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| stan2323:
Go with water cooling and put a small frig next to your cab, to hold uh beer. Then put the water resivor, over sized, in the frig and run the water lines into the cab. :laugh2: :laugh2: :laugh2: Wonder if it would work ??? :dizzy: :dizzy: |
| BORIStheBLADE:
I'll echo the larger fans at lower speeds will be silent for sure. You don't need alot of fans for a MAME machine too. -Get a graphics card that is passive cooled. ( the fans on them are louder than case fans) -Dampen the hard drive some how/try to get a low RPM hard drive. -get a power supply with a 120mm fan or a passively cooled power supply. -Stay away from hot running cpu's. |
| Minwah:
I use a 'silent' PSU which does have a fan, but it only comes on if really neccessary (and it is quiet when it does). The CPU fan is quite noisy but at least I have a manual speed control so I can get a balance between noise/cooling. I've noticed lately the HDD noise is pretty noisy at times...I might try to improve that by using some rubber between the HDD and brackets to help stop the sound travelling through the actual cabinet. |
| Stub:
I am thinking of using my cab as my main media storage. I am getting a 5 disk ESATA RAID to protect all my media. I had planed on putting together a water cooled system to keep the noise down. I did not think to consider HD noise itself... |
| Katana Man:
Yes, you really need to check out http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums/ They have the most active web site and forums on this topic by far. The single most effective way to reduce noise is larger fans. All cases I build now use 120mm fans (sometimes I'll go as small as 92mm for the CPU). There are a lot of nice cases out there that offer 120mm fans in the front AND rear. Check out my post on Low air resistance, low fan speed, low noise technique. There are links to many projects that I did with various cases like these: |
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