Hello, I was just wondering of what kind of precautions can be taken to reduce dust build up in a case. Besides installing filters on the fans, are there any...
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David Neeley
dbneeley
Jul 14, 2007 2:26 pm
First, *never* put a computer on the floor--especially true in dusty environments. Elevate it at least a foot or a foot and a half, so the intake air is being...
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Frank
transistorma...
Jul 15, 2007 4:06 pm
I did observe the problem of restricted air flow with the filters and it getting worse with time. The nastiest part is when dust accumulates in the CPU heat...
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John Paterson
duroby
Jul 15, 2007 5:06 pm
Hello Frank. Frequent examination, and cleaning with a grounded vacuum cleaner is a good idea to start with. Regardless of whether there are filters or not. ...
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Frank
transistorma...
Jul 19, 2007 2:25 am
Hello, I was just wondering of what kind of precautions can be taken to reduce dust build up in a case. Besides installing filters on the fans, are there any...
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David Neeley
dbneeley
Jul 19, 2007 2:37 am
The list archives are the first place to look. This was discussed not more than two weeks ago. Checking recent posts before posting is always a good idea on...
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Ken Liu
kenneth_liu1
Jul 19, 2007 1:34 pm
I believe this was a duplicate email from the OP - so go easy on the guy. Might even be his ISP's fault for sending the message again. Ken ... [Non-text...
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Frank
transistorma...
Jul 20, 2007 2:37 pm
The second post was a complete word for word duplicate of the first one. I did not intend to send it twice. I did a search on dust in the archives before I...
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David Neeley
dbneeley
Jul 20, 2007 11:43 pm
Frank, I was not intending to be harsh or unhelpful with my reply, nor do I have the time to peruse the archives to determine if a post was resent from some...
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Philip Friel
phil_friel
Jan 7, 2008 1:11 am
Hi All! New guy here. I'd just like to say that I'm really glad to be part of the group. I've recently become very interested in the whole silent PC ...
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Philip Friel
phil_friel
Jan 7, 2008 1:29 am
Hi Everybody, I'm interested in building a silent PC (or as near to silent as possible), an audio PC which will be the hub of a home music recording studio....
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John Paterson
duroby
Jan 7, 2008 4:56 am
Philip, IF you do not mind a very specialist machine... try the VIA ARTiGO Builder Kit. The first ever mainstream oriented DIY kit for the VIA Pico-ITX form...
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Henrik Karlsson
kahe42
Jan 7, 2008 8:22 am
What about a fanless case from hFX <http://www.hifiatx.com/hfx.php?lang=EN>? //henrik...
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David Neeley
dbneeley
Jan 7, 2008 9:29 pm
Philip, I think you are beginning to find out some of the factors involved, but in my opinion some of your conclusions are open for question. For example, for...
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Philip Friel
phil_friel
Jan 9, 2008 11:00 pm
David, Thanks for the detailed response. When I refer to creating a "home studio", I don't mean turning a large chunk of my home, or even a single room, into a...
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Philip Friel
phil_friel
Jan 9, 2008 11:00 pm
Henrik, Thanks for this one. Another interesting item for the bookmarks, but, like John's suggestion (the Via Artigo Pico-ITX), it suffers from a number of...
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Philip Friel
phil_friel
Jan 9, 2008 11:00 pm
John, This looks very interesting, but has a number of limitations which I think rule it out for me. The lack of expandibility is a show-stopper - for...
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Albert Fong
atxalbert
Jan 9, 2008 11:42 pm
Philip, Looks like you have certain requirements that are important to you for your studio pc. Perhaps some of us can provide more system specific silent/quiet...
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John Paterson
duroby
Jan 10, 2008 5:29 am
Now that you have given me a more detailed requirement Philip, I think I may be able to make some different observations to my first reply, some of which may...
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Mike Chin
mikechinvan
Jan 10, 2008 1:37 pm
In case you have not already discovered it, www.silentpcreview.com has literally hundreds of extremely detailed articles, reviews and recommended ranked lists...
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Philip Friel
phil_friel
Jan 11, 2008 1:49 am
Albert - You guys are already helping a lot. I'm a long term computer user, but new on the computer audio hardware side of things. I've pretty much figured out...
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Ken Liu
kenneth_liu1
Jan 11, 2008 6:37 pm
Hi Philip - I think for you, it boils down to some fairly simple factors. Rule #1 Computers make noise. To deal with this, you can handle this in three ways 1)...
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Naoyuki Tai
naoyuki_tai
Jan 11, 2008 11:48 pm
a. The golden rule of silent PC is to make the machine consume less power. I'd pick AMD's 45W version of Athlon 64 X2. Intel Q6600 would not be good choice for...
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Philip Friel
phil_friel
Jan 13, 2008 4:43 am
John -- You've certainly given me a few things to chew on. Most notably the unexpected information that the 64bit version of Windows XP also has major problems...
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Philip Friel
phil_friel
Jan 13, 2008 4:45 am
Mike - I've taken a look at www.silentpcreview.com <http://www.silentpcreview.com> and agree that this is an excellent resource. I have a feeling that I'll be...
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Philip Friel
phil_friel
Jan 13, 2008 4:52 am
Ken - Moving the computer is not an option (not enough space - nowhere to move it to), and neither is accepting high levels of noise. So that leaves as the...
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Philip Friel
phil_friel
Jan 13, 2008 5:42 am
Tai, I didn't realize that the Intel Q6600 runs at 130W (I'll keep the Zalman Reserator in mind if I go with this one), or that AMD has an Athlon 64 X2 that...
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John Paterson
duroby
Jan 13, 2008 6:38 am
Ummm, Philip I think you may be overreacting to what I said, and those "bad XP 64" stories. Despite the need to be careful about the peripherals you use. If...
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David Neeley
dbneeley
Jan 13, 2008 8:14 pm
Phil, First, I still think you are looking at rather severe overkill for an audio production unit. Audio just isn't that much of a stressor for a modern ...
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Philip Friel
phil_friel
Jan 15, 2008 3:16 am
John - I'm basing most of my criticism of WinXP 64 on the comments that you (and others) have made about the poor memory management on systems with lots of...
