Stewart Stremler wrote:
Get a $15 bathroom exhaust fan and $20 of plywood and hardware, and build a box to put your machine(s) in. Talk to the audio geeks about what to use as sound-proofing, and you could probably both cool down your room *and* make it quieter.
It's not quite as simple as build a box and soundproof it. It's "build a soundproof box." Generally to soundproof something, it requires a sealed system. If you allow for airflow, inevitably sound is going to find a path out. That being said, I could design a (relatively) soundproof box in which to put my computer (or other noisy equipment), but I doubt the effort required in building the double-studded, triple-insulated enclosure would really make up for the meager savings in noise. Besides, when you change from ambient cooling to induction cooling, you introduce noisy fans that probably wouldn't otherwise be there. This is the main reason I haven't brought home an enclosed rack -- i'd probably end up with a noisier setup than I had previously. My eventual plan is to build a relatively soundproofed enclosure for my rack and components. Unfortunately, this would take several weeks to build and several hundred dollars in parts. But maybe I'll eventually get around to it. It would be a fun project.
If anyone wants details on how to build a soundproofed enclosure, let me know and I'll draw up some prints.
-kelsey -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
