I had to share this with you. As you know I have been unwell and one of the symptoms is tinnitus which can drive you mad. It's like a thousand mosquitoes in your head.
The one thing I like is a quiet PC and this week I decided to upgrade my case to a Corsair Obsidian 550D Quiet Series. My CPU is an i7-4770K running at 4Ghz so I have water-cooling which is very quiet. My last setup was fairly quiet but the noise seemed to interact with my tinnitus so I had to change it. Well I am delighted with the new setup, it is absolutely whisper quiet.
Unfortunately I started to notice a high pitched whine and for the life of me I could not find the source. I checked everything and suddenly I realised it was my monitors. Because I had the brightness set low there was a high pitched whine! I had not heard it before because my last setup had masked it!
If you get a whine from your monitors then increase the brightness until it goes. This is a common problem with monitors but I was oblivious to it before!
I highly recommend the case, it is superb. The drive bays, the doors etc are tool less and there is plenty of space. The panels and door are covered in sound dampening material and really help with fan noise.
What's that noise
Hello Jolly,
congratulations for that device! An i7 should be sufficient for the near future, too. For betting, there are other limiting parameters than the speed of your CPU.
Which hard disc drive have you built in? There are huge differences in speed, power consumption and loudnedd of operation.
Best regards,
Chris
congratulations for that device! An i7 should be sufficient for the near future, too. For betting, there are other limiting parameters than the speed of your CPU.
Which hard disc drive have you built in? There are huge differences in speed, power consumption and loudnedd of operation.
Best regards,
Chris
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JollyGreen
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Hi Chris
The cpu is good for number crunching when I sort data for the project. I use a Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD so the system is very quiet and power consumption is also low.
I would not have bought the i7 but for an unbelievable offer on price which made it cheaper than an i5. I doubt Hyperthreading will get much use but you never know.
JG
The cpu is good for number crunching when I sort data for the project. I use a Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD so the system is very quiet and power consumption is also low.
I would not have bought the i7 but for an unbelievable offer on price which made it cheaper than an i5. I doubt Hyperthreading will get much use but you never know.
JG
JollyGreen, interesting how different people deal with their tinnitus, have suffered myself for decades. When I upgraded my 2 work puters last year to silent models I actually ended up missing one of my old machines, its hum - it must have been the right tone to partially cancel out the noise in my ear - I now keep it switched on under the desk, doing nothing but hum away ...lol...works a treat!
Good luck
Good luck
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JollyGreen
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Now that is the reply of a true tinnitus suffererKalumpus wrote:JollyGreen, interesting how different people deal with their tinnitus, have suffered myself for decades. When I upgraded my 2 work puters last year to silent models I actually ended up missing one of my old machines, its hum - it must have been the right tone to partially cancel out the noise in my ear - I now keep it switched on under the desk, doing nothing but hum away ...lol...works a treat!
Good luck
I have similar issues and I find having a radio playing helps to cancel out some of my tinnitus.I also have real issues with anti-theft devices at shops. I am not saying I am trying to steal things, when someone trips an alarm it reacts badly with my tinnitus and drives me mad!
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Brilliant mate! The difference is like night and day. If you have an SD slot on your laptop then get a smaller SSD and use a Class 10 SD card to store documents or music.LinusP wrote:How do you find that SSD harddrive Dave? I am thinking of getting one for my laptop as they are just starting to get down to a reasonable price now.
I'm concerned with IT-stuff in my normal business and I've got the following things to think about:
A SSD is a super-silent but even super-fast storage device. It can help you to extend your PCs life if it is used in the right way.
First you should determine if the bottleneck of performance is located in the i/o (input/output) area. For example, the PC does not react as fast as it could but the CPU usage is <50%. In this case the PC could be waiting for data and a faster storage system would help.
If you have determinated the HDD as a bottleneck, you can gain speed with a SSD. As it is in so many other cases, the price is a good indicator, but selecting the cheapest model in a certain class could lead to frustration, too. There are differences in speed, and this is divided into reading-speed and writing-speed. Depending on the purpose, the writing-speed could be of interest. This value is often below the reading speed. Compare different brands and models.
In windows-based environments, it would be a good idea to place the Windows swap-file (big file with many accesses) and the temporary data of your applications (many small files) on this SSD. Other or additional things to store there could be database files, projects you just work on (for example big pictures and projects for Photoshop).
If you store your private letters, music, spreadsheets and scanned invoices there, you will not benefit that much from this technology.
But always keep in mind: Backup your data regularily. The technology is related to the USB stick technology, so don't trust on only saving data on your SSD.
I've got several servers running on SSD devices but they are backed up twice a day.
I can ensure that my knowledge on IT is better than my English, so please excuse me for that.
Best regards,
Chris
A SSD is a super-silent but even super-fast storage device. It can help you to extend your PCs life if it is used in the right way.
First you should determine if the bottleneck of performance is located in the i/o (input/output) area. For example, the PC does not react as fast as it could but the CPU usage is <50%. In this case the PC could be waiting for data and a faster storage system would help.
If you have determinated the HDD as a bottleneck, you can gain speed with a SSD. As it is in so many other cases, the price is a good indicator, but selecting the cheapest model in a certain class could lead to frustration, too. There are differences in speed, and this is divided into reading-speed and writing-speed. Depending on the purpose, the writing-speed could be of interest. This value is often below the reading speed. Compare different brands and models.
In windows-based environments, it would be a good idea to place the Windows swap-file (big file with many accesses) and the temporary data of your applications (many small files) on this SSD. Other or additional things to store there could be database files, projects you just work on (for example big pictures and projects for Photoshop).
If you store your private letters, music, spreadsheets and scanned invoices there, you will not benefit that much from this technology.
But always keep in mind: Backup your data regularily. The technology is related to the USB stick technology, so don't trust on only saving data on your SSD.
I've got several servers running on SSD devices but they are backed up twice a day.
I can ensure that my knowledge on IT is better than my English, so please excuse me for that.
Best regards,
Chris