Heya, just thought I'd give you a couple more options: Reposition computer (Sticking it under or behind a desk can make a huge difference) Oil fans (Some people reported quieter operation after lubricating fans YMMV, but if you are going to replace them anyway *shrug*) Damping material (probably a b...

I definitely scanned the article and thought: "The only thing that matters in this article is price...which they left out."

I mean, SSdrives are already available- just outside of reasonable price range. This announcement doesn't really give much of a hint as to what the price will be.

The iMac is by far the quietest computer I've ever used. It isn't completely silent, I estimate the light hush from the fans to be roughly equivalent to an 80mm Panaflo at 7V from about a foot or 18 inches away. I don't hear the hard drive at all even when reading and writing many GB's. Wow! That's...

I don't know, cacheing games to hd seems like such a good idea, but also like one that would be disabled to prevent possible really easy nocd hacks, you know? Yet another way in which DRM makes our lives a little less pleasant.

Mind posting a link to your project post?

Non scratching material + Rubbing alcohol works well- but be careful, the grease makes a mess.

Most likely you can read the temperature with a program like DTemp, which is available in the downloads section of this website.

if it actually puts out a straight blast of air that could be very useful- ie. i think one of the reasons the zalman flower performs so well versus tower heatsink designs is that fans don't give out the straight blast of air. The boxy enclosed tower designs restrict airflow because the air is forced...

http://www.overclockers.com.au/techstuff/r_senfu_diy_house/ Anyone thought about using one of these for a passive PC? Any opinions on its viability/usefulness as a home always on pc:)? From what I see, it seems like it'd be completely unprotected from metal objects, children, pets, dust, rf... but a...

IsaacKuo, if you're going to go watercooling, why not set up a proper waterblock for the hddrives? then you can place them in a very thick homemade enclosure, with no need for the complex system you describe. I mean, there are commercial hd waterblocks :). As in this article from way back: http://ww...

So Jefe, would you say that acrylic would make an easier DIY case material than wood?


How does acrylic cases' acoustical properties compare with the wood cases you've seen Mike?

There was a post a while back from someone who tried to block the noise of a side panel fan in much the same manner as your intake muffler- he put a panel in front of the fan hole with a few inches clearance. It didn't work out very well, drastically reducing airflow.

I think they still make them for use while camping, there were a bunch of posts about that type of cooler. I think it was called a gas absorption cooler or an Einstein refrigerator. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein_Refrigerator Though lm doesn't want a new fridge so its kinda academic. my 2c, c...

I dunno, it seems like the 3000B would be a good case for you except that its too tall. With a low powered system like yours, I'm not sure the benefits of the 3000B are worth losing a drawer! It seems like your system runs cool enough that most cases will be able to handle its heat- so getting a sho...

Not that I have evidence to back it up (heaven forbid) but I recall a lot of people telling me that the world currently produces more than enough food to sustain the human population including meat consumption- their argument was that other factors were causing famine- infrastructure, corruption, et...

Getting back to the rat-eating topic: I think its important that someone address Rusty's argument wrt Darwinism, Perhaps a better plan is to just let darwinism take its course. If the birds aren't smart enough to change their behavior or nesting locations, then their species deserves to die off. I h...

Hey hey, sweet looking desk setup! I was thinking about the coffee table problem and had a couple ideas i thought might be plausible: 1. Sockets in the floor, covered when not in use by plugs of carpet. If you're cutting into the wall I figure you have the skillz to learn how to do a little electric...

I'm not sure if this is what you want, but I was looking at some external hd enclosures at Fry's which offer hotswapping- that is, you just plug it into USB and it will be recognized.

There was a slashdot story a while back about a guy who used batteries to power a mac mini- i think he described how he did it.

I'd use some nice volatile organic solvent that won't dissolve your tubing... 97% ethanol or acetone should dissolve most additives, and after flushing the residue should evaporate out of your system rapidly.

High purity Isopropyl alcohol should do it too.

I'm a little surprised by the optimism shown WRT the fan change. It seems like SPCR should philosophically be more interested in noise level than in the PSU fan MTBF reliability specification. I just feel like this may be signalling some sea change in SPCR...I dunno...a different direction, where ou...

Incidentally, if by water wetter you mean the stuff by "Red Line", there's a caution on their website: "Do not open a cooling system while hot"

http://www.redlineoil.com/whitePaper/17.pdf

Heh- rather sketchy safety information.

can you post a link? curious

I've got a newbie question and i've got the newbie's answer (hopefully you old hands can set me straight)
q: How do i search to forums and get a useful result for a common term?

eg. Zalman 7000
esp. terms that show up in many ppl's sigs...

AFAIK you just can't. Anyone else know different?

IMO with a kit like this you miss out on some of the silencing potential, in addition to not being able to OC, you also can't use it in conjunction with an enclosure for your hds.

If the water wetter stinks, maybe you should switch coolant mixtures.

Icewindius, I gotta agree with Lenny, unless your temps are problematic you shouldn't worry about the restricted intake space. If they are problematic you could either add more intake space, increase the volts on your exhaust fan, or add another intake fan. You already said that opening up all the P...

So I took a look at the articles on their site, and there was one which mentioned a company called cooligy, which has apparently designed a silent solid state water pump. Oooh :). It looks to me to be a lot like the "ionic wind" effect used in the ionic breeze. There's another company mentioned call...

An additional issue is that pumping would be impossible until the entire loop was unblocked- relying only on convection to cool the CPU until the cpu can melt all the metal. Which, while it might work (in the ideal situation it would stay at the freezing point ) is kinda iffy neh?

Its funny, the liquid metal system has the potential to change passive radiator design as well- one of the limitations of radiator design is problem with overly restrictive radiators reducing flow rate- like in a waterblock, a more restrictive radiator can often perform better per amt. of liquid flo...