On Sat, Jul 26, 2003 at 03:36:28PM -0700, Jan Coffey wrote: > Water cooled is definaly a possible first step. Anyone have any other > ideas for keeping the video card cool? Anyone know of a 450W power > supply with a quiet fan?
I think the ultimate in quiet and powerful would be to build a soundproof box to put the entire case inside. Of course, soundproof (plexiglass and foam box would work) probably also means thermally insulating. So you have to find a quiet way to get the heat out of the soundproof box. One way to do that would be to run two pipes or hoses through the box for coolant, with a big heatsink inside connected to the coolant. Then you have the problem of creating a quiet recirculating cooler. Or you could put the recirculating cooler outside the house, like a central air conditioning heat exchanger. Or if you don't mind using a lot of water, you could just run cold water constantly through the box and down the drain. Or you could just buy CPUs and graphics cards that are about 2 steps down from state of the art, they are usually more optimized for low power/low heat production. Then you could design a system that doesn't need forced air cooling at all (like many notebook computers before the P4). -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
