.399 --> 00:01:51.200 pair of needle-nose pliers are all nice to have now before you actually start 00:01:48.200 --> 00:01:53.880 putting stuff into the case I recommend 00:01:51.200 --> 00:01:58.840 verifying that the system posts or powers on and outputs to the display you 00:01:56.360 --> 00:02:04.680 can use your motherboard box as a free non-conductive test bench our CPU Choice 00:02:02.039 --> 00:02:10.360 was all about pushing the limits of Silent Computing and the core i7 5960x 8 00:02:08.679 --> 00:02:16.720 Core Extreme Edition processor from Intel is the best of the best of any 00:02:13.800 --> 00:02:23.560 Enthusiast grade chip available today you could substitute it for a 582k or a 00:02:20.400 --> 00:02:26.959 5930k hex core processor if you don't 00:02:23.560 --> 00:02:29.360 need the extra two cores but I wanted to 00:02:26.959 --> 00:02:35.879 validate this build concept with the hunger EST version of hasell e that we 00:02:31.480 --> 00:02:38.120 could get and this is it hold your CPU 00:02:35.879 --> 00:02:42.239 by the edges and identify the corner with the gold triangle align that with 00:02:40.519 --> 00:02:47.319 the corner of the motherboard socket that has a triangle as well lift up the 00:02:45.040 --> 00:02:52.599 first retention ARM on this side then the second one on the other side lift up 00:02:49.640 --> 00:02:58.959 the socket cover place the CPU in with no Force lower the cover and fasten both 00:02:56.080 --> 00:03:04.519 retention arms in reverse order while water cooler can be quiet! and I normally 00:03:02.200 --> 00:03:11.879 use them for these guides for a computer to be truly silent it needs to eliminate 00:03:08.239 --> 00:03:14.239 as many moving Parts as possible and all 00:03:11.879 --> 00:03:19.480 highperformance CPU water coolers will have at least three of them a motor in 00:03:16.959 --> 00:03:26.280 the pump and two more Motors one in each fan so I went instead with a massive be 00:03:23.400 --> 00:03:32.599 quiet dark Rock Pro 3 and removed its cooling fans outright for a total of0 00:03:29.799 --> 00:03:37.959 moving Parts screw the four posts that look like this into the four little 00:03:34.959 --> 00:03:40.080 sockets around the CPU apply a thicker 00:03:37.959 --> 00:03:44.959 than normal line of thermal compound to the processor there's a big D underneath 00:03:42.400 --> 00:03:49.360 there then put the heat sink down with the brand logo sideways for slightly 00:03:47.120 --> 00:03:54.360 better cooling or right side up if you've got a touch of the OCD like I do 00:03:52.239 --> 00:03:59.760 using the included wrench or a pair of needlenose pliers tighten down these 00:03:56.599 --> 00:04:03.280 four nuts onto each of the posts on 00:03:59.760 --> 00:04:06.360 until it is secure our RAM Choice was 00:04:03.280 --> 00:04:09.120 just about made for us this CPU supports 00:04:06.360 --> 00:04:12.959 Squad channel ddr4 so we knew we'd need a kit of that and thanks to clearance 00:04:11.400 --> 00:04:18.199 challenges with the fins of our heat sinks we scrapped the original plan of 00:04:15.079 --> 00:04:21.160 using 32 gigs of Dominator Platinum 2666 00:04:18.199 --> 00:04:29.160 MHz RAM and went with 32 gigs of Corsair Vengeance lpx memory at 2400 MHz pull 00:04:26.080 --> 00:04:31.639 back the tabs on the four Gray RAM slots 00:04:29.160 --> 00:04:36.120 then starting with the innermost on each side position each dim so the notch in 00:04:34.520 --> 00:04:41.400 the bottom lines up with the notch in the socket then press firmly on both 00:04:38.560 --> 00:04:45.680 ends until the tabs snap back into place on their own there are actually a few 00:04:43.800 --> 00:04:51.120 great choices out there when it comes to quiet cases but I went with the be quiet! 