Also try getting some copper foil and screwing it to the sides as a heat sink. ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of...
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Michael M
mikegrok
Mar 24, 2006 10:18 am
for just a drive sitting on the disk, I have a passive heat sink that I ripped off of a dead Pentium 2, which I set on top of the drive. That increases it's...
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john@...
vampire35_uk
Mar 24, 2006 10:26 am
... You could always try a live cd such as knoppix. The live cd doesn't install to the hard drive unless you choose to, so is ideal for playing around without...
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John Paterson
duroby
Mar 24, 2006 12:45 pm
Nice ideas Michael and Gwen. Let me take them in the order they were suggested (I was out of town for a couple of days). Yes Gwen, I did, but it makes little...
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Naoyuki Tai
naoyuki_tai
Mar 25, 2006 9:31 am
I'm a little late... I use MythTV on Fedora core. The machine sits in the living room as part of TV, just like Tivo. It uses a Seagate 'Cuda 300GB to hold TV...
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Chris Swinney
sinster70
Mar 25, 2006 1:25 pm
I have looked at a few distros over the past weeks or so including Mandiva, SUSE, Ubuntu an Gentoo. I have also looked at various Live CD's All of them have...
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Michael M
mikegrok
Mar 26, 2006 8:32 am
A few things to note when noise and heat in hard drives. First, idle noise is much lower with fluid bearings, though it doesn't effect heat levels. Next is...
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John Paterson
duroby
Mar 26, 2006 9:52 am
That chimney extension is a good idea Michael. Nice and simple. I will stroll around to the newsagent and see if I can get a shipping tube. If I can get one...
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Michael
mikegrok
Mar 28, 2006 12:53 am
You may want to surround the whole unit, but the chimney should have a much smaller diameter. If the diamater is too large, it won't draw hot air up the...
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John Paterson
duroby
Mar 29, 2006 1:30 am
Interesting input Michael; I was toying with the idea of cutting up a box to partially surround the oblong computer with a form-fitting section, leaving a...
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Mike Chin
mikechinvan
Mar 29, 2006 2:42 am
Quiet DIY OC'd Pentium D 830 System http://www.silentpcreview.com/article310-page1.html Chris Thomson built a system around a hot, overclocked Pentium D 830 ...
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Mnpctech customer ser...
pctech_info
Apr 18, 2006 12:56 pm
The Swing sells for $60 at newegg.com It has these features that make it a good canidate for silent pc build on a budget. 1. 0.8mm SECC (Steel chassis) 2....
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krustybarthomer
May 15, 2006 3:47 am
I'm running a GF4 4200. Want to do one last upgrade with this system. Motherboard supports only AGP 4x. (Processor Celeron Tualatin 1.33 Ghz. 512m ram) Any...
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james
jhassi
May 15, 2006 3:52 am
do u expect it to be silent all the time or only when you're not playing games? i have a ati radeon 800xl and with software you can adjust the fan speed...
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Mula Wangsaputra
mwangsaputra
May 15, 2006 5:26 am
I've seen some VGA cards (AGP 4X) with only heatsink, no fan some time ago, but i doubt if they are still being manufactured, except that some stores still ...
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krustybarthomer
May 15, 2006 5:35 am
yes, I only want it quiet when not playing games, which is < 5% of the time. Starting Quake 4, but not happy with my Gf4 4200. FWIW ...
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Chris Swinney
sinster70
May 15, 2006 7:33 am
I think most AGP x8 cards will still be compatible with x4 systems. They will obviously only run at x4 speeds. It's the x2 systems you need to be careful with...
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s g
dakkar9999
May 15, 2006 11:20 am
As far as video card are concern, I'm currently running an ATI 9800XT 256MB and it works flawlessly with pretty much any application. I'd definately recommand...
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s g
dakkar9999
May 15, 2006 11:31 am
Oups, forgot the "quiet" part! I've replace the stock fan by a nice zalman fan (as well as my cpu fan) Now my computer is completely quiet! Sometime, when...
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Dave
maxiumpix
May 16, 2006 10:41 pm
This may sound like a plug but it's because I like newegg. They current have an 256 MB XFX Geforce 6200 PVT44AWANG for $53 AR. Fanless AGP 4x/8x etc etc etc. ...
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krustybarthomer
May 18, 2006 1:26 am
So far favoring this one, but can't find any available: Fanless 6600 AGP 256mb http://www.silentpcreview.com/article314-page1.html May go to ATI card. Still...
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krustybarthomer
May 19, 2006 4:58 am
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krustybarthomer
May 19, 2006 5:28 am
Please tell us about the software for adjusting x800 fan speed. Link? Any underclocking/undervolting on the radeon x800 ? ... Today I'm looking at the...
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s g
dakkar9999
May 19, 2006 12:15 pm
In my experience, the stock fan will never be very silent. You probably would need to replace it regardless of which video card you buy or what "software";...
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krustybarthomer
May 19, 2006 10:19 pm
I agree, the stock fans have to go. Got rid of the stock fan on 4200 and went to my Panaflo 5v in underclocked 2D, and Panaflo 12v in overclocked 3D setup. ...
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james
jhassi
May 20, 2006 12:15 am
You'd be surprised how quiet a stock fan can be when it's only running at 10% of total speed. The system is water-cooled, the only fans I have in there are two...
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krustybarthomer
May 21, 2006 5:17 pm
Interesting article on some ATI cards. http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/print/ati-powercons.html ...
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krustybarthomer
May 21, 2006 5:29 pm
Looked at the FANLESS All-In-Wonder 9600 2006 Edition 256Mb , but read of AGP 4x problems, and may kind of weak for playing Quake 4. ... ...
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s g
dakkar9999
May 21, 2006 8:08 pm
Yeah fanless is a bit dangerous krustybarthomer <krustybarthomer@...> wrote: Looked at the FANLESS All-In-Wonder 9600 2006 Edition 256Mb , but read of...
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Marc van Gemert
gamert666
May 22, 2006 5:34 am
... Yes I've been using this since day one when I got my X800XT PE. You can adjust the fan speeds according to the temperature, the default settings are much...
