Hi guys the groups has run silent for a while. On my front I started tec assisted water cooling, however I replaced the noisy 92 mm fan with a Pabst fan to...
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duroby
Sep 25, 2010 4:13 am
G'day Terramir. It is really good to hear from you. I am just fine down here. I have bought a new production PC... as you say they are getting quieter these...
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terramir
Sep 25, 2010 5:54 am
hey john now if we can get the rest of the gang together would be cool :)Anyways nas boxes on raid 1 tend to be slow, because they have to mirror write...
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charlweed
Sep 25, 2010 5:05 pm
I'm building a new HTPC this week. I just ordered: # AMD Phenom II X4 925 Deneb 2.8 GHz 4x512 KB L2 Cache Socket AM3 95W quad core Processor $162.91 # ZOTAC...
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terramir
Sep 25, 2010 6:50 pm
all depends on what sort of case you have if you can fit a 120 mm fan or two you might want to get low noise ones and under-volt them a bit. and get a...
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duroby
Sep 26, 2010 1:51 am
All you say is correct of course Terramir. That is if you use normal "built-in" controllers where the data rate is directly associated with the drive...
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terramir
Sep 26, 2010 3:53 am
Dude if you know so much about it why dun you make a solaris x86/64 box with raid z based on a atom 330 board with wake from lan, with raid-z you'd have a ton...
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David Smith
dvdcsmth
Sep 26, 2010 6:20 am
. How long until we have relatively inexpensive RAM drives - say 250GB? That's quiet. It's possible now to buy 64GB and plug in a bigger disk only when you...
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duroby
Sep 26, 2010 6:32 am
I am too sick, old and tired Terramir. I hardly have the energy to use the damn things these days. :-( I have enough bits to build two, maybe three, computers...
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terramir
Sep 26, 2010 7:23 pm
do you mean SSD? or real ram drives, SSD solid state is not ram it's flash. BTW SSD are available in 256 GB and even 512GB capacity they just cost an arm and...
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jm67us
Sep 27, 2010 3:42 pm
Semi OT: Intending to add another fan for hard disks, (temps range from 32 to 38), I find this info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_disk_drive “”” A...
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Mike Chin
mikechinvan
Sep 27, 2010 3:52 pm
It is difficult to assess whether the google study has broad validity because there are no other studies of that scale. Your HDD temperatures are perfectly...
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Jeff Osier-Mixon
kaulike
Sep 27, 2010 6:16 pm
I agree completely. In my experience, power fluctuations (such as brownouts) eat components far, far more often than temps. Better to spend the money on a...
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David Smith
dvdcsmth
Sep 27, 2010 6:21 pm
. Oops, yes, SSD. Thanks. Affordable big SSD drives. Doesn't matter all that much if a moving drive itself is very quiet, does it, so long as there's a noisy...
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jm67us
Sep 27, 2010 6:58 pm
Thank you for your response. I do respect your perspective. I have visited silentpcreview many times to learn lots of good stuff. The google study indicates...
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terramir
Sep 27, 2010 7:07 pm
Well yes this actually was availible 10 years ago it was called a mac cube LOL. They had a space for a fan, however the models that came out (it really...
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terramir
Sep 27, 2010 7:20 pm
these days if you pick the right fan like a 120 mm fan @ like 6V it's barely audible @ 1m. I have had failures due to failure to cool hard disk drives, so I...
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Mike Chin
mikechinvan
Sep 27, 2010 7:59 pm
There have been a handful of very well documented studies by SPCR forum members on chimney stack convection cooling. The gist of their work -- Any significant...
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Albert Fong - Rogers
atxalbert
Sep 27, 2010 9:02 pm
Hello everyone, Just checking in. The noise from my PC and laptop doesn't catch my attention anymore. Maybe it is a combination of hearing loss and higher...
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David Smith
dvdcsmth
Sep 27, 2010 10:12 pm
. ... . Fair enough. But I don't work on large video files all that often. Can plug in, work, unplug, blessed silence. . -- David Smith / david@... ...
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David Smith
dvdcsmth
Sep 27, 2010 10:24 pm
. ... . Our main PC competes with the refrigerator for attention. The fridge is an old one and will probably give up the ghost in a year or two, to be replaced...
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duroby
Sep 27, 2010 11:06 pm
In way of agreeing with Mike; there is a major difference between "server" drive use and "home" drive usage - the drive activity level. Server drive are rarely...
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pctech_info
Sep 28, 2010 1:15 pm
I've posted a video review of Corsair's new Mid Tower Case. It's steel chassis and low rpm 200mm fans may appeal to Silent PC enthusiasts. ...
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duroby
Sep 28, 2010 2:23 pm
Just a thought Mike; would it be a sensible effort to rig a fairly normal-size, if tall, tower case with all the air entries low down, and the only exit via a...
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Jeff Osier-Mixon
kaulike
Sep 28, 2010 4:29 pm
Excellent points on this thread, thanks. Although now I want to build a 5-foot-tall PVC chimney and give it a try. :) ... [Non-text portions of this message...
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terramir
Sep 28, 2010 10:49 pm
Silent Pc review is not the authority on all things computer or cooling :p honestly a chimney case should be doable, it's just a matter of the right design...
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terramir
Sep 28, 2010 10:52 pm
ehhh you want that chimney to be over the two greatest heat generators, i.e. the cpu and the power supply so about the middle of the top of the case If you...
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Mike Chin
mikechinvan
Sep 28, 2010 11:47 pm
... This seems eminently feasible, John; the main issue is just how much heat you're trying to evacuate. If it's not too much, sure it'd work. But how ...
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Robin Whittle
Robin_Whittle
Sep 29, 2010 2:16 am
I don't plan to make one, but here are some thoughts on making a chimney: The higher the better, of course. The wider the better, to reduce air resistance. The...
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terramir
Oct 1, 2010 5:19 am
My plans for a new case and computer, a cube design around 43 cm or 17.7 inches one compartment for freezone extra rad and the pelt setup. otherside the...
