Market for a quiet pc store in Canada?

[Mitchua]

I think that services and products to make your PC quiet is going to be a
big market in the near future. Does anyone think that there's room for a
store (based in Toronto) that exclusively sells quiet PC parts and let's
people bring in their computers for "silencing"?

I'd appreciate your insight,
Mitchua

 

[JAD]

WOW so many threads on quiet.....life must be extremely noisy to some of you folks....nothing is going to stay quiet(silent) as
accumulation of debris and component wear will win out. I think you guys should consider wireless HIDS and/or KVM switches, monitor
extensions and put the darn box in another room Or better yet, make non-standalone workstations with server. I just can't get
behind this quiet thing....bedroom/dorms? I can see a purpose but even then its the light from the monitor and the clicking of keys
and mice that seems more annoying(if at all) to me. Whats next? Hoods for the monitor (like in the olden days of photography? or
better yet inflatable cubicles with sound proofing?

Before quiet becomes a primary concern where they would have resellers ONLY carrying 'quiet' hardware, there will be the demise of
the desktop and laptops will be extremely powerful.

 

[Mitchua]

Wow, what a flame Obviously you've never living in a residence room or
bachelor apartment where the drone of the PC slowly drives you insane!
We're not talking silent here but things have gotten out of hand with (AMD)
heatsinks running at 6000rpm and sounding like a jet taking off.

What are you talking about "component wear"? Just because you use quieter
components does not mean components will wear out faster. If you quiet your
PC correctly, you'll have just has much cooling at a fraction of the decibel
level.

--Mitchua

WOW so many threads on quiet.....life must be extremely noisy to some of

you folks....nothing is going to stay quiet(silent) as

accumulation of debris and component wear will win out. I think you guys

should consider wireless HIDS and/or KVM switches, monitor

extensions and put the darn box in another room Or better yet, make

non-standalone workstations with server. I just can't get

behind this quiet thing....bedroom/dorms? I can see a purpose but even

then its the light from the monitor and the clicking of keys

and mice that seems more annoying(if at all) to me. Whats next? Hoods for

the monitor (like in the olden days of photography? or

better yet inflatable cubicles with sound proofing?

Before quiet becomes a primary concern where they would have resellers

ONLY carrying 'quiet' hardware, there will be the demise of

 

[Phrederik]

Funny... my older PC's made almost no noise at all. Just the odd hard drive
access.

These days using a PC is about a noisy and running a hair dryer. IT SUCKS.

Try building a media PC... what's the point of buying great speakers, high
quality amps, etc. if you still have to listen to the hair dryer that's
playing the music/video?

How about those who work in an office... Imagine a room with 25 hairdryers,
all running at once. It's not a fun place to be.

How much noise does your TV make when the sound is muted? How about your
refrigerator? When you are watching a DVD or VCR, does it whine and hum and
buzz?

WOW so many threads on quiet.....life must be extremely noisy to some of

you folks....nothing is going to stay quiet(silent) as

accumulation of debris and component wear will win out. I think you guys

should consider wireless HIDS and/or KVM switches, monitor

extensions and put the darn box in another room Or better yet, make

non-standalone workstations with server. I just can't get

behind this quiet thing....bedroom/dorms? I can see a purpose but even

then its the light from the monitor and the clicking of keys

and mice that seems more annoying(if at all) to me. Whats next? Hoods for

the monitor (like in the olden days of photography? or

better yet inflatable cubicles with sound proofing?

Before quiet becomes a primary concern where they would have resellers

ONLY carrying 'quiet' hardware, there will be the demise of

 

[zalzon]

eventually we get used to it as we slowly go tone deaf.

a good idea would be some kind of noise cancellation device or a new
low cost method of cooling the processor.

or perhaps a noise cancellation device. however that would only add
to the cost of the system. the vast majority would prefer to pay $10
less and go deaf

 

[zalzon]

what u need to sell is a fan like this :

http://www.resistoflex-aerospace.com/images/jet_engine1.jpg

just one will cool the whole computer.

 

[Mitchua]

what u need to sell is a fan like this :

http://www.resistoflex-aerospace.com/images/jet_engine1.jpg

just one will cool the whole computer.

There's an option

 

[JAD]

tell me do read the entire post before you start replying....i mentioned the dorm room senario and that the light from the monitor
and noise from the KB and mouse would be more irratating to me.


never said that they wear faster just that they will wear/get dirty and that when they do, the hardware can be louder than the
OEM stuff.. NO comment on the AMD reference ;^)

And it was really no flame....just a statement of wonder how that tiny bit of noise would be bothersome....2 kids, a dog, a cat,
turtle tank, music, video editing, keeps this room way to loud(not to me) to hear any OEM P4 fan and the case fan. I'll tell you
with what I hear on the street today, in teenagers cars, I'm surprized that anyone under the age of 25 can hear a thing.

 

[kony]

I think that services and products to make your PC quiet is going to be a
big market in the near future. Does anyone think that there's room for a
store (based in Toronto) that exclusively sells quiet PC parts and let's
people bring in their computers for "silencing"?

