Definitely the larger fans help. The Antec SLK3000B has an 120mm exhaust fan, and a spot for a 120mm intake fan. I have both populated, and the fans both run at probably less than 1000rpm each. There's also two cooling vents on the left panel, one by the CPU, and one by the PCI slots. I'm still debating whether or not to cover them up (if I do, it will probably be just with a filter, to let the air out, but not take dust in).
The Zalman CPU cooler, being all copper, takes more heat away from the CPU, and the fan on it is a 92mm, which helps in the quiet department. For anybody looking to make a quiet-ish PC, you definitely have to do your research, that's what I've learned. -- Joe --- Blammo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 16:21:37 -0500 (EST), Cory > Papenfuss > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Putting together a very quiet system, > unfortunately, > > > costs a fair amount of money. Don't ask how > much I > > > spent on this rig. :) > > > > > Being the cheap bastard that I am, I'm > going to try to make a > > quiet system with a DIY heatpipe to all the major > components. I'm > > thinking a big hunk of aluminum heatsink out back, > and some heatpipes to > > it from the processor and power supply. I'll let > you all know how it > > work when I get time to do it. > > > The other thing that nobody is mentioning so far is > the heat levels. > It may be quiet, but is it an oven on the inside? If > I unplugged all > the fans in my backend (4x thermaltake 80mm fans) it > would be silent > as well.. for about 2 hours... then it would go > silent forever.. :p > > PVR's put off a pretty good amount of heat, as does > a video card and > CPU, especially playing HD content. > > Cooling <> Quiet in most cases. > > your best bet is to use BIG fans (120mm) low RPM to > get the same CFM > ratings with a lot less noise than 80mm or 60mm > fans. > > I've used noise-dampening material inside a case, > which helps quite a > bit as well. > > I'm still looking for a low-loss way to get a VGA > and SPDIF signal > carried >50ft without significant loss, so I can put > the frontend in > garage. > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250
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