RE: quiet ATX mid-Towers
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of zera holladay Hello, I am looking for a very quiet ATX mid-tower and I was wondering if anybody has a suggestion or recommendation. My hard disks produce the most decibels at the most annoying frequency -- its not a bad fan. I am an EE student using FreeBSD, so a quiet computer is very important to me. Well, you could start by looking at http://www.quietpc.com/. I've bought various items from them and have been very happy with the result. Keep in mind however that no one thing will solve the problem. You need to replace everything that makes noise, right down to the fan on the northbridge if you've got one. You can get fanless cooling for everything, assuming of course your air temperatures don't regularly pass 30C. For the disks the best you can do is: 1) Put them at the back of the case, if you have a case that supports this (AOpen do some rather nice tower cases that do - their H700 series). 2) Isolate them with noise damping mounts - this however pretty much guarantees you can't put them in standard 3.5 slot. 3) Replace them with quieter drives. The newer Seagate drives are pretty good. -- Rob | Oh my God! They killed init! You bastards! ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: quiet ATX mid-Towers
- Original Message - From: Dan Strick [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2004 12:14 AM Subject: Re: quiet ATX mid-Towers | On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 07:39:25 -0700 (PDT), zera holladay wrote: | | Hello, I am looking for a very quiet ATX mid-tower and | I was wondering if anybody has a suggestion or | recommendation. My hard disks produce the most | decibels at the most annoying frequency -- it_s not a If it's a high pitched whiny type sound that resembles a rather noisy fan.. I have been there. I had a Maxtor hard disk that did this, I sent it back (RMA'd it) and they sent me a replacement which is silent. I have also has this issue with a laptop disk aswell, an IBM Travelstar. My friend also had this issue with a Western Digital drive... he got that replaced and it's silent like his other, smaller, WD drive :o) You may be lucky and the manufacturer will replace it or you may have to buy a brand new disk (if it is the hard disk making the noise). | bad fan. I am an EE student using FreeBSD, so a quiet | computer is very important to me. | | | and on Fri, 18 Jun 2004 12:10:20 -0500, Vulpes Velox responded: | |... | | Look around on some case modding and over clocking sites and the like. | |... | | | When I recently assembled my new PC, I used | | www.silentmaxx.net and | www.endpcnoise.com and | | every other case and fan web site I could discover (e.g. via Google). | They were all commercial (i.e. sales) web sites, but some also offered | general advice on building quiet PCs. | | I also recommend searching for quiet-PC articles on the various hardware | guide web sites, particularly www.tomshardware.com. | | Dan Strick | ___ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list | http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers | To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: quiet ATX mid-Towers
On Friday 18 June 2004 15:39, zera holladay wrote: Under a kind suggestion, I am re-submitting this e-mail with a different subject. The old message was: Hello, I am looking for a very quiet ATX mid-tower and I was wondering if anybody has a suggestion or recommendation. My hard disks produce the most decibels at the most annoying frequency -- its not a bad fan. I am an EE student using FreeBSD, so a quiet computer is very important to me. I like the Antec Sonata cases. They have special drive trays which mean that your drives are mounted on rubber grommets to reduce noise. Plus they have a decent quiet PSU, a large low-speed case fan at the back and a cute blue LED on the front :-) ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: quiet ATX mid-Towers
Hello, I am looking for a very quiet ATX mid-tower and I was wondering if anybody has a suggestion or recommendation. My youngest son was on a crusade to find a silent case, and he found one that is absolutely amazing. It's the Sonata by ANTEC, and has a huge, slow case fan, and vibration-isolating hard drive mountings. Its reviews on newegg average 5 stars out of 251 voters. When I get ready to build another computer, it's the case I'll buy. Here's the newegg URL for it: http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=11-129-127DEPA=1 If it has enough bays for you, this is what you want. Regards, -Les -- Les Biffle CISSP Information Systems Security Consultant (480) 585-4099 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.les.biffle.org/ Network Safety, PO Box 14461, Scottsdale, AZ 85267 ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: quiet ATX mid-Towers
Under a kind suggestion, I am re-submitting this e-mail with a different subject. The old message was: Hello, I am looking for a very quiet ATX mid-tower and I was wondering if anybody has a suggestion or recommendation. My hard disks produce the most decibels at the most annoying frequency -- it?s not a bad fan. I am an EE student using FreeBSD, so a quiet computer is very important to me. This is completly off-topic. This is not even FreeBSD-related, except you are a FreeBSD user. -- Jeremie LE HEN aka TtZ/TataZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread! ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: quiet ATX mid-Towers
On Sat, 19 Jun 2004 22:08:32 +0200 Jeremie Le Hen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Under a kind suggestion, I am re-submitting this e-mail with a different subject. The old message was: Hello, I am looking for a very quiet ATX mid-tower and I was wondering if anybody has a suggestion or recommendation. My hard disks produce the most decibels at the most annoying frequency -- it?s not a bad fan. I am an EE student using FreeBSD, so a quiet computer is very important to me. This is completly off-topic. This is not even FreeBSD-related, except you are a FreeBSD user. This is a chat@ question =) -- Jeremie LE HEN aka TtZ/TataZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread! ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -Liam Foy http://liamfoy.kerneled.org Do only what only you can do. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
quiet ATX mid-Towers
Under a kind suggestion, I am re-submitting this e-mail with a different subject. The old message was: Hello, I am looking for a very quiet ATX mid-tower and I was wondering if anybody has a suggestion or recommendation. My hard disks produce the most decibels at the most annoying frequency -- its not a bad fan. I am an EE student using FreeBSD, so a quiet computer is very important to me. -Zera Holladay __ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: quiet ATX mid-Towers
I've had good luck with Antec cases. They tend to be rather quiet. There is a black case called the Sonoma or something like that thats around 99 dollars on newegg.com. it has a 380 watt power supply thats not to bad. The only downside is the case has a very large fan in the back. I've never got my system warm enough to make it spin at full speed though.. so its not to bad. In general, the material and design of the antec cases is rather quiet. On Jun 18, 2004, at 10:39 AM, zera holladay wrote: Under a kind suggestion, I am re-submitting this e-mail with a different subject. The old message was: Hello, I am looking for a very quiet ATX mid-tower and I was wondering if anybody has a suggestion or recommendation. My hard disks produce the most decibels at the most annoying frequency -- its not a bad fan. I am an EE student using FreeBSD, so a quiet computer is very important to me. -Zera Holladay __ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lucas Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED] FoolishGames.com (Jewel Fan Site) JustJournal.com (Free blogging) ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: quiet ATX mid-Towers
On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 07:39:25 -0700 (PDT) zera holladay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Under a kind suggestion, I am re-submitting this e-mail with a different subject. The old message was: Hello, I am looking for a very quiet ATX mid-tower and I was wondering if anybody has a suggestion or recommendation. My hard disks produce the most decibels at the most annoying frequency -- it_s not a bad fan. I am an EE student using FreeBSD, so a quiet computer is very important to me. Use larger fans, make sure the case you pick as good air circulation, and get fans with either variable resistors or auto adjust. Look around on some case modding and over clocking sites and the like. Water cooling or the like may be good too. Or possibly a all around bigger heatsink. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: quiet ATX mid-Towers
On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 07:39:25 -0700 (PDT), zera holladay wrote: Hello, I am looking for a very quiet ATX mid-tower and I was wondering if anybody has a suggestion or recommendation. My hard disks produce the most decibels at the most annoying frequency -- it_s not a bad fan. I am an EE student using FreeBSD, so a quiet computer is very important to me. and on Fri, 18 Jun 2004 12:10:20 -0500, Vulpes Velox responded: ... Look around on some case modding and over clocking sites and the like. ... When I recently assembled my new PC, I used www.silentmaxx.net and www.endpcnoise.com and every other case and fan web site I could discover (e.g. via Google). They were all commercial (i.e. sales) web sites, but some also offered general advice on building quiet PCs. I also recommend searching for quiet-PC articles on the various hardware guide web sites, particularly www.tomshardware.com. Dan Strick ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
