Put on a portable AM walkman radio and move around the house / office. There are endless signals these days.
On Fri, 2003-06-06 at 11:30, Bob Miller wrote: > Ben Barrett wrote: > > > Eeek, don't these have major EMF/RFI shielding issues? Starting with > > not being FCC certified, moreover simply not being very safe (in that > > the contents of a PC *belong* in a faraday cage, no?)... although I > > plead partial ignorance, I wanted to ask. Most geeks will not argue > > about the coolness factor, but are they safe? Also, acrylic is so > > brittle! Gah... > > Safe? Electromagnetic radiation won't hurt you (certain "alternative" > opinions aside), it'll just mess up your WiFi and your cell phone and > maybe your neighbors' TV and radio reception. > > That said, yes, EMI-tested cases make good neighbors. > > > My question: what is the cheapest way to *quietly* make a system cool? > > Here's the mother lode of quiet computing resources. They have lots > of good info both about cheap, and about extreme low noise. > > http://www.silentpcreview.com/ > > > I'd love to [eventually] get a nice watercooler > > Cheap is not water cooling. Water cooling isn't really quiet, either, > because you still use a fan to cool the radiator. It's a bigger fan, > so it can spin a little slower, but it isn't a panacea. I put > waterblocks on the dual Athlons a year and a half ago, and I've been > working ever since to get the noise down (and keep them from crashing > -- they generate A LOT of heat). > > I'm thinking about scrapping my water cooling setup in a couple of > months and going back to CPU fans because it hasn't been reliable, and > it's been high maintenance all along. And the noise is still too > strong for my taste, both the fans and the pump's vibration. (I like > to listen to quiet music in the office.) > > > Can I put the storage array in the freezer? > > Unlike solid state devices, disk drives have a fairly high minimum > working temperature. The lubricant gets funky and the metal gets > brittle when it's too cold. > > -- > Bob Miller K<bob> > kbobsoft software consulting > http://kbobsoft.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > EuG-LUG mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug > _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