I'd appreciate your insight,
Mitchua

Certainly some people will be interested, but I seriously doubt
there'd be enough business to even pay the rent, let alone
employee(s).


Dave

 

[El Phantazmo]

My office is also the server room. Two huge extraction fans (I think they
are 500 CFM each) sitting above the server closet. Now, thats loud. I
actually look FORWARD to flashing my home system and listening to the sweet
sweet howl of my Volcano 9+ running at full pop.

Note: cool thing -pun intended - about the extraction fans is when I shut
all the doors and windows, it like workin' in a wind tunnel.

 

[Mitchua]

A P4 OEM fan is one of the quietest out there it seems Try a Volcano 7
for AMD. You'd be amazed at how loud it is. My computer system was by far
the loudest thing in my room. I could hear it over music, air-conditioning,
etc.

tell me do read the entire post before you start replying....i mentioned

the dorm room senario and that the light from the monitor

and noise from the KB and mouse would be more irratating to me.


never said that they wear faster just that they will wear/get dirty

and that when they do, the hardware can be louder than the

OEM stuff.. NO comment on the AMD reference ;^)

And it was really no flame....just a statement of wonder how that tiny bit

of noise would be bothersome....2 kids, a dog, a cat,

turtle tank, music, video editing, keeps this room way to loud(not to me)

to hear any OEM P4 fan and the case fan. I'll tell you

with what I hear on the street today, in teenagers cars, I'm surprized

that anyone under the age of 25 can hear a thing.

 

[Mitchua]

Certainly some people will be interested, but I seriously doubt
there'd be enough business to even pay the rent, let alone
employee(s).


Dave

I'm unemplyed right now anyhow so any money is good money

--Mitchua

 

[John]

I think that services and products to make your PC quiet is going to be a
big market in the near future. Does anyone think that there's room for a
store (based in Toronto) that exclusively sells quiet PC parts and let's
people bring in their computers for "silencing"?

I'd appreciate your insight,
Mitchua

Sure there are already webstores on the net as you know . Depends on
how big the market is obviously in the immediate area of Toronto. You
might want to sell other things, and sell over the net too . But then
youd have to beat the others on price or unique products.

What about a totally collapsible slightly modular case? Instead of
these big bulky things that take up tons of space during shipment and
storage at the warehouse and store why not make them like cheap
furniture nowadays ? You know a frame made with bars that you screw
together and panels. So that all the bars and panels can fit in a
much smaller flat box.

Then you make the frame in two standardized sizes maybe even totally
modular with the "tower" size a small add on to the top of the "mid" .

The frame can accomodate a variety of snap on front panels and sides
and tops and bottoms of different texture and colors and styles so
that you can change your case on a whim at a lower cost much like
skins on software music player.

You can have alumuminum panels and fronts, cheap sheet metal, padded
ones for noise, clear plexi glass - and maybe replaceable subpanels
on the side some with vent holes, fan holes so that you dont have to
replace the whole side panel.

And make one with thin sheet metal but covered in a tough durable
plastic lining on the outside so it wont dent and the paint wont
scratch off - my pet peeve regarding the new fancy sheet metal cases
with paper thin walls and metallic paints that chip off at a drop of a
hat. You know like the lining in the bed of pickup truck - tougher
plastic lining in metallics colors instead of just fragile painted
sheet metal.

Try to lower the cost since you can buy parts instead of a whole case
and shipping and storage costs . And it would encourage people to buy,
change their case often since it would cost less and be less hassle
than changing a whole case. In fact you dont have to take the whole MB
out mount it on a sub frame attached to the frame so that you can
change the front top and bottom and all the side panels easily.

 

[kony]

A P4 OEM fan is one of the quietest out there it seems Try a Volcano 7
for AMD. You'd be amazed at how loud it is. My computer system was by far
the loudest thing in my room. I could hear it over music, air-conditioning,
etc.

But why constrain oneself to consider only these two? The
Thermaltake heatsinks have always been low-end, with crap fans until
their recent model using a Panaflo... don't recall the name of that
one though. IMHO, the Intel retail fan isn't all that quiet, has an
annoying bearing whine after a few months of use.


Dave

 

[Mitchua]

But why constrain oneself to consider only these two? The
Thermaltake heatsinks have always been low-end, with crap fans until
their recent model using a Panaflo... don't recall the name of that
one though. IMHO, the Intel retail fan isn't all that quiet, has an
annoying bearing whine after a few months of use.


Dave

I just meant that the Thermaltake is an example of a crappy, loud fan. I'm
quiet happy now with an under-volted Arctic-Cooling fan.

 

[Jon Danniken]

I'll tell you with what I hear on the street today, in teenagers cars, I'm surprized that
anyone under the age of 25 can hear a thing.

As much as I hate to admit it, I honestly hope that people who subject the rest
of us to high amplitude, low frequency radiation from their vehicles experience
deafness at an early age. It would serve them right.

Jon