Quietest way to cool a system

[spnorth00]

What is the quietest way to cool a system?

Keith

[combatmedic]

Turn it off. :-)

-Mike

[Zazuk]

water cooling and it is better at cooling.

[Acko]

All this hype about water cooling but what if you get a leak?

Sure could be expensive & dangerous!

Fan cooling for me!

Acko

[ol' man]

Originally posted by Acko
All this hype about water cooling but what if you get a leak?

Sure could be expensive & dangerous!

Fan cooling for me!

Acko


I say cryo cooling:D


http://hhrol.bobsville.com/cryo.jpg


-15 deg. C. Believe the hype!

[Acko]

WHAT`S ALL THAT ABOUT????

Acko

[Szech]

Well, if you want to stick to air cooling,

- Change out your power supply for an Enermax Whisper or a Zalman ST300BLP.
- Change out your case fans for larger, quiet fans (e.g. Papst, Panaflo).
- Change out your processor HSF for a quieter one (Alpha 8045 w/a Papst or Panaflo).
- Remove anything obstructing airflow (turbulent airflow is noisy).

And if all else fails, coat your case with Dynamat.

Some more good information here (http://www.7volts.com/quiet.htm)

[The Overclocker]

or go deaf

[PCTroll]

Eeee, is it this way that larger fans are more silent than smaller ones???
Thank you.

[ol' man]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by PCTroll
Eeee, is it this way that larger fans are more silent than smaller ones???
Thank you. [/QUOTI find they are if they are at 7v but that is with any fan.

[Szech]

Larger fans are not necessarily quieter than smaller fans. But they can put out the same amount of air with much less noise.

For instance, the Delta FFB0612EHE puts out 50.1 CFM @ 54.5 dBA and is a 60mm fan. A Panaflo FBA09A12H puts out 56.8 CFM @ 35 dBA and is a 92mm fan.

[adamtekh]

A VERY LARGE PASSIVE HEATSINK , all copper or something like that maybe a 80 mm @ 5 V on it ....... temps arpund 45 + im sure

but it wouldnt be loud

[Maximus Nickus]

Extend your cables (monitor etc) down the road and lock ur pc in a cupboard....

But if it breaks free....:eek:

[Wicked Klown]

Anyone know a way to quiet down a delta 80mm 68c.f.m. fan. I can't hear the H.D.D. or the case fans just the Delta. Me it don't bother but the Ol Lady don't like it.

[Szech]

You could do the 7 volt trick (hook the +12 to the positive wire, hook the +5 to the negative wire).

Or (the method I prefer), hook up a rheostat (a.k.a. potentiometer) inline to the fan, and lead the rheostat to the front of the case. Dial up the speed while the ol lady ain't around, turn the speed down when she is. The 68 cfm Delta is a powerful one though. One second... (new window, Plycon.com, Delta fan). Ah. 0.87 amps. 10.44 watts. Nevermind. You won't find a pot that strong. I'd sugguest you get a LM317 voltage regulator, and hook the potentiometer up to that to dial up/down the voltage/speed/noise.

Or you could just hook up a dual throw switch, to switch it between 12 and 7 volts.

[ButcherUK]

Originally posted by Klownin79
Anyone know a way to quiet down a delta 80mm 68c.f.m. fan. I can't hear the H.D.D. or the case fans just the Delta. Me it don't bother but the Ol Lady don't like it.
Buy a new fan :)

[adamtekh]

two + no work their bud , i think your think thinking -5

[Vega]

Thats exactly what i said to someone on this forum, but as they are both essentially from the same supply, but at different potentials, there is a potential difference between the two, thus, it does actually work.

This would not be the case if the fan were to be a.c

[ButcherUK]

Originally posted by adamtekh
two + no work their bud , i think your think thinking -5
-5 wouldn't work:
12 - 5 = 7
12 - -5 = 17
Assuming the fan didn't burn out you'd probably blow your psu by overloading the -5V line.

[OddOne]

Originally posted by ol' man
I say cryo cooling:D

** Picture snipped! **

-15 deg. C. Believe the hype!

Bah, I get -6 C @ load, -15 C @ idle out of my Peltier/water setup. And it's a lot friendlier to work on. :D

oO

[ol' man]

Originally posted by OddOne


Bah, I get -6 C @ load, -15 C @ idle out of my Peltier/water setup. And it's a lot friendlier to work on. :D

oO

Why do you think that? This is actually easy to work on.

What is so hard about this.

[Stephen Castles]

putting the entire PC in oil might be silent, but it eats or swells the gastkets in the capacitors:eek:

[Stephen Castles]

i just now see the picture because it finnaly loaded and it looks like your using a refrigerator, good idea, and i get get em for 60 to 70 bucks, good idea. I was thinking about the same thing prior to this article, i saw it on pcrivals.com , they put the entire computer in there though :). If i can get ahold of a second hand refrigerator that would be cool. i was thinking exactly what you were thinking

[adamtekh]

ok what about -12 + -12 + -5 + (+ 12) this is on a AT PSU from a Ibm PS2

yes fan worked

[Stephen Castles]

i have tried the 7v trick and it works fine, you must have a load on the 12v and 5v lines or they will both drop/go up to 7v, so a bare AT PSU on a bench with no load wont work but one a computer with a load on it will work fine:D

[adamtekh]

ill try it on my 200 some day

[OddOne]

Originally posted by ol' man
Why do you think that? This is actually easy to work on.

What is so hard about this.

Looks you need MAD condensation protection, hehehe... :D

oO