On 06/06/06, Daniel A. Ramaley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sunday 04 June 2006 21:43, Jacob Yocom-Piatt wrote: > >these machines need Socket A and Socket 370 heatsinks. it's a plus if > > they're low profile for 1U and 2U rackmount units. all suggestions > > appreciated. > > What i've found works well is to buy a fan adapter that will allow you > to use a larger fan (such as a 60mm fan on a 40mm heatsink, 80mm fan on > a 60mm heatsink, or a 120mm fan on an 80mm heatsink). Then get a fan of > the larger size that uses magnetic levitation bearings (they tend to be > considerably quieter than ball bearing fans, though slightly more > expensive). Then get an adapter for the fan that will run it at either > 7 or 5 volts (Zalman sells some of these for roughly $3 US). So then > you use a larger fan, but run it at a slower speed. It will end up > pushing about as much air as a small fan at high speed, but make a lot > less noise doing it. I recently managed to make a system almost silent > this way; i can still hear it (mostly the hard drive noise) if my head > is within a foot of the case but otherwise cannot.
New ear phones and "vulgar display of power" with Pantera also does the trick. My old ultra10's seemed really quiet, and as a bonus my manager stopped asking questions across the office. /Tony
