January 30, 2012
Dustin Sklavos

AVADirect Silent Gaming PC: An Exercise in Balance

In their Silent Gaming PC, AVADirect has produced a reasonably balanced, powerful build that goes a large way towards proving a powerful system can still run quietly. Since gaming typically taxes the GPU far more than the CPU and the custom cooler on the GTX 580 runs incredibly quietly, gamers aren't going to have any complaints with AVADirect's build.

CONFIGURATION

Define Series R4, No PSU, ATX, Black, Mid Tower Case
Tower Case
Fractal Design Define Series R4, No PSU, ATX, Black, Mid Tower Case
TR-600, 600W, No Modular, ATX Power Supply
Power Supply
THERMALTAKE TR-600, 600W, No Modular, ATX Power Supply
1TB Barracuda ST1000DM003, 7200 RPM, SATA 6Gb/s, 64MB cache, 3.5-Inch HDD
Storage Drive
SEAGATE 1TB Barracuda ST1000DM003, 7200 RPM, SATA 6Gb/s, 64MB cache, 3.5-Inch HDD