00:04:48.280 --> 00:04:54.919 silent base 800 for a couple of reasons one when I was planning this video it 00:04:52.960 --> 00:04:59.160 was definitely the newest and most exciting silent case on the market with 00:04:57.000 --> 00:05:04.240 included noise dampening material high quality included fans and a solid 00:05:01.639 --> 00:05:08.080 internal layout and two even though now it has some competition for that other 00:05:06.080 --> 00:05:12.120 title it's definitely the only one available in this awesome black and 00:05:10.000 --> 00:05:17.520 orange color scheme that feels very Linus Tech tipsy so put both side panels 00:05:15.520 --> 00:05:21.880 in the box where they'll be safe and use your magnetic tray if you have one to 00:05:19.560 --> 00:05:28.360 keep all the included screws in one place take off the rear 120 mm fan and 00:05:25.319 --> 00:05:31.520 replace it with a 1500 RPM silent Wings 00:05:28.360 --> 00:05:34.639 2 blowing into the case with the fan 00:05:31.520 --> 00:05:36.560 lead coming out this corner use the anti 00:05:34.639 --> 00:05:41.639 vibration corner pieces with the push pins and washers to secure that in place 00:05:39.680 --> 00:05:48.520 using the same fan mounting system install another silent Wings 2 fan in 00:05:44.080 --> 00:05:50.880 the top this time the 1000 RPM 140 mm 00:05:48.520 --> 00:05:54.520 variety simply pull the top bezel off using the three tabs on either side I 00:05:53.120 --> 00:05:59.680 recommend starting at the back and moving forward then stab that fan and 00:05:56.919 --> 00:06:04.360 pop the bezel back into place we w won't have any hard drives in our system due 00:06:01.400 --> 00:06:08.520 to noise concerns so for better airflow we're going to remove all the 3 and 1/2 00:06:06.520 --> 00:06:13.160 in Drive cages by pulling out the thumb screws on the right and left and sliding 00:06:10.960 --> 00:06:17.720 them out also watch out for those screws that go into those long standoffs at the 00:06:15.319 --> 00:06:22.360 back keep these cages somewhere safe though so you'll have the option to put 00:06:19.479 --> 00:06:26.639 one or both back in the future now arguably we could have chosen any 00:06:24.360 --> 00:06:31.680 motherboard and ASUS's x99 lineup for this build since they're all passively 00:06:28.919 --> 00:06:36.360 cooled and therefore for silent but I went with the Ws board because the 00:06:34.039 --> 00:06:40.800 quality and efficiency of the components is second to none which is very 00:06:38.800 --> 00:06:45.240 important if you plan from the start to not cool your system properly I mean 00:06:43.080 --> 00:06:49.560 most motherboards even if they don't have any fans of their own will be 00:06:47.440 --> 00:06:54.840 designed with the expectation that there will be some airflow provided by the 00:06:52.080 --> 00:06:59.759 system fans or the CPU fan but we won't really have any unless the going gets 00:06:57.440 --> 00:07:03.720 tough oh and yeah did I also mention that it looks amazing even when there's 00:07:01.680 --> 00:07:09.240 no side panel window I a bit of a sucker for beautiful motherboards so there you 00:07:06.160 --> 00:07:11.919 go press firmly on the four corners of 00:07:09.240 --> 00:07:16.440 the io Shield until they snap into place if you want to save yourself some 00:07:13.240 --> 00:07:18.240 trouble for later grab the 24 pin and 8 00:07:16.440 --> 00:07:23.240 Pin motherboard connectors from your power supply box plug them into your 00:07:20.560 --> 00:07:28.360 board like so then feed them through these holes place the board down on the 00:07:26.199 --> 00:07:32.520 integrated standoffs and install the screws that look like like this into the 00:07:30.599 --> 00:07:36.960 eight positions around the perimeter of the