If you have a home studio you might want to try some long cabling and get it right out of the room. In my case I have my PC in an adjoining bathroom which is just around the corner of my door through a hall. So there's zero PC sound in my control room and zero PC sound in my tracking room. One idea anyhow, sure worked out *perfect* for me. :)

Get a better CPU fan. http://www.zalman.com They make some nice fan setups that are much quieter.

Calgary wrote: If you have a home studio you might want to try some long cabling and get it right out of the room.

8-)
I did the same. No box - no noise. I'm happy. Move the pc to the next room, that is the most cheap, fast and soundproof way to go. Drill the small hole through the wall for cabling.

then I'd have to worry about the echo/reverb sound in the bathroom.

Also in this room needs less of an echo, but i know, and plan on fixing that problem soon.

I think mccheese helped a little more. .... lemme check out the link

thanx for the ideas though guys :)

maybe more pc suggestions?

the link timed out :(

The bathroom is pretty quiet. I don't tend to spend a large amount of time in there so I haven't found it a problem. It doesn't have to be a bathroom the point was that moving your PC into another room is the only real path to silence. So called "silent PCs" are expensive and not completely silent. Seems to me Mac laptops have no fan so that's another choice.

Calgary wrote: The bathroom is pretty quiet. I don't tend to spend a large amount of time in there ...

I do.... I spend an AWFUL lot of time in there. Everytime I've put a computer in my bathroom, I get a little creeped out. It keeps saying "Good morning Jeremy" in a very HAL like tone. Then my wife thinks I'm up to no good with nefarious web-sites cuz I'm in there too long and I come out looking tired!

Okay, back to the question at hand...

First, I must say that, allowing unrestricted airflow (which is what I took by you mentioning that the side of your pc is like a fence??) is not a good thing. In fact, it works against your cooling fans. You want to have your PC sealed as much as possible and the only openings should be those pushing or pulling air in and out of the case.

Second - a quiet cooling fan is a must. Not just the CPU fan, but the power supply fan and the case fans too.

Check out http://
They have an entire line of nothing but quiet products from Zalman, Coolermaster and all of the other silent pc manufacturers. Call them on the phone and they'll actually be helpful too! (I know, a novel concept...)

If you have a standard sized case, your options are almost limitless. Since I use a small case (the Antec Aria - custom redesigned by endpcnoise.com to run even quieter) my choices for a quiet CPU fan were even far more limited. I run a 3.0 GHz Extreme Edition with HT and when I told them that I put it in that case, they called me stupid. (okay, not those exact words, but in a much more kind way...)

I had to modify my case by drilling a hole on the side of the case directly next to the CPU and placing an exhaust fan (120mm) with speed controller on the outside. The whole thing doesn't run dead quiet, but even if I do have someone track in the control room, it has never been a problem on the mics. (With the computer on in my tracking room, the ambient noise level is <30dB - that's pretty darned quiet with a PC in the room!)

J.

I do.... I spend an AWFUL lot of time in there.

Hee. :lol:

:D

Greetings Clayjrjr2

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HTH

Don't under estimate the value of not having any PC in the room BTW, it seems to be much more relaxing both for yourself and the people you work with. It's like night and day. Every single person who comes here comments on it almost right away, "Hey! Where's the computer? There's no computer sound? Cooool!" :D

There's just something about the sound of a fan, even slight, which alters the atmosphere of a room. I relaly notice the difference when people come here. They are way more comfortable. Give it the boot, for $50 worth of cables and stick it in the hallway. Your nerves will thank you. 8-)

I think I may have found my soloution. It's not that i'm going to move my computer into another room because I have no other rooms to put it in.
I'll be better off saving 3 paychecks to get one of these:
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With all the best soundproofing they have and i'll take out all the stuff i already have or don't need.

I think yeah, i'll do this, but not anytime before christmas. I still want to buy Directwave from FL studio 6 :)

3 paycheques for a blank page? Price are crazy these days... :lol:

Clayjrjr2 wrote: because I have no other rooms to put it in.

:shock: :lol: 8-)

Not sure if you've solved your problem or not, but have you thought about an IsoBox? Expensive, but I'm sure they work great. I'm going to build a version of it for my PC.

http://www.custom-consoles.com/Isobox_studio.php

Interesting product. For someone with a budget that's a pretty nice option. 8-)

Or for about 300 bucks you could set your PC up for liquid cooling. No fans = no noise.

McCheese wrote: No fans = no noise.

Hard disks make noise too. They're a lot quieter than they used to be, but they still make noise.

My machines are very quiet for being air cooled. The disks make more noise than the fans. I'm moving soon. I'm going to build an equipment closet in the new studio and slam the door on PC noise.
:o

I'm going to build an equipment closet in the new studio and slam the door on PC noise.

You'll love it. It's like night and day. 8-)