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Is it possible to build a silent computer, without fans at all? What case should I buy?
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Is it possible to build a silent computer, without fans at all? What case should I buy?
On 6 Feb, 08:13, "k" wrote:
Hello! Is it possible to build a silent computer, without fans at all? What case should I buy? Best regards, Dima +79035093892 Yes it is possible. Many Macs are built this way. As for what case - I dunno. There are many google hits for "silent pc" |
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Is it possible to build a silent computer, without fans at all? What case should I buy?
"k" wrote in message oups.com... Hello! Is it possible to build a silent computer, without fans at all? What case should I buy? Best regards, Dima +79035093892 If you want to go without fans, you will need water cooling for CPU, graphics card, mainboard chipset and hard drive(s). This will be a considerable investment in terms of research, money and time. When you are done, you will need at least one fan in the system still. Best bet would be to get a really QUIET power supply with exhaust fan(s) such as a Seasonic brand power supply in particular. While a power supply fan cools the power supply primarily, it also draws some limited amount of air through the case. So you could get by using JUST the power supply exhaust fan to cool the system, probably. You can't go totally without fans. Even if every major component is water-cooled, you will still have problems if the ambient temperature in the case gets too high. That will happen without at least some minimal amount of airflow. That's why you can't go totally fanless. There are cases designed specifically for better airflow. But regardless of what case you buy, you still need a fan somewhere to move air through t. -Dave |
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Is it possible to build a silent computer, without fans at all? What case should I buy?
In news:alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt, "Mike T." posted
on Tue, 6 Feb 2007 10:09:50 -0500: There are cases designed specifically for better airflow. But regardless of what case you buy, you still need a fan somewhere to move air through t. -Dave And then there's the dust. My god, I just rebuilt my system. There was enough dust hanging around in there to make a mud pie. There might be such a case in existence now, but what I'd really like to see is an airtight case with removable air filters. I just take the air filter out once a week or something, knock the dust out of it, and put it back in. But airtight is too much to ask for, really. I no longer install floppy drives in my computer. The last one I had in there I used the first day I installed it. I didn't use it again for about a year, then I needed it. There was so much dust in it that it wouldn't work anymore. So air gets sucked in through all the peripherals, too. I think this might have more to do with having more air flowing out than is flowing in. So I wonder what the result might be if I set my system so that all fans blow inward. I'm sure that'll just clog things up from the inside out, but if I had those air filters I mentioned before, dust in the machine could be minimized. And that would help keep dust from gathering in the CPU's heatsink. Damaeus -- Motherboard Abit Fatal1ty AN9 32X Processor AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Dual Core Graphics nVidia GeForce 7950GTOC Memory 2GB DDR2 800 PC6400 Hard Drives 2x 320GB Western Digital SATA ------------------------------------------------- WinXP Home SP2 / Firefox 2.x / IE7 / Trillian Pro 3.x |
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Is it possible to build a silent computer, without fans at all? What case should I buy?
On Feb 7, 1:09 am, "Mike T." wrote:
"k" wrote in message oups.com... Hello! Is it possible to build a silent computer, without fans at all? What case should I buy? Best regards, Dima +79035093892 If you want to go without fans, you will need water cooling for CPU, graphics card, mainboard chipset and hard drive(s). This will be a considerable investment in terms of research, money and time. When you are done, you will need at least one fan in the system still. Best bet would be to get a really QUIET power supply with exhaust fan(s) such as a Seasonic brand power supply in particular. While a power supply fan cools the power supply primarily, it also draws some limited amount of air through the case. So you could get by using JUST the power supply exhaust fan to cool the system, probably. You can't go totally without fans. Even if every major component is water-cooled, you will still have problems if the ambient temperature in the case gets too high. That will happen without at least some minimal amount of airflow. That's why you can't go totallyfanless. There are cases designed specifically for better airflow. But regardless of what case you buy, you still need a fan somewhere to move air through t. -Dave WES components in Sydney Australia now stock a fanless ATX power supply for about $100AU, they also stock the thermaltake "sonic tower" fanless cpu cooler for $59 AU. http://www.wescomponents.com/ see chapter 16 of the catalog - (computer) If you are outside Australia, you will probably find these items where you live if you do a bit of a search on the web. Note that to use the fanless CPU cooler, you will need excellent cabinet ventilation, I would suggest replacing side(s) with punched metal mesh (like speaker grille) and possibly the top of the case as well, to guarantee good natural airflow to the heatsink stack of the "sonic tower". Allowing plenty of airflow around the case is also vital too. Checking the "temperature alarm" and "temperature shutdown" settings in the bios are adequate would be a good idea, and having a fan attatched to the "sonic tower" (brackets are supplied) with a temperature sensor so it will come on if it overheats would also be a good idea if there is any chance that the cabinet temperature can rise above safe levels. An emergency case fan with a temperature sensor also would be worth considering too. |
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On Mar 22, 10:56 am, "KR" wrote:
WES components in Sydney Australia now stock a fanless ATX power supply for about $100AU, they also stock the thermaltake "sonic tower" fanless cpu cooler for $59 AU.http://www.wescomponents.com/ see chapter 16 of the catalog - (computer) If you are outside Australia, you will probably find these items where you live if you do a bit of a search on the web. EE Times Magazine described another in Jan 2007: Logic Supply Inc diminutive SolidLogic GS-L05 fanless Mini-ITX computer system is completely solid-state and compatible with a wide range of Intel-based and Via Technologies-based Mini-ITX form factor motherboards or mainboards. .... The GS-L05 uses heat pipes and heat sinks for passive cooling. The approach eliminates reliability concerns that fan-cooled cases can present in harsh, hostile or remote environments. Fanless systems are intended for industrial environments where the computer is sealed inside the box - no airflow. |
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Is it possible to build a silent computer, without fans at all? What case should I buy?
Fans are not the only problem, I had a seagate cheetah, 10,000 rpm, that was
noisy as hell. Vibration was not the problem because I even held it with my hands and it still made a lot of noise. -g |
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Is it possible to build a silent computer, without fans at all? What case should I buy?
On Feb 6, 7:11 pm, "geoff" wrote:
Fans are not the only problem, I had a seagate cheetah, 10,000 rpm, that was noisy as hell. Vibration was not the problem because I even held it with my hands and it still made a lot of noise. -g Thanks geoff for your comment! I use Samsung 2514, which is a quietest 250gb drive. |
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Is it possible to build a silent computer, without fans at all?What case should I buy?
k wrote:
Hello! Is it possible to build a silent computer, without fans at all? What case should I buy? Best regards, Dima +79035093892 Start he http://www.silentpcreview.com/ |
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Is it possible to build a silent computer, without fans at all? What case should I buy?
"k" wrote in message oups.com... Hello! Is it possible to build a silent computer, without fans at all? What case should I buy? Best regards, Dima +79035093892 You can build a silent PC with fans. My core 2 duo system has 6 fans - 1 cpu, 1 PSU, 1 graphic card and 3 case fans. I don't hear any noise from it although it's just one feet away from me (I'm ultra sensitive to noise, BTW). I use only Zalman and Silenx fans. Also, keep in mind that hard drives can generate lots of noise, too. I only use Seagate HDDs. I find them ultra quiet. |
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