board the middle one can be left 00:07:34.599 --> 00:07:41.759 blank this is just a post to hold the board in place while you secure it while 00:07:39.560 --> 00:07:46.800 you have easy access to the board plug in the front power and reset switches as 00:07:44.520 --> 00:07:52.960 well as the power and drive activity LEDs follow up with the block style 00:07:49.280 --> 00:07:56.000 connectors for USB 2 front audio and USB 00:07:52.960 --> 00:07:59.319 3.0 then finally connect all of your 00:07:56.000 --> 00:08:02.120 fans with inline low noise adapters with 00:07:59.319 --> 00:08:07.039 we used KN 21's but anything will work our top fan will use the connector at 00:08:04.360 --> 00:08:11.319 the very top right our rear fan will use the CPU connector and our front fans 00:08:09.599 --> 00:08:15.599 will use the one that's middle of the board on the right hand Edge and the one 00:08:13.159 --> 00:08:20.759 that's at the bottom right I struggled a lot with the power supply choice for 00:08:17.680 --> 00:08:23.280 this rig a lot the main options are 00:08:20.759 --> 00:08:30.000 always on active cooling load or temperature activated fan cooling with a 00:08:25.800 --> 00:08:33.279 silent mode and fully passive as it is I 00:08:30.000 --> 00:08:36.159 settled on a fully passive seic 520 FL 00:08:33.279 --> 00:08:40.120 squar because it's fully modular allowing us to keep unnecessary wires 00:08:38.279 --> 00:08:45.080 out of the way of what little air flow we have in our system and because a 00:08:42.399 --> 00:08:50.959 single GTX 980 and 596x is well within its comfort zone if 00:08:48.800 --> 00:08:54.800 you decided to add a second graphics card to your build though you may want 00:08:52.720 --> 00:09:00.200 to consider going with a hybrid fan model so you keep that silence when the 00:08:57.600 --> 00:09:05.800 system is idling and the fan only kicks in when the power supply is working hard 00:09:03.480 --> 00:09:10.920 Slide the power supply in Grill Side Up For Better Cooling and attach it to the 00:09:08.000 --> 00:09:15.640 case using four of these screws you already ran the 8 Pin and 24 pin power 00:09:13.480 --> 00:09:20.240 connectors so just plug those into the modular interface on the power supply if 00:09:18.519 --> 00:09:24.880 you have SATA drives in your system you can attach the wire harnesses for those 00:09:22.160 --> 00:09:28.880 now and then finally plug in the PCI Express power connectors that we need 00:09:26.760 --> 00:09:34.360 for the graphics card and Route them through through this Cable Management 00:09:30.560 --> 00:09:37.519 hole our SSD Choice was one that 00:09:34.360 --> 00:09:40.240 honestly I made to make our PC more Mac 00:09:37.519 --> 00:09:43.959 Pro Lake I mean SATA drives are still fine and you can mount them to the back 00:09:41.800 --> 00:09:48.720 of the motherboard tray but we figured hey we're dead quiet already we might as 00:09:46.279 --> 00:09:53.600 well have lightning fast PCI Express based storage while we're at it with no 00:09:50.800 --> 00:09:59.839 clutter due to SATA data or power cables this is the mushkin Scorpion a PCI 00:09:56.839 --> 00:10:01.959 Express 2.0 2x expend iion card that 00:09:59.839 --> 00:10:08.680 boasts an onboard RAID controller two sand Force driven 480 gig ssds 100,000 00:10:06.279 --> 00:10:15.120 4K random right iops and sequential reading WR speeds just shy of 1 Gigabyte 00:10:12.959 --> 00:10:19.600 per second oh and all of this comes in at a price that's less than a dollar per 00:10:17.279 --> 00:10:24.079 gig it's also brain dead simple to install find a PCI Express slot that you 00:10:22.120 --> 00:10:29.279 don't need for the graphics card later take the thumb screw and Slot cover off 00:10:26.880 --> 00:10:35.639 align the card carefully with the PCI slot below remember guys a 1x card can 00:10:31.800 --> 00:10:37.760 go in a 1x 4X 8X or 16x slot press 00:10:35.639 --> 00:10:43.399 firmly down on the card and put the thumb screw back in the GPU for this 00:10:40.760 --> 00:10:49.680 build guide since it's more of a how to buy a silent yet extremely powerful PC 00:10:46.800 --> 00:10:56.279 rather than being strictly about gaming type of video is kind of up to you but I 00:10:53.079 --> 00:10:58.519 chose a single GTX 980 stricks from ASUS 00:10:56.279 --> 00:11:02.519 because it features a fanless mode when running two 2D applications at the 00:11:00.160 --> 00:11:06.560 desktop and the fan only kicks in when the graphics card is working hard just 00:11:04.880 --> 00:11:11.480 like the case fans that are plugged into the motherboard with an alternative 00:11:08.639 --> 00:11:17.279 graphics card you can still build a very quiet computer but if the goal is near 00:11:14.320 --> 00:11:23.000 silence at idle a hybrid fanless card like the strict series is the way to go 00:11:20.720 --> 00:11:28.399 to install our card simply remove the two thumb screws holding in these two 00:11:25.120 --> 00:11:31.000 PCI covers we're using this 16x slot to 00:11:28.399 --> 00:11:35.800 give our c CPU and video card a little bit of breathing room and the power 00:11:32.560 --> 00:11:38.639 supply too then align the card carefully 00:11:35.800 --> 00:11:43.839 with the slot push down firmly put the two thumb screws back in and plug in the 00:11:41.160 --> 00:11:48.920 PCI Express six pin and 8 Pin power connectors that we cable managed earlier 00:11:46.760 --> 00:11:53.720 which leads nicely into cable management and finishing touches at the back you 00:11:51.200 --> 00:11:57.680 can see we've run so few cables for this system that it's almost laughable how 00:11:55.760 --> 00:12:01.560 little there is to clean up back here uh just use the zip ties included with the 00:11:59.760 --> 00:12:05.800 case and the power supply to Route the front fan connectors up so we can't see 00:12:04.040 --> 00:12:09.480 them bundle together the motherboard connectors behind the tray don't worry 00:12:07.680 --> 00:12:14.040 about making them perfect there's tons of room for cable management back here 00:12:11.120 --> 00:12:18.639 in this case and then our cherry on top is a Silverstone magnetic fan filter to 00:12:16.440 --> 00:12:23.519 put over that rear fan that we're using as an intake maintaining positive air 00:12:21.240 --> 00:12:28.000 pressure with only filtered intakes will keep our system nice and clean for a 00:12:25.959 --> 00:12:32.160 long time with minimal maintenance required now sometimes we include 00:12:30.079 --> 00:12:36.880 Monitor and peripheral recommendations but because there isn't really a 00:12:33.880 --> 00:12:38.680 straightup intended purpose for this 00:12:36.880 --> 00:12:43.880 machine all I can really do is point you in the direction of Some solid premium 00:12:40.959 --> 00:12:50.519 stuff we've checked out recently LG's 34 UC 97 curved 34-in monitor is great for 00:12:47.320 --> 00:12:53.480 productivity And ausa's Rog Swift g-sync 00:12:50.519 --> 00:12:58.519 monitor is great for gaming and to match the black and orange theme some RGB 00:12:55.760 --> 00:13:04.600 peripherals like a k70 RGB keyboard and SA Optical RGB Mouse would do just 00:13:01.360 --> 00:13:06.839 nicely our scorpion pcid comes 00:13:04.600 --> 00:13:10.240 preconfigured in rate zero so you can skip the menu to change its settings 00:13:08.600 --> 00:13:16.000 that you would access with contrl M during Boot and just press delete or F2 00:13:12.680 --> 00:13:18.120 to get into the ufi BIOS for the x79 ews 00:13:16.000 --> 00:13:22.839 motherboard once we're in