I know it's not applicable for lounge room based machines but I cant help but comment here how blown away I've been with the Zalman Reserator water cooling system I installed.
I have a large server rack in my office and have now installed 2 of them to totally water cooled (except the power supplies and commercial versions of them are now available as well) 2 of my pc servers and cant believe how different the sound is (including double hard drive coolers). At the moment I'm designing a wall of water that will feed 4 separate pumps and cover 1 entire side of my rack. www.collins.net.pr/watercooling There are a number of people on the watercooling list that are pumping from a central location to multiple machines in separate rooms (1 is even running a intercooler solution through his basement into a well :) Just a suggestion. Cheers, Dean > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:mythtv-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Tsai > Sent: Wednesday, 1 June 2005 2:42 PM > To: Eric Gilbert; Discussion about mythtv > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Fanless HDTV backend on EPIA SP 8000E Vs. EPIA > PD6000E > > On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 10:51:33AM -0700, Eric Gilbert wrote: > > On 6/1/05, Robert Tsai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 12:42:47PM +0100, Ivor Hewitt wrote: > > > > On 5/31/05, Eric Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I've got Myth running just fine on my desktop P4, but I want > > > > > to add a fanless low power server to my network so I can have > > > > > a Myth backend running 24/7 with minimal noise and power, and > > > > > physical size. > > > > > > Heatwise, you may be in trouble. My pcHDTV HD-3000 cards (2) each > > > run pretty warmly. Not so hot I can't touch them, but there is > > > definitely noticeable radiating heat ... > > > > Yeah, I'm worried about that too. The case I was planning on was the > > Travla C158 Mini-ITX Case 120W. It's the perfect size and it's > > mountable. Unfortunately the the HD-3000 will be sitting directly > > over the HDD. I hoped to get address some of the heat issues with a > > HDD cooler like the Zalman ZM-2HC2 > > (http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=371018). > > > > Would that be enough or am I just trying to fit too much into too > > small an area? > > How would the HDD cooler help? All it does is increase the surface > area for HDD heat dissipation, which still has to go *somewhere*. > > I'm actually wondering if the HD-3000 cards can robustly withstand > their own heat without any active cooling. As for your SFF case, only > one way to find out, I guess. > > For acoustics, http://www.silentpcreview.com/ has lots of information > for both full-size and SFF form factors (and fanless systems). > > --Rob
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