On Sat, 2005-11-19 at 01:03 -0800, Deaf Cat wrote: > Well I was rather thinking of the fan noise, > (power saving was a secondary thought $1.80, one or two extra beers a > month - I like that)
Depending on your computer it may be easy to fix. The price wars in the PC world are wicked, The manufacturers try to save every buck, quarter and penny. One way they do that is to specify the cheapest fans possible. They save 5 cents, and the thing howls like a jet engine The good news is that you can just replace the fans with better ones, larger ones, thermostatically controlled ones, and be amazed by how quiet it can get. Its easy, only takes a screwdriver and a few minutes. The not so good news is that good fans that would have cost the manufacturer fifteen cents, will cost your $8 at your local computer store. You can even get plastic isolation gaskets that keep the fan vibration from shaking the whole case like a drum. Unless you are a wild gamer, you can even get silent CPU coolers. About $20 for the CPU fan makes a huge difference, the really silent ones are double that. Depending on how noisy it was tp start, you can get 10dB really easily, and often 20dB. Measured on my trusty Radio Shack sound level meter. -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