here everything we need for this system is in 00:13:20.160 --> 00:13:27.399 Easy Mode fan RPM monitoring boot priority configuration and XMP 00:13:25.320 --> 00:13:32.040 configuration which we need to change to profile one to ensure RAM is running at 00:13:29.839 --> 00:13:36.000 the right speed is all we're pretty much going to do we won't be doing any 00:13:33.880 --> 00:13:41.079 overclocking on this system because of all the cooling fans that we've removed 00:13:38.519 --> 00:13:45.000 for silence to install your Windows operating system create a bootable USB 00:13:43.199 --> 00:13:49.480 drive and then reboot the system while mashing f8 immediately to get to the 00:13:47.639 --> 00:13:53.839 boot device selection menu where you'll pick your USB drive once the setup 00:13:51.880 --> 00:13:57.920 process has begun it's basically a matter of clicking next until you land 00:13:55.440 --> 00:14:02.440 on the Windows desktop once there drivers can be found on the ASUS website 00:14:00.040 --> 00:14:07.440 NVIDIA website and Intel website for everything in this system now while I 00:14:04.839 --> 00:14:12.680 don't normally install ASUS's AI Suite software utility you're going to want to 00:14:09.399 --> 00:14:15.680 download that and install at least fan 00:14:12.680 --> 00:14:18.639 expert for the next step and now it's 00:14:15.680 --> 00:14:24.160 time to take our system from very quiet to near silent we'll be using ASUS's fan 00:14:22.079 --> 00:14:29.920 expert software to create custom fan curves and we'll be using their autofan 00:14:27.000 --> 00:14:36.160 stop feature to turn all the system fans except the CPU fan completely off when 00:14:33.079 --> 00:14:38.279 our CPU temperature is low enough and 00:14:36.160 --> 00:14:43.360 then we'll ramp the other fan speeds up slowly once the system is under load and 00:14:40.920 --> 00:14:48.759 starts to heat up the other piece of software we need is MSI After Burner our 00:14:46.040 --> 00:14:53.759 video cards fans already turn off when the system is idling but we can 00:14:51.399 --> 00:14:59.600 fine-tune things quite a bit with a custom fan curve in here I'm also going 00:14:56.519 --> 00:15:01.680 to tweak the temperature limit to 85 5° 00:14:59.600 --> 00:15:07.680 so that the card won't thermal throttle as aggressively as if we left it at the 00:15:04.000 --> 00:15:09.720 default setting now the exact positions 00:15:07.680 --> 00:15:13.720 for all the dials in these applications that are right for you will depend on 00:15:11.720 --> 00:15:18.360 the ambient temperature and your personal comfort zone with respect to 00:15:15.480 --> 00:15:23.759 temperatures but with some fiddling and load testing with the software that you 00:15:20.160 --> 00:15:26.600 typically use this config can be set up 00:15:23.759 --> 00:15:32.040 to be not only silent at idle but very very quiet even under gaming load but of 00:15:29.399 --> 00:15:38.959 course don't take our word for it we're on our way to the spcr testing lab to 00:15:35.759 --> 00:15:41.639 validate how quiet our system really is 00:15:38.959 --> 00:15:47.560 so it's field trip time we're here with silent Mike from Silent PC review and 00:15:44.480 --> 00:15:49.440 we're inside his homemade Sound Chamber 00:15:47.560 --> 00:15:53.079 but first Mike tell us about silent PC review how long you've been doing this 00:15:51.040 --> 00:15:59.600 what's the objective well silent PC review is 12 years old now and uh we've 00:15:55.720 --> 00:16:01.680 been uh focused entirely on the noise 00:15:59.600 --> 00:16:07.279 aspects of computers for all this time so what we do is we're looking for the 00:16:04.199 --> 00:16:09.199 quietest gear and uh showing people how 00:16:07.279 --> 00:16:12.959 to make the quietest