My lowly p3-600 did audio recording just fine. Did you take a step to some barn burner PC that needs a lot of cooling?
Lookup silentpc.com for examples of quiet PCs.
Bob
Hey guys,
I just built a pc for recording and editing audio. It's a smokin' machine but the fans are killing me. I guess I need to get silent fans..but with those the air flow will cut in half. How much air do I need going in and out? Will two fans be ok? (one in, one out) I have one 120mm and three 80mm. My goal is to get it as quiet as possible with enough airflow. Also, someone told me I should have more air going in that out (which is hard because I have the 120mm pushing out). Is this true? Thanks to anyone who can help.

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