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danny_galaga:
you may want to work on the fan set-up. i have just the cpu fan and a 240v exhaust fan which is super quiet. this is mounted on the (in)side of the cab pushing air straight out, drawing fresh air through vents in the bottom. the vents are strategically placed on the opposite side and directly under the motherboard thus allowing the coolest air to pass that first which then goes through/past the monitor before being sucked through the 240v fan.
  i've forgotten how many watts the fan is and i can't have a look at it right now but it may have been 15W. it's a robust aluminium job, very quiet and efficient. (240v fans seems to do the job more quietly). hey, it's almost NEVER under 30 degrees here all year round and my cabs fine so it's certainly sufficient!

RayB:
Well... alot of cocktails didn't HAVE any fans. Not the Atari ones anyway....

danny_galaga:

--- Quote from: RayB on October 12, 2004, 10:20:00 am ---Well... alot of cocktails didn't HAVE any fans. Not the Atari ones anyway....



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but then they weren't gigahertz hungry pc's either!!

rchadd:

--- Quote from: Minwah on October 12, 2004, 09:33:09 am ---In my cab I have a Zalman noiseless PSU
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oops forgot that PSU has fan as well

Megaweapon:
I have often considered getting a really large fan (like a foot or so) then running at a very low RPM (so that it's basically silent).  Does anyone know where I might get such a fan?

Bonus points if it can be run into an ATX power supply like a normal PC fan.


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