... Hi I read you mail yesterday and now suddenly got a thought. I do have some (albeit not too much) overclocking experience, and I think cpu's with the same...
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Sami Rantala
sami.rantala@...
Aug 1, 2000 11:22 am
Hi, You are right that the cpu core's get better, but they still use same amount of power and thus generate approximately same amount of heat. Smaller die-size...
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Terry Gray
gray+silent@...
Aug 1, 2000 3:06 pm
Yes, the problem is precisely the process/die size... the earlier (lower speed) processors are .25 micron and the newer (higher speed) ones are .18 micron, so...
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Thomas Grov
aeon2@...
Aug 1, 2000 5:25 pm
Hi Do anyone here have any experience with Vapochill ? (http://www.vapochill.com/) It says 35db, and this means getting rid of all fans (except psu)... and it ...
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Allan Toombs
organic_acid@...
Aug 3, 2000 6:03 pm
1) Commerical heatsinks are made out of aluminium. Copper however has almost twice the conductivity. 2) Most heatsinks use a fan because natural convection...
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Sami Rantala
sami.rantala@...
Aug 4, 2000 8:59 am
Hi, Those who don't mind lousy performance and want silent computer, check here: http://www.ixbt-labs.com/cpu/cyrix3-533.html It seems that Cyrix3-533 doesn't...
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Terry Gray
gray+silent@...
Aug 5, 2000 5:49 am
... fyi, I've discovered one copper heatsink: http://www.swiftnets.com/mc370.htm Alas, they want $64 for it! I've also seen a review of an upcoming copper...
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Terry Gray
gray+silent@...
Aug 7, 2000 6:01 am
I purchased a Pentium III 667EB to test the hypothesis that underclocking a .18 micron processor is a viable way to get reasonable performance without needing...
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Thomas Grov
aeon2@...
Aug 7, 2000 9:00 am
... The Celeron will be available in 100 mhz bus in a while I have heard (at Celeron 800 and above I believe), so then it would be able to underclock too...
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Terry Gray
gray+silent@...
Aug 7, 2000 3:17 pm
... An Intel 800/100 processor would have a (locked) multiplier of 8. Since I'm not sure that running the FSB below 66MHz is feasible, let's use that as the...
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jluu@...
Sep 27, 2000 4:47 pm
Hi, there does not seem to be a great activity in the group for september as I seem to be the first one to post for the month. Anyway I want to share some...
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Johann O Jokulsson
joj@...
Sep 27, 2000 8:04 pm
Hey there listonians, I'm embarking on a watercooling project because I figured that with watercooling almost no fans will be needed, well, except for the...
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Arthur Gerla
silent-pc-list@...
Sep 27, 2000 9:49 pm
Hi all, ... I started with the Senfu (http://www.senfu.com.tw/net.htm) kit but wasn't happy with the pump. It's weak and quite noisy, so I replaced it with the...
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pierre.dupuy@...
Sep 28, 2000 7:18 am
... Is it with a 7200 or 5400 rpm version? Pierre...
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pierre.dupuy@...
Sep 28, 2000 7:19 am
... A simple way to avoid the PS fan problem is to remove it :-) It is probably a good solution as far as you do not have too many parts in your PC. I have...
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Tomas Risberg
tomas.risberg@...
Sep 28, 2000 9:10 am
... My contribution: Last week I bought a Papst 4312MW Variofan to replace the power supply fan in my Mac Quadra 800, which was very noisy. This power supply...
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Tomas Risberg
tomas.risberg@...
Sep 28, 2000 9:10 am
... I have done a huge job on trying to find an external convection cooled power supply for PCs, but haven't succeded. I even wrote to CETRA, a big industry...
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Arthur Gerla
silent-pc-list@...
Sep 28, 2000 10:38 am
Hi, ... I asked the hardware guys here at the department of CS, and they feel the same. However, I visited a large computer expo here in Utrecht last year. At ...
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Johann O Jokulsson
joj@...
Sep 28, 2000 2:05 pm
It's a 7200 ATA66 drive 20GB, model number: MPF3204AH...
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Terry Gray
gray+silent@...
Sep 28, 2000 4:00 pm
Tomas, I agree with Pierre that eliminating the PS fan is the way to go. I have been using a couple of systems with a convection-cooled internal ATX power...
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Sami Rantala
sami.rantala@...
Sep 28, 2000 4:42 pm
The method you used certainly works, but there is easier way to do it. The power cables that come from the PS have plugs with 4 pins. They have following...
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Johann O Jokulsson
joj@...
Sep 28, 2000 9:21 pm
Do you have an URL for this product? JoJ...
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Terry Gray
gray+silent@...
Sep 28, 2000 9:58 pm
Johann, The company's website is www.tkpower.com, but there is no mention of the convection cooled ATX supplies on the web site (that I could find). The...
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pierre.dupuy@...
Sep 29, 2000 9:55 am
Hello, More details about the noise of the power supply. I have just bought a 'silent PC' power supply. It is quite effective : the first time, I had to stop...
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pierre.dupuy@...
Sep 29, 2000 1:00 pm
... A modern power supply shoudl have an efficiency of 80 to 85%. This means that it will dissipate 15W for 100W delivered. Modern hard disk require 5-10 Watt....
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revvd@...
Oct 2, 2000 10:00 pm
Hi, I just signed up to this forum. Here are some links I came across but which I didn't see mentioned here: http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi- ...
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Michael Stubbs
mstubbs@...
Oct 4, 2000 6:05 am
... to see the fan starting to turn to be sure it was turning ! ... clealry hear it. I was disapointed in my "Silencer"; power supply, the PC noise was still ...
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J€ ¢Ã³hann € ¢Ã’³ J€ ...
joj@...
Oct 6, 2000 4:06 am
Interesting http://www.7volts.com/quiet.htm...
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anandp@...
Oct 6, 2000 6:47 am
Reading archives of silent-pc I concluded that the quietest drive I should buy would be the Fujitsu MPF3204AT-T. It is a 20.4GB/5400rpm. As someone here...
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befree2do@...
Oct 6, 2000 9:28 pm
How would you like to become the next Microsoft type millionaire?? You do not have to be computer/internet literate to do it, or buy any stock, or fancy...
