{ "numMessagesInTopic": 6, "nextInTime": 494, "senderId": "zUc00RdBDRxIuu0Fmu0gDFkbSPcyv7Kn9bXfWxwF1u2wDxyXG7VAmXUXfyKoGps5Lx7Uzf4PwjITimZO", "systemMessage": false, "subject": "Re: [IBM_T2X_LCD] Re: T221 fans and misc", "from": "b t <b3nwa@...>", "authorName": "b t", "msgSnippet": "... Having now a few years experience with water cooling, I wouldn t suggest anything with water pipes outside the box. I d even be cautious with these", "msgId": 493, "profile": "brian_e_topping", "topicId": 472, "spamInfo": { "reason": "0", "isSpam": false }, "replyTo": "LIST", "userId": 56710949, "messageBody": "
> The latest "cool" (sorry) thing is the ZalmanHaving now a few years experience with water cooling,
\n> Reservator, which has
\n> a fanless radiator with integral pump. It's a bit
\n> big, though.
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> > even quieter, I've slapped a water block on myI've never before experienced a hard drive in any
\n> hard
\n> > drive, getting the heat out of the case without
\n> > needing to add an additional case fan. Finally, I
\n> got
\n>
\n> I'd be nervous about this, but then I'm paranoid
\n> about cooling - the
\n> Dell machines at work (cooled by the CPU fan and the
\n> PSU and nowt
\n> else) scare me.
\n
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> > a power supply with external fan speed control,I can't remember the name of the one I have offhand,
\n> which
\n> > I hooked up to the same controller as the water
\n> > cooling system (which is in turn controlled by the
\n> > water temp...)
\n>
\n> Interesting - I've not heard of such a hook-up
\n> before. The PSU,
\n> which I've finally replaced, in my Opteron has for a
\n> long time been
\n> louder than everything else in the case put
\n> together; I've only just
\n> found a replacement with an 8-pin connector. I've
\n> got an
\n
\n
> adjustable "quiet" one in my K6, though, and concurThat's the way this one works. I have it connected to
\n> that these
\n> things can be pretty quiet. I'm wary of the idea of
\n> having an
\n> external knob for adjusting these things, though -
\n> I'd rather it
\n> monitored its own temperature and turned up the fans
\n> if it needs to.
\n
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> You can get completely fanless mini-ITX machines ifMy system is a Athlon 64 3400. It's not slow, and
\n> you don't mind
\n> them being a bit slow, and (for a price) Zalman have
\n> a completely
\n> fanless case with heat pipes dotted throughout it
\n> which can handle a
\n> meatier processor. Then you can replace the hard
\n> drives with flash
\n> modules, use a projected keyboard on some foam... or
\n> just buy some
\n> noise-cancelling cans, which are going to be a heck
\n> of a lot
\n> cheaper. :-)
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>So how will you know that one or more of your fans are
\n> I'll report back when I've screwed together all the
\n> bits of wood I
\n> spent the weekend cutting to size, but I doubt I'll
\n> get much quieter
\n> than a water cooled machine. It's reassuring that
\n> the fans won't
\n> bother me even then, though!
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