Generally speaking, Zalman has the best "quiet PC" solutions. They use large radius fans (>80mm) with a low revolution speed coupled with a copper/aluminum base.
You can find their solutions at newegg and other fine retail stores. Cheers, dave -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chad Robinson Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 9:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Freevo-users] OT Fans for athlons Matthew Bettencourt wrote: > Actually, more important, what db is considered quiet enough?? > THanks > Matt > > Matthew Bettencourt wrote: > >> I am looking for a quiet fan for my athlon 1200 freevo box. I have >> the stock fan that came with my hp and it is quite loud. ANy >> suggestoins. I am not sure how long this system will be around so I >> may not wanna spend too much $$ on one THanks matt That's a very good question. I've found this is very subjective. For instance, I've tried a fan rated for 22dbA that sounded louder than a 28dbA fan that happened to have a lower pitch. The higher the whine, the more you hear it. You need to look at sound and thermal engineering in a case holistically. For instance, it MAY be possible to get 5dbA quieter fan for your video card. But if you can replace it with one that doesn't use a fan, or put a big but very slow biscuit fan pointing right at it, you can get things down much more. Also, a noisy fan on the CPU is better than a noisy fan on the power supply, since it has to go through more to get to your ears. www.quietpc.com is a good source for quiet fans and other components, as well as fanless cooling solutions. There are other resellers, like www.directron.com, that also sell quietpc products and competitors. I don't shill for either place - it's the product that matters, not the seller. The best thing to do is start out by identifying the loudest component in your system by unplugging one thing at a time until the loudest noise goes away. In my current Freevo system this was actually the hard drive, not a fan, and replacing that with a quiet Seagate really helped. I removed the video card fan and replaced it with a much larger but slower and thus quieter case fan pointed at the card from the side. Finally, I replaced the power supply with a quieter version. You can still tell it's on, but it's definitely not as annoying. Regards, Chad ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1356&alloc_id=3438&op=click _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1356&alloc_id=3438&op=click _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
