That URL doesn't work for me. Do you get specs on exactly how quiet the systems are? The opinion on "quiet" might vary, remember the Enermax PSUs. /Mirar...
Excuse me, I was only trying to be helpful, suggesting a better source of sound dampening for computers, considering the retail products that are being hyped...
Andrew Hon
ashon@...
May 1, 2002 7:08 am
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Mirar, They are using a zalman 300W power supply, zalman heatsink (CNPS 5500 for the P4 I picked), and seagate hard drive, so it should be fairly quiet (you...
... I'm just over-sensitive. :-) ... It might. Do you have any stats on what frequencies it absorbs? High frequencies seems to bounce easily on any flat...
... I meant like dB(A) ratings on the total computer. If there isn't any, you should ask for it. If someone says something is "extremely quiet", it's the least...
http://www.foamorder.com/soundgraph.gif If you look at foamorder's acoustic foam section, they show this graph of the acoustic absorption coefficient for their...
Andrew Hon
ashon@...
May 1, 2002 7:34 am
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... I wish siliconacoustics would accept INTL orders. I have to jump through hoops to get anything from them. ... I tried out my Barracuda in a NoVibes. My...
Power Factor Correction is important to the following: - owners of power lines. A power factor that deviates from unity results in more current through the...
Doug Ransom
doug_ransom@...
May 1, 2002 3:39 pm
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... 5500 ... fairly ... I bought a pair of Zalman 6000Cu flower coolers from Sharka a few months back. When they got here, I realized that they wouldn't fit on...
... cd's to ... with ... Actually, I'm not too fond of Lame, to be honest. Sure, it's free, and if you like to encode at higher bitrates, it's probably worth a...
... optical ... Heh. You underestimate the power of the lowest price. These days people will do anything to save a buck. If Best Buy can still be in operation...
I dunno, sounds an awful lot like Roxio's DirectCD, or Prassi's ABCD, to me... I've never been impressed with such things. You do bring up a good point,...
Is there a big diff in noise level between Seagates Barracuda 80 and 40 gig? I've heard that the 40 gig is the ultimate quiet hdd... But i want the 80 =). ...
Torbjörn Stavås
luser@...
May 1, 2002 9:37 pm
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... and 40 gig? I've heard that the 40 gig is the ultimate quiet hdd... But i want the 80 =). ... I don't have a Barracuda but I have read about them on...
I have a 40 Gb and my brother has the 80 Gb, so I guess I could arrange a comparison, maybe this weekend. Andrew ... From: moltencrater...
Andrew Hon
ashon@...
May 1, 2002 10:56 pm
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Hey Y'all, I tried a search in the archives for this one but "monitor" is obviously a keyword that refers to more than the subject of my question :-) Ive used...
... no no -- think bigger. This is the perfect reason to justify picking up that LCD monitor that you've always wanted. :) -- Interested in Silent Computing? ...
Kurt Lieber
silent-pc@...
May 2, 2002 12:40 am
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Hmm, interesting comments. I was not aware of the alternatives for high quality ripping, however EAC seems to do fine for me so I really don't need another....
I have tried both easy cd and nero and definately prefer Nero. -Ken ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your...
My refurbished 21" Dell Trinitron also buzzes, but only intermittently, so I attribute it to being low quality and having some problem - perhaps the reason...
Andrew Hon
ashon@...
May 2, 2002 1:21 am
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I have purchased items from Robert Jung at Zalmantech USA and found them to be accommodating and fair. ... From: Mirar To: Silent-PC@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
... Most monitors don't make a noticeable noise. Of the three CRTs I've had, only one of them buzzes. And it only buzzes when I run it with my PC (it's fine...
Hey Dave, Well, I don't know whether its just that my monitor is quieter or that your pc is quieter or maybe the wall behind your monitor indeed reflects the...
... There is some, regarding buzzing from monitors and fanless PSUs. The consensus is that it's almost impossible to get rid of. (You can of course dampen it...
Visit Seagate and you can read the specs. If you are referring to Series IV, then the 40 gig has very slightly better acoustical figures than the 80 gig....
Interesting topic. My Philips brilliance 107MP is annoyingly noisy, depending heavily on the resolution / refresh combination. There is a quite high pitched ...
I will have both versions within a couple weeks, if I remember, I will comment on them. -Ken ... __________________________________________________ Do You...
... however EAC ... use your ... Yeah, I was just noting the other options. :) ... Part of me wants to just yell "absolutely," but to be fair, I put a little...
... Oh, so do I, without a doubt. Easy CD Creator just isn't flexible enough. It's made for people who want simple step-by-step wizards, and for that it does...
Okay, basically I've come to the realization that my power supply is now the loudest thing in my computer. Which is a shame because it's a 400W "Silencer" unit...
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