Quietest SFF computer?
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Here's one with an 80mm fan!
Hello:
From this review at Dan's Data:
http://www.dansdata.com/m10000.htm
is the Skyhawk IMC-6261
and this is the back of the unit:
From this review at Dan's Data:
http://www.dansdata.com/m10000.htm
is the Skyhawk IMC-6261
and this is the back of the unit:
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Hey! Did you read the "Silent Tek" section? It quotes *this site*! I hope this is with SPRC's permission...tywen wrote:I stumbled upon this Aopen SFF using the SilentTek and a 80MM fan.
http://solution.aopen.com.tw/xc/simplic ... efault.htm
Also, it comes in either Nforce or 865G chipsets with an AGP and PCI.
Hoping this will be a quiet SFF.
Does anyone know if that XC Cube comes with an AGP. This box looks really interesting.
I had my hopes up with the Shuttle, but after seeing the reviews about the noise that this box creates, I decided not to get it.
I'm sure, like most people here, are waiting for an SFF that has power both in CPU and Graphics, and the only way that's going to happen is with the AGP slot.
I had my hopes up with the Shuttle, but after seeing the reviews about the noise that this box creates, I decided not to get it.
I'm sure, like most people here, are waiting for an SFF that has power both in CPU and Graphics, and the only way that's going to happen is with the AGP slot.
The MSI Mega uses an 80mm PSU fan (from the looks of it) and comes with AGP and PCI. It has the ability to use radio/CD/DVD devices without powering on the computer too. Probably quite expensive, but looks to be a good candidate for quiet mods.
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/ ... hp?UID=431
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/ ... hp?UID=431
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I posted this a long time ago, but this could be a quiet SFF by SPCR standards.
http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewto ... terminator
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I would like one of these small systems if it were quiet and powerful as my PC is now. That XCube is atractive. It would be great for Mike to review it. The fan configuration sounds interesting. I would like at least on AGP slot and one PCI slot for my Radeon VE and my sound card (unless I could fit a USB sound card).
Steve
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Both the XCube and MSI look good. I hope the manufacturers are paying attention to this site. I think the all the posts are screaming QUIET SFF! So far I've had the shuttles and Chyang Fun's E-Cube and they all suck as far as noise. I'm afraid to buy anymore SFF's it gets reviewed here. I don't want anymore surprise. Mike, hope you get review both of those. I hate the towers and would like to get something out of the box quiet.
My guess is that Soldam will come out with the first one or offer a cooling for the first that is clearly less noisy than others.
They have just released Soldam AquaGizmo liquid cooling kit which sould cool up to 150W and should fit SFF PCs as well.
http://www3.soldam.co.jp/AG/feat.html
As soon as somebody puts that into an Athlon 64 + hi perf GPU system, then I think we have a contender.
SOldam has their own SFF PCs, but they don't contain the liquid cooling kit (at least not yet).
They have just released Soldam AquaGizmo liquid cooling kit which sould cool up to 150W and should fit SFF PCs as well.
http://www3.soldam.co.jp/AG/feat.html
As soon as somebody puts that into an Athlon 64 + hi perf GPU system, then I think we have a contender.
SOldam has their own SFF PCs, but they don't contain the liquid cooling kit (at least not yet).
Just incase you didn't know, this looks like a good SFF discussed in...
http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=8727
...the whole system (PSU included) is cooled by a single 92mm fan, and there are athlon and P4 versions...
http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=8727
...the whole system (PSU included) is cooled by a single 92mm fan, and there are athlon and P4 versions...
Latest c't magazine 3/2004 tested 35 mini-pc's on the European market and they measured their noise as well.
I'm not sure I understand their dBA measurement technique from their German description (I use mostly babelfish as my German is next to non-existent).
However, I think they used four parallel microphones at 50 cm from the computer and computed the dBA figure from them (?).
I think the dbA figures are maximum figures achieved when playing back DivX movie from the hard disk.
The magazine gives more weight to sone values as they reflect more accurately how human hearing scales loudness (1,0 being baseline, then 0,5 if half as loud and 2,0 twice as loud).
They give excellent mark in terms of acoustic performance to Asus DigiMatrix AB-V10 (sone rating 0,5).
I'm hoping the German speaking readers of the forum can fill in the details about the test methodology and other issues.
regards,
Halcyon
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SFF maker / model dBA sone
Abit DigiDice AB-2003 46,1 3,7
AOpen XC Cube EZ18 32,2 1,4
AOpen XC Cube EZ 65 29,4 0,8
Asus DigiMatrix AB-V10 25,9 0,5
Asus Pundit AB-P 2600 46,6 2,9
Biostar iDEQ 200N 43,5 3,1
Biostar iDEQ 200P 39,1 2,2
Biostar iDEQ 200S 32,1 1,0
Biostar iDEC 200T 36,9 1,5
Biostar iDEQ 200V 30,3 0,8
Chenming Fusion H865G 41,7 2,8
Chenming Fusion 845E 32,6 1,0
Chenming Fusioni HK7N 37,7 1,6
ECS EZ-Buddie D1V7-2 36,2 1,5
ECS EZ-Buddie D4I4-1 35,5 1,0
Gigabyte G-Max Sa4 LB v2.0 36,8 1,8
Gigabyte G-Max TA4 V2.0 39,0 1,7
IWill XP4 EVO 42,8 2,5
IWill ZPC 35,2 1,6
MSI Hetis 865GV 33,8 1,2
Mega 180 34,6 1,4
Mega 651 36,7 1,2
QDI-S9881 43,3 3,3
Shuttle XPC SB62G2 39,9 2,1
Shuttle XPC SB65G2 36,6 2,0
Shuttle XPC SB75G2 36,2 1,7
Shuttle XPC SK43G 37,5 1,9
Shuttle XPC SN45G 32,8 1,2
Shuttle XPC SN85G4 29,1 0,8
Shuttle XPC SS56G 34,3 1,4
Shuttle XPC ST61G4 35,2 1,6
Shuttle XPC ST6K[Zen] 29,6 0,8
Soltek Qbic EQ-3401A 27,1 0,6
Soltek Qbic EQ-3402M 36,1 1,7
Soltek Qbic EQ-3702A 37,7 2,0
However, I think they used four parallel microphones at 50 cm from the computer and computed the dBA figure from them (?).
I think the dbA figures are maximum figures achieved when playing back DivX movie from the hard disk.
The magazine gives more weight to sone values as they reflect more accurately how human hearing scales loudness (1,0 being baseline, then 0,5 if half as loud and 2,0 twice as loud).
They give excellent mark in terms of acoustic performance to Asus DigiMatrix AB-V10 (sone rating 0,5).
I'm hoping the German speaking readers of the forum can fill in the details about the test methodology and other issues.
regards,
Halcyon