Fanless Via C3 System
Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2002 5:40 pm
Sorry If this runs a bit long, but if MikeC or anyone else has some insight, I'd like to hear it.
I'm interested in building a fanless (except for the power supply) system using a micro atx case and a "all in one" 370 motherboard using a C3 processor. I guess my first question is which family of processor is able to be run fanless. I notice some adveritsed combos come with a Samuel Processor- is the Ezra simply better suited? Also how little ventelation would be required? Since I want to run the system with no fans, could it run passively as long as the case had sufficient openings.
In a related matter is the hard drive, a Seagate barracuda. They do seem to run on the hot side (or maybe this is the case with 7200 rpm drives in general). Mounted in the the drive bay, it remains "not too hot", but of course it makes much more noise there than on the bottom of the case set on a piece of foam. There in my mid tower case with with a heat sink and 5.5 mounting rails attached to aid cooling, the temp approaches nearly 50C. Regardless of the long term health of the drive, I'm not sure how this would affect the processor is a smaller inclosure. Is the aluminum sandwich method the only reliable passive cooling option? Does anyone have experience with the Seagate 5200 rpm drives? I would hope they would be as quiet and run cooler than the barracuda drives. I know Samsung has a reputation as being quite and cool, but I don't know if they compare closely with Seagate.
I'm interested in building a fanless (except for the power supply) system using a micro atx case and a "all in one" 370 motherboard using a C3 processor. I guess my first question is which family of processor is able to be run fanless. I notice some adveritsed combos come with a Samuel Processor- is the Ezra simply better suited? Also how little ventelation would be required? Since I want to run the system with no fans, could it run passively as long as the case had sufficient openings.
In a related matter is the hard drive, a Seagate barracuda. They do seem to run on the hot side (or maybe this is the case with 7200 rpm drives in general). Mounted in the the drive bay, it remains "not too hot", but of course it makes much more noise there than on the bottom of the case set on a piece of foam. There in my mid tower case with with a heat sink and 5.5 mounting rails attached to aid cooling, the temp approaches nearly 50C. Regardless of the long term health of the drive, I'm not sure how this would affect the processor is a smaller inclosure. Is the aluminum sandwich method the only reliable passive cooling option? Does anyone have experience with the Seagate 5200 rpm drives? I would hope they would be as quiet and run cooler than the barracuda drives. I know Samsung has a reputation as being quite and cool, but I don't know if they compare closely with Seagate.