MacPro with 8800GT and 500GB not quiet? help!!! me!

Cromas · Feb 22, 2008, 01:13 PM

hi there! I need buy tomorrow a mac pro 2.8, I read a lot about that are a so silence machine quiet, that sounds perfect, but I think, if add the 8800GT and more hard drive 500GB by example, the sound of the machine increse? that are not the same quiet sound? more work or fans or something... I think?

PLAESE HELP ME SOME COMPARATION ABOUT THAT? I want more performance but same quiet machine

thanks!!

Mackilroy · Feb 22, 2008, 01:20 PM

I have three hard drives, and my machine is still whisper-quiet. The only time you should hear the 8800 GT is if you're playing a graphics-intensive game and the fans spin up. Otherwise you'll be fine.

Jonny427 · Feb 22, 2008, 01:26 PM

I have the 2x2.8, 8800 and 3x500gb hard drives. Everything is extremely quiet, so much that I can sleep while the computer is still on.

Also, if you want advice i'd suggest writing with better grammar lol

MikeL · Feb 22, 2008, 01:43 PM

I've got a 2.8 with the 8800 GT, and it's very quiet. I've got four drives in the case. I often have it crunching video or running distributed computing projects, so I max out the CPUs regularly.

Working hard, it's as quiet as any desktop system I've had. The fans are usually turning from 500-700rpm, but they seem to be very high-quality and well-balanced. I can't hear them.

It's much, much quieter than my G5. I've been very happy with that.

Changing hard drive size isn't going to impact your sound levels in and of itself. Some drives make less noise than others. That's a function of their design and the technologies they use rather than their capacity.

aaronw1986 · Feb 22, 2008, 02:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jonny427

I have the 2x2.8, 8800 and 3x500gb hard drives. Everything is extremely quiet, so much that I can sleep while the computer is still on.

Also, if you want advice i'd suggest writing with better grammar lol

I agree about the grammar! Also, the thread title is misleading. I thought you already had a MP with those specs and it was not quiet..

tivoli2 · Feb 22, 2008, 02:58 PM

I've got a dual 2.8 & 8800GT, 3 internal drives & I'm working with 1280x720 After Effects projects and I can't hear it at all... it's just to the lower right of me. My G-RAID2 on my desk makes more noise... and if my G4 Quicksilver is running on the other side of the office, it's so loud I can't hear anything!

I agree that the thread title is misleading as well...

Cromas · Feb 22, 2008, 03:57 PM

Hi thanks to all, I buy my Mac Pro 3.2 tomorrow... My english its not my native language... the point its all you understand my question for me thats its the important.

I want peaceful with my mac, I have a dualcore 2.3 powermac... are quiet but I think that new mac pro are moreeeee quiet.

thanks

Cromas · Feb 22, 2008, 04:17 PM

and what about the diference 320gb 8mb / 500gb 16mb on speed for the 8mb vrs 16mb, a double velocity on hard disk read?

thanks guys, and sorry my english for all...

aaronw1986 · Feb 22, 2008, 04:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cromas

and what about the diference 320gb 8mb / 500gb 16mb on speed for the 8mb vrs 16mb, a double velocity on hard disk read?

thanks guys, and sorry my english for all...

I would recommend getting a third party hard drive. You will pay the same, if not less, but you will then have two hard drives.

Feb 22, 2008, 01:13 PM	#1
Cromas macrumors member Join Date: Feb 2008	MacPro with 8800GT and 500GB not quiet? help!!! me! hi there! I need buy tomorrow a mac pro 2.8, I read a lot about that are a so silence machine quiet, that sounds perfect, but I think, if add the 8800GT and more hard drive 500GB by example, the sound of the machine increse? that are not the same quiet sound? more work or fans or something... I think? PLAESE HELP ME SOME COMPARATION ABOUT THAT? I want more performance but same quiet machine thanks!!

Feb 22, 2008, 01:20 PM	#2
Mackilroy macrumors 68000 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gondwana, Devonian Period	I have three hard drives, and my machine is still whisper-quiet. The only time you should hear the 8800 GT is if you're playing a graphics-intensive game and the fans spin up. Otherwise you'll be fine. __________________ You have not lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you

Feb 22, 2008, 01:26 PM	#3
Jonny427 macrumors regular Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Orange County, CA	I have the 2x2.8, 8800 and 3x500gb hard drives. Everything is extremely quiet, so much that I can sleep while the computer is still on. Also, if you want advice i'd suggest writing with better grammar lol __________________ Unibody MBP 15" 2.53GHz, iPhone 3GS 16GB Black, Shuffle 4GB Mac Pro Dual 2.8Ghz, 8800GT, 8GB, 1.5TB + 23" Cinema

Feb 22, 2008, 02:58 PM	#6
tivoli2 macrumors regular Join Date: May 2007 Location: My own little world...	I've got a dual 2.8 & 8800GT, 3 internal drives & I'm working with 1280x720 After Effects projects and I can't hear it at all... it's just to the lower right of me. My G-RAID2 on my desk makes more noise... and if my G4 Quicksilver is running on the other side of the office, it's so loud I can't hear anything! I agree that the thread title is misleading as well... __________________ Dual 2.8 GHz Quad Core 8800GT Mac Pro, '02 Dual GHz G4 Quicksilver, 12" 1.5 GHz PB & 3G 20GB iPod that still works!

Feb 22, 2008, 03:57 PM	#7
Cromas Thread Starter macrumors member Join Date: Feb 2008	thanks to all and who cares about the grammar Hi thanks to all, I buy my Mac Pro 3.2 tomorrow... My english its not my native language... the point its all you understand my question for me thats its the important. I want peaceful with my mac, I have a dualcore 2.3 powermac... are quiet but I think that new mac pro are moreeeee quiet. thanks

Feb 22, 2008, 01:43 PM	#4
MikeL macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Bloomington, MN	I've got a 2.8 with the 8800 GT, and it's very quiet. I've got four drives in the case. I often have it crunching video or running distributed computing projects, so I max out the CPUs regularly. Working hard, it's as quiet as any desktop system I've had. The fans are usually turning from 500-700rpm, but they seem to be very high-quality and well-balanced. I can't hear them. It's much, much quieter than my G5. I've been very happy with that. Changing hard drive size isn't going to impact your sound levels in and of itself. Some drives make less noise than others. That's a function of their design and the technologies they use rather than their capacity.

Feb 22, 2008, 04:17 PM	#8
Cromas Thread Starter macrumors member Join Date: Feb 2008	and what about the diference 320gb 8mb / 500gb 16mb and what about the diference 320gb 8mb / 500gb 16mb on speed for the 8mb vrs 16mb, a double velocity on hard disk read? thanks guys, and sorry my english for all...

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