I've heard that there is a type of processor cooling called heat pipe and that is silent. Anyone know anything about it? What about the power supply fan? ...
I've read some reviews about the raxxess isoraxx but the thing is darned expensive. $899 from the cheapest place. I might as well just buy a whole new...
Okay, so I've almost gotten things quiet enough in my PC, but I've found that the one thing that is still too loud for my tastes is the case fan. I've tried...
... Heat pipes is a way to move heat from one place to another. It works much like when you boil water and then condence it a bit up (on the lid, for...
... The case fan is mainly to get the heat out when the lid is closed, so unless you do that any attempt is futile :) But, your PSU fan might be enough to get...
... I'm running an Athlon XP 2100+ with a Zalman flower cooler and Enermax PSU. My CPU temp is around 45-48 degrees C which is below the 50 safe limit. I have ...
In a message dated 3/1/03 3:36:38 AM Central Standard Time, pawl@... ... I found another solution noted in this month's Electronic Musician (an no, not...
In a message dated 3/1/03 4:34:16 AM Central Standard Time, ... My first thought is to break down and buy a Panaflo. Those two fans you have are not that...
Can you go into more detail about your experience on how to apply good thermal compound properly? What did you do wrong the 1st time? ... closed, so ... ...
... First time I just applied it onto the heatsink in a fairly rough way, too thickly. Second time I applied it to the heatsink, wiped off the excess leaving a...
The Samsung 120GB 5400 RPM hard drive on sale everywhere is rated at 29 bels idle, 31 seek - is this good? I think I'd like to snag one of these 5400 RPM...
... Sure those figures are correct? the Seagate drives are around 2.9-3.0 bels. I think you've missed the decimal point. ... I think so, my Duron 1.2 used to...
... I think it's really hard to measure HDD's noise output like that. They vary so much in how they sound. For instance, I rather have a drive with no seek...
... Exacactly the opposite with me :). I can't stand whine from a hard disk but seek noise doesn't bother me at all. Regarding the 120GB Samsung, I have one....
A LOT of folks buy the Samsung 120GB to upgrade their TiVo units video recording capacity. I did too. Works great. Very quiet, inexpensive, and runs cool. More...
Actually, the trick is to get *adequate* airflow *where it is needed.* If you've got many perforations in your case (such as the punched-out grills for case...
The mobile Athlon CPUs show up on eBay regularly and sell for about the same price as non-mobile versions. I've used these regularly in my desktop machines...
I have heard one sample of this drive. It wasn't too bad, but had a "buzzy" quality to the idle noise that I found more annoying than the Maxtor 120 (or...
I just purchased a FIC Falcon CR51 with the embedded C3 933 Mhz processor on a FIC ITX Board. These systems come with one very quiet processor fan and a 150...
How can there be a power supply with "noise killer" that isn't quiet? Look into replacing the fans in the PSU, cutting out the grill... ... From: Dan Elliott ...
Quite easily in fact. Usually "Noise killer" means that the fan is somewhatishly thermally controlled. Sometimes it works some of the time, usually not at all....
Jeremias Ylirotu
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... They do a fanless PSU, the wattage isn't vast but I don't see there should be any problem in using two? one for the board and another for the hard disks....
What you've got there is a Flex-ATX power supply. Flex-ATX is an offshoot of the micro-ATX form factor, and like the micro some of the PSU's have a 40mm fan...
Actually, I take that back.... I found your PSU, it's a Fortron: http://www.fortron-source.com/images/DM(PC).pdf (bottom of page two) It's got a 40mm fan....
... how ... thing and ... You can use a noise isolating tray that puts the drive on rubber "feet". That works quite well. The only issue is with case ...
In a message dated 3/2/03 8:35:31 PM Central Standard Time, ... I tend to agree with this strategy. Regards, Rusk [Non-text portions of this message have been...
I think Mike and several others might have been interested in the Red Green Duct Tape Adventure, a comic spoof about the joys of duct tape. It's running on...
Hello, My last PC-silencing project failed badly yesterday. At Sunday I had fully working PC, but today it won´t even boot up! The project started to...
