Talk:Quiet PC

Failed AFD
See Articles for deletion/Silent PC. Johnleemk | Talk 15:31, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Merger
I don't see a lot of point in merging to computer, but this and home theater PC could be usefully merged as Quiet PC or Low noise PC or some such. - Just zis Guy, you know? [T]/[C] AfD? 16:05, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Being quiet helps an HPTC, but the two are distinct concepts, I think. If the article title is not desirable, we can rename it. Shawnc 10:48, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Since the article comprises not only silent PCs, but near-silent or quiet PCs as well, I moved the article to Quiet PC and changed the corresponding text in the article. Jonas Viper 23:15, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Photos
I own an Antec P180, and I've added some pictures to illustrate some of the characteristics of a silent PC listed in the article. Some of the photos I have taken show characteristics that have not yet been mentioned in the article. They can be found here, with the prefix "Silent PC". --DonES 22:58, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Odd sentence
In the text it says: Nexus are generally considered to produce the quietest fans as of 2006, with fans such as the Vantec Stealth often being mistakes which new PC-silencers often make, marketed as a silent fan, and quieter than most normal fans at 12 V, but much louder than the better fans available. I suppose there's at least one typo in there (?), but even if that would be fixed it is kinda difficult to read. 82.157.229.156 00:57, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

QuietPC.com
This article doesn't mention the company (who distribute quiet components, fans, heatsinks etc) called quietpc.com. Should there be at least a passing reference? The quietpc.com website is contains lots of information, so I'll add that as a link at the end of the article. --RichardNeill 03:45, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
 * That looks like an online store, and not necessarily a good source of information. To mention that website would only look like advertising. Paulish (talk) 05:07, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

Technical explanations
The explanation of the physics behind the noise generating mechanisms appears to be incorrect, or at least misleading in places. Most of the noise in "noisy" computers comes from airflow turbulence and pressure pulsations from fans. Also motor vibration is not caused by friction, but from out of balance rotating loads and run-out/roughness of rotating bearing components. --Adx 02:08, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Definition of quiet PC
"However, a general definition accepted by most is that the sound emitted by such PCs should not exceed 30dB when measured 1 meter away from the computer." This seems a bit suspect - if somebody has a verifiable reference for it, fine. Most things I have read on quiet computers define quiet in relation to a particular use/environment. I haven't noticed any giving out specific dB figures. (More specifics on how measured would also be in order, e.g. ISO....)

The current wikipedia entry for silence gives 20dB as "quiet or silent", but again without source.

It is not clear how useful a specific measurement is in the definition - since at this time very few manufacturers provide meaningful sound specifications. (They don't specify how measurements were taken, or conform to a standard measuring protocol.)

I added some of the other psychoacoustic factors to the definiton. Unless we come up with a reasonable citation for a specific SPL number, it should probably be removed, and replaced with general observation about low intensity being preferred to higher intensity. Zodon (talk) 23:35, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

What is the question about notability
Recently somebody added a notability tag to this. Please clarify in what way you think notability has not been established. (Given the number of references in the article, as well as the external links to several web sites dealing with Quiet computing (silent PC review, the quiet PC, etc.), it is not clear how notability has not been established.) Zodon (talk) 00:56, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I deleted both tags, since they were added with no explanantion--Work permit (talk) 22:25, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

Please explain original research tag
Please give more specifics about what appears to be original research here? As far as I have seen most of the content is pretty routine computer silencing information. It would help to know what portions feel need more/better references. Thanks. Zodon (talk) 00:59, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Low- cost methods
In the low- cost section replacing hard disk drives with solid state discs is mentioned as an option? Considering the prices of SSDs I wouldn't call this low cost. For that kind of money you could soundproof the hard discs and invest the rest of it in a new PSU and some low noise fans. 79.241.206.140 (talk) 12:01, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Quite right. I merged it into the other list. Zodon (talk) 20:55, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just added archive links to 2 one external links on Quiet PC. Please take a moment to review my edit. If necessary, add after the link to keep me from modifying it. Alternatively, you can add to keep me off the page altogether. I made the following changes:
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/20070224022027/http://www.toughbook.eu:80/media/SpecSheet_CF-W5_en.pdf to http://www.toughbook.eu/media/SpecSheet_CF-W5_en.pdf
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/20070216154520/http://www.toughbook.eu:80/media/SpecSheet_CF-T5_en.pdf to http://www.toughbook.eu/media/SpecSheet_CF-T5_en.pdf

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Trim and tidy
Just gave everything a "big haircut". Please check for typos and of course if I've chopped anything that really should be in, then pop it back. (There was however, one heck of a lot of waffle, outdated and howto stuff in there before).Snori (talk) 05:31, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

Fanless computers
LINK to ongoing discussion at reference desk, aiming to update a section of the article that is over 10 years old. --Gryllida (talk) 10:14, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
 * , this has apparently been archived. Can you share an updated link? ~Kvng (talk) 14:10, 25 February 2021 (UTC)
 * link to archive Gryllida (talk) 23:26, 25 February 2021 (UTC)