You try running 17 drives in close proximity and see how hot they get. I think Google only suggested that hard drives do not need exotic cooling. You still don't want them running 50C.
Greg From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hayes Elkins Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 11:14 AM To: The Hardware List Subject: RE: [H] Quiet PC! You do know that Google pretty much killed the myth that hard drives need ample cooling? ________________________________________ > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [H] Quiet PC! > Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 11:10:33 -0500 > > That's essentially what I did...you actually can make a reservoir nearly > silent if you fill it full enough. > > My noise output went down, but my biggest obstacle is the 17 hard drives in > the case. The spindle motors aren't terrible, but the cooling requirements > suck. :( > > Greg > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 10:53 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [H] Quiet PC! > > Or build a watercooling setup based around a T-pipe filler (reservoirs seem > to create noise via turbulance) and a Thermochill PA120.3 rad with 3 x nexus > fans. > > Waterblocks on gfx card, cpu and motherboard chipset. > > You end up with a whisper in the background :) > > > > ________________________________________ Can you find the hidden words? Take a break and play Seekadoo! Play now!
