- Joined
- Nov 27, 2002
- Location
- new jersey
okay, situation. I leave friday for college, and for the past 18 months I've enjoyed water(it works well, cools a bit better, to my satisfaction) but when I go to college my room mate may not tolerate the noise as much so I'm trying to cut down on noise and heat(condensing all to one hard drive for heat issues, and pump does heat....) anyway, heres the prob. I went to disconnect the fans on my case, to find out if they just needed to be modded or replaced maybe because the unit is noticably loud. I have 2 rear fans, the psu(fortron 530 watt) 'n a push/pull dual fan setup on a rad in the front along with one fan blowing on the mosfets. when I unplugged all of the fans I could(the three, 2 in the back, one on mosfets) the noise didn't drop, conclusion is that most of the noise is from the radiator 'n dual 120's. I have a similar rig(p4 with near specs, not as many hd's/cdroms, or expansion cards, but similar in speed 'n core chip) that isn't nearly as loud, only difference is it is air, this is water.
now, to solve this I was/am considering ordering a slk 947 to install so that I can hope to leave my comp on 24/7(avid folder).
so, I come asking you before I ditch water(possibly for good, because I don't know when I'd be able to come back) is there anything drastic you can suggest?
setup for water is as follows
WW block
1250 ehiem pump
120 mm aluminum fan x 2
shroud x 2
standard rad from dtek.
advice? I do like to "coolness" of water, but sound('n possibly heat) need to go.
now, to solve this I was/am considering ordering a slk 947 to install so that I can hope to leave my comp on 24/7(avid folder).
so, I come asking you before I ditch water(possibly for good, because I don't know when I'd be able to come back) is there anything drastic you can suggest?
setup for water is as follows
WW block
1250 ehiem pump
120 mm aluminum fan x 2
shroud x 2
standard rad from dtek.
advice? I do like to "coolness" of water, but sound('n possibly heat) need to go.