On Mon, 5 Jun 2006 06:25:09 -0400, Damian Gerow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Thus spake J.C. Roberts ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [05/06/06 05:20]: >: Most people just don't get it. The equation is simple: >: >: HEAT * TIME > >And, as someone else has more elegantly pointed out: > >COOL != LOUD > >A well-designed cooling system can keep your system running cooler than with >stock hardware, all while generating much less noise. You're right that well designed cooling systems can make things run cooler and with less noise but more importantly, there's only one way to determine if various cooling systems are actually well designed; namely, you have to go buy a stack of them and then test all of them in your particular application... -and how do you find out if they are reliable? In other words, you are only right when you have plenty of time and money to waste... A set of cheap, loud, easily replaced, high volume fans generally solves the problem in a more reliable fashion and with far less time and expense. When you start dealing with tons of systems (the OP, Jake, likes to work with clusters), buying tons of those custom coolers can get way too expensive. If it's just a home PeeCee just turn the darn thing off at night. On the other hand, if you chose to sleep with high end servers running at full bore, then you should expect to hear some degree of droning noise and learn to ignore it... -kinda seems way too close to getting married. (; jcr -- Free, Open Source CAD, CAM and EDA Tools http://www.DesignTools.org