computers all right but you need some 00:16:11.240 --> 00:16:18.399 pretty specialized equipment in order to even validate how quiet something is 00:16:15.800 --> 00:16:23.480 tell me about this room that you built well this is this is what it's all about 00:16:20.480 --> 00:16:27.519 is this room is all about uh super low 00:16:23.480 --> 00:16:30.920 noise um it was built in about a month 00:16:27.519 --> 00:16:32.959 using pretty much homemade tools and uh 00:16:30.920 --> 00:16:38.120 it's got 600 lb of what is called Blue fill which is a fiberglass substitute 00:16:35.800 --> 00:16:46.079 and that lines the entire interior of the room and that gives us a total sound 00:16:42.319 --> 00:16:47.720 level of 11 DB aweighted most times 00:16:46.079 --> 00:16:52.319 during the day if you wait till about 2:00 in the morning it might get down to 00:16:49.279 --> 00:16:55.000 about 9.5 or 10 but nobody wants to be 00:16:52.319 --> 00:16:58.800 up that late doing this stuff so obviously it's not enough just to build 00:16:56.920 --> 00:17:03.319 a special room you have to have have some kind of methodology for testing 00:17:01.120 --> 00:17:07.559 this stuff right like how do you do it well first of all you need to measure at 00:17:05.319 --> 00:17:12.640 the standard distance which is one meter okay and you need a microphone that's uh 00:17:09.799 --> 00:17:19.000 quiet enough so that it's quieter than the equipment you're trying to measure 00:17:14.319 --> 00:17:20.760 right um our microphone is 7 DB aeed 00:17:19.000 --> 00:17:26.280 that's about as quiet as you can get in a microphone it's connected up to uh 00:17:23.839 --> 00:17:30.600 sound card and a computer on the outside which is able to take the signal without 00:17:27.919 --> 00:17:36.520 adding any more noise of its own and then give me a calibrated decibel 00:17:33.480 --> 00:17:39.120 reading and it's aeed aeed means that 00:17:36.520 --> 00:17:45.840 it's tailored to the to match the sound of your uh human hearing all right Mike 00:17:42.720 --> 00:17:48.280 give it to me straight how did I do well 00:17:45.840 --> 00:17:53.200 at idle it's pretty damn good all right 14 DB at idle is about as good as you 00:17:50.799 --> 00:17:59.880 can get we have one machine that does better but you know it's not one of 00:17:56.799 --> 00:18:03.559 these right that is that it's not a 400 00:17:59.880 --> 00:18:06.039 watt Beast right um but at 24 it's a 00:18:03.559 --> 00:18:12.159 little higher than what we would expect in a in a you know a maximum uh load 00:18:09.919 --> 00:18:17.640 that's a little higher than our standard which is 20 DB for silence but our 00:18:15.720 --> 00:18:24.400 general definition is that if it's under 27 DB it's pretty quiet so there you go 00:18:20.960 --> 00:18:27.320 so guys we didn't quite get the spcr 00:18:24.400 --> 00:18:32.600 seal of approval but if you guys want to learn more where do they where do they 00:18:29.520 --> 00:18:35.039 find out how to build a 20 deel or less 00:18:32.600 --> 00:18:39.559 gaming machine PC review.com that's where you come to all right so there you 00:18:37.120 --> 00:18:44.480 go guys thank you so much for watching our our ultimate I guess I have to call 00:18:41.919 --> 00:18:50.000 it ultimate very quiet PC build guide now that I've got the real skinny on how 00:18:47.480 --> 00:18:55.080 well we did um guys I guess you can enjoy some Glam of our finished system 00:18:52.640 --> 00:18:59.000 here and uh as always huge thank you to the entire crew involved big thank you 00:18:56.679 --> 00:19:02.039 to Intel for sponsoring this PC build guide and uh we'll see you guys again 00:19:00.799 --> 00:19:14.770 next time make sure you're subscribed and all that good 00:19:24.760 --> 00:19:27.760 stuff