My WD drive is pretty quiet, it's 80gb serial, I think the JD model, it has the 8mb cache.

I'd say the strong have more power (rights) than the weak as a clarification of the above point. With capitalism, money=power, so rich=strong. Those who hate multinational companies might point to that as a reason they shouldn't exist, you take rich/poor to a national level and thousands if not mill...

Isn't AS5 also electrically conductive, while ceramique isn't?

You can become the newest convert to the wooden case sensation! You can build it to fit what you have, just be careful with those tools (I'm tending to a fingertip that likely could use a stitch or two). With a router and a dovetail jig, you can make a Norm Abrams work of art!

I think they are stating the background noise when they measured the sound output of the fan, which is pretty cool. Someone here posted the math on how the fan noise+background noise=recorded noise.

I've used automotive manifold ducting (bought cheaply at most auto stores) to create a heat-resistant tube running from the outside of the case to the cpu heatsink. It's very rigid and holds it shape. You could attach a case fan to one end and blow outside air directly onto the cpu using this method...

Since the pipe felt equally warm along the entire length, and as you said it will dissipate heat at any point if that's where your cooler is located, I wonder then if a pipe were wrapped around the entire case, with the ends coming together at the cpu would work well. You'd have the pipe clamped/fit...

I was testing my new case the other day and installed speedfan to watch temps and rpms. There was a checkbox to have it adjust speeds automatically, and as the machine warmed up with cpuburn the fans also sped up a little at a time. It might be worth checking out.

I wonder if you get any turbulence noise from the rear fan being so close to the cpu hs/fan? Maybe it doesn't when only part of the fan is close like that, seems like barely half an inch there.

Well totally silent isn't really needed unless you live in a sound chamber or something along those lines, so I think you could make a system that's "effectively silent". The new Aerocase videocard cooler angled to fit with a large cpu cooler like the Ninja, some quiet 120mm fans mounted to prevent ...

I wonder when this system is inserted inside a closed case, whether it would help to insulate the pipes at their midpoint so that the pipes are not dissipating heat back into the case near the cpu. Ultimately a good deal of the efficiency will be tied to how cool you keep the cool end, so a water co...

Actually this thread can help shed light on the assumption that overclocking requires a big fat PSU, which draws more power and results in more heat/cooling/noise. An OC enthusiast who also wants to minimize the cooling needed and thus noise can see that so long as the various voltages are stable a ...

I'm pretty sure you'll get a lot of sound reflecting off hard surfaces, especially the higher frequencies. I think I've read of folks putting some fabric on the wall behind the exhausts to absorb some of that sound, it might help you as well.

Libraries don't offer copying services to members, they let them borrow the original media to listen to for a couple days. You can hand your original CD to a friend to share it without breaking the law. The library is just like a video store, except they don't charge as much if at all (mine charges ...

An unfortunate side effect of getting rid of laws which limit what you can do at the expense of others, is that eventually someone will take advantage of you using those same new freedoms. Take the argument for downloading music as an example-some people download it for free even though they should ...

Nice lack of cables there! Maybe you can put some LEDs in it shining on the glass edges, to highlight it? Maybe a plexi piece attached to the glass with etching in it, to pick up the light as well. Nice work!

Just use short bursts of air, not long continuous streams. You can put your finger on the fan to prevent it from spinning too. I expect that the other issue is that the compressed air is pushing on just 1 side of the fan, rather than evenly on all sides, twisting the blade as it spins. This would ca...

Would you be able to take the 'C/W factor at a given voltage, and multiply that by the wattage you wish to test? Here we see the Ninja offers .27C/W at 7V. Multiply by 125W and you get 33.75C over ambient. Then you compare your ambient temps to the max safe temp of the cpu. Is that how you could tel...

Excellent work! With the speaker tops, they look like blue-pupiled eyes-needs a power button for a nose! :D I've started constructing my wooden case, I have the basic framework done and started cutting the exterior panels out, but was ambushed by another project. So now I have extra shelving over my...

As long as the visual tool used has a set scale I can see where you could make comparisons. If the image scales to the greatest noise peak on each sample though, it would be a problem I guess. It would just seem a person would have to train themselves to mentally map noise to a charts bands so that ...

Both the lower fan blowing up into the case and the ducted cpu fan blowing into the case are providing positive pressure, and the only exhaust is at the top, aided by thermal flow. I'm not sure what else could be done to increase that flow really, without also increasing the case size to allow for s...

Something all the charts/graphs/descriptions don't porvide, but the sound recordings do, is how these sounds will come out in a reader's personal setting. For example, I went from a carpeted office to laminate flooring, and it has changed the perceived noise in the room (much easier to track little ...

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Don't knock baby-eatin until ya try it!

/fatbastard

I prefer the term "visually impaired/mentally ill" but thanks for the link! I'll be looking those up as that looks like a great option.

A temperature change does not imply a change in total heat when the airflow is altered as well. In your example, the air might be colder, but it will not cool the cabin as well as with a higher fan speed. Yup, say if reducing airflow drops teh temperature by 15%, but you have 40% less airflow due t...

As an Asus fanboy the ASRock is right up your alley, it's made by Asus as well. I have the 939sata2 board as well, and it works great. I currently have an x800 and A64-3000 in it, in another year or two I'll upgrade both and not have to worry about another MB. I tend to upgrade every other year, and...

Are you mostly hearing the hissing of air, or vibration sounds from the fans being in contact with the cabinet? If I'm not mistaken, different materials would be used to address each (and decoupling the vibrating bits in the latter case).

Cool ideas, my main concern was mounting to a pretty thin piece of wood, since the PSU will be snug up against the other side of the same panel and the wood screws would poke out the other side. I figured I could dremel the exposed tips off as well. I agree with using some soft washers behind the MB...

Since this topic seemed the perfect match, I have a trouble spot on my own design. I'm wanting to mount the motherboard to a vertical piece of wood which will devide my system in half, with the PSU and HDD mounted on the other side of this panel. My question/problem is how to mount items to this boa...

Wait, is that also a rhetorical question?