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- Mon Aug 12, 2002 2:32 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Silence is Golden -- but is it Hot?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4090
Hello, all. Welcome to my first post. <IMG SRC="modules/phpBB_14/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif"> <br> <br>I've been mucking about on the interior of my sleek new Athlon XP 1800+, Via KT266a based hyper-abacus here, and making some phenomenal progress with the silence issue. As with you all (I'm sure)...
- Mon Aug 12, 2002 2:32 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Silence is Golden -- but is it Hot?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4090
Dump the SilentDrive? How sad. It works so well! But I understand the heat issue...I debated this purchase awhile before making it. I guess I let myself be convinced by the claims that it *probably* would work fine with 7200 rpm drives. <IMG SRC="modules/phpBB_14/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif"> <br> ...
- Mon Aug 12, 2002 2:32 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Silence is Golden -- but is it Hot?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4090
Thanks! I'll definitely go check that deal out. Right now, I'm running a 20gb Maxtor, and am not even close to filling it up. Of course, I've only recently gotten a computer that is worth anything speed wise (after having the same old pentium I for 6 years), and I've been ripping cd tracks...so I'm ...
- Mon Aug 12, 2002 2:32 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Modding out PSU fan
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5897
- Mon Aug 12, 2002 2:32 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Thanks for a great new site
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7672
- Mon Aug 12, 2002 2:32 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Modding out PSU fan
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5897
I'll be interested to read that review, then. I'm fairly sensitive to noise--when I decided to finally invest in a new rig, my brain reached critical mass with research. I had the system custom built with silence in mind, and have continued modding it (accoustical dampening, snipping out the cutouts...
- Mon Aug 12, 2002 2:32 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Modding out PSU fan
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5897
- Mon Aug 12, 2002 2:32 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Underclocking CPUs?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5552
I checked out the How To on making a Silent Thin Client (at <!-- BBCode Start --><A HREF="http://www.ltsp.org/contrib/fanless_howto.html" TARGET="_blank">Hiretechs.com</A><!-- BBCode End -->). One thing that caught my eye (and I have seen comments like this before) is: <BR> <BR>"In order to bypass t...
- Mon Aug 12, 2002 2:32 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Underclocking CPUs?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5552
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- Mon Aug 12, 2002 2:32 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Faq link to HDD sandwidch article
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8865
To be thorough, the smartdrive should be added, true. But for $65?? That money would be better put towards a Barracuda IV with the HDD sandwich mod, IMO. But I'd be interested in seeing a review of it. Hey...any chance I could become an official reviewer for this site so I can get free samples to te...
- Mon Aug 12, 2002 2:32 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Review Suggestions?
- Replies: 114
- Views: 99097
I'd like to see the Smartdrive reviewed, with special attention paid to both silence and thermal properties (i.e., does it dissipate HDD heat effectively). <br> <br>I'd like to see a HDD silencer roundup/shootout, comparing the silencing of pro-products (SilentDrive,Smartdrive, etc..) and the HDD sa...
- Mon Aug 12, 2002 2:32 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Trying to build a duct from the CPU heatsink to the side of
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8988
From the CPU to the PSU? I assume that this only works in configurations where the CPU fan is blowing out from the heatsink, or there is no fan at all--if the fan is blowing towards the heatsink (which I've found works much better for cooling at lower fan speeds with my setup--an enermax adjustable ...
- Mon Aug 12, 2002 2:32 pm
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Question on water cooling - newbie needs help.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6659
Instead of replacing your CPU (which you apparently have already done, but I'll offer this anyway): <br> <br>"In order to bypass the need for a CPU fan, clock your processor down one or two steps and have a nice heat sink. I was running a Celeron 366mhz @ 366 mhz and I could still handle the heat si...
- Mon Aug 12, 2002 2:32 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Underclocking CPUs?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5552
Hmm...thanks for the informative response! This is definitely an intriguing idea...I'll have to do some more research, then see how much of a performance hit I'd have to take to achieve silence. I can decide whether or not its worth it to me then. Certainly worth looking into, though. Thanks! [addsig]
- Mon Aug 12, 2002 2:32 pm
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Anyone try SpeedFan software yet?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 12263
- Mon Aug 12, 2002 2:32 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: puter in a fridge
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8096
I considered this option for a bit, too, but in conjunction with a watercooling system (i.e., the reservoir tank inside a small fridge, not the whole system). On the plus side was instant access to sodas and snacks. The minus side, however, included the fact that, if this was an attempt to silence m...
- Mon Aug 12, 2002 2:32 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: New 'Cuda - Now what?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6843
Well, I just got my new Seagate Barracuda IV 80GB drive, to replace out my Maxtor DiamondMax 20GB that I had in a SilentDrive Enclosure (which was highly labeled a "bad thing"). So, I now have this perfectly good DiamondMax 20GB that is lying along the roadside on my journey towards silence. <br> <